Duration
Notation
Time Signature
Steady Beat
100

In 4/4 time, this duration is what gets the beat. This is also known as the standard notation of beats in western music. 

The quarter note

100

The 5 lines space where music is written is called the _____. 

Staff

100

Is 4/3 a valid time signature?

No

100

What is the definition of steady beat

Heartbeat of music

200
What is the largest duration used in Standard notation

A whole note

200

True or false, all music must have rhythm?

True

200

What does the bottom number in the time signature: 6/8, tell us about the music?

The eighth note gets the beat. 

200

In 4/4 time, what duration value gets the beat?

The quarter note

300

What does a dot do to the duration of a note?

It adds half the original duration value to that note. (A half note would change from 2 beats to 3 beats)

300

Music is organized by collections of beats put into __________. The time signature tells us how many beats are in this. 

Measures. 

300

What does the top number of the time signature: 5/4, tell us about the music? 

There are 5 beats in a measure

300

True or False: In music, the steady beat must be played by an instrument at all times

False

400

True or false, the sixteenth note is the smallest duration value a note can have

False

400
What is the very first marking on a staff called? (hint. this is before the time signature and key signature)

Clef

400

True or False, the time signature can change during a piece of music?

True

400

In most pop songs, what instrument is used to keep the beat?

The Drum Set

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