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How Many Beats?
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Music Note Math
100

This toolbox can only go up, down or stay the same

Melody 

100

Quarter note

1 beat 

100

There’s a basket containing 5 apples. You take out 3. How many apples do you have?

3

100

Quarter note + Quarter note = 

2

200

This toolbox houses steady beat as well as music note names

Rhythm Toolbox

200

SINGLE eighth notes

1/2 a beat

200

You’re running a race and you pass the person in second place. What place are you in now?

2nd 

200

Half note + Half rest

4

300

This toolbox controls the speed of music 

Tempo

300

Half note

2 beats

300

If Jane is taller than Alice, and Alice is taller than Sue, who is the shortest?

Sue

300

Quarter note + half note

400
When 2 or more people sing the same song at different times, it is called a ____

Round

400

Half REST

2 beats

400

A father and mother have three sons. Each son has one sister. How many children do the father and mother have in total?

4

400

If you have a half note, and you ADD a dot, how many beats does the dotted half note get?

3

500

What is our magical musical equation?

Rhythm + Melody = Music 

500

Whole note

4 beats

500


You see me once in June, twice in November, and none in May. What am I?

The letter E

500

Whole note + sixteenth note

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