Music Basics
How long am I?
Identify Me
Changes
It all adds up
100
The steady pulse in music
What is the beat?
100
quarter note
What is one beat?
100
two dots before a double barline
What is a repeat?
100
I make you slow down
What is a ritardando?
100
a quarter note plus a quarter note equals
What is two beats?
200
the speed of the beat
What is the tempo?
200
half note
What is two beats?
200
A note with a filled in head and a stem
What is a quarter note?
200
I make you speed up
What is an accelerando?
200
a quarter note plus a quarter note
What is two beats
300
They group notes and rests together into measures
What are barlines?
300
three beats
What is half note
300
a note with an empty head and a stem
What is half note
300
I make you give a note some extra stress.
What is an accent?
300
a half note plus a whole note
What is 6 beats?
400
They are the space between barlines.
What are measures?
400
four beats
What is a whole note?
400
A note with an empty head, a stem and a dot.
What is a dotted half note?
400
I look like a sideways "v" and a place above or below a note to give it extra stress.
What is an accent?
400
a quarter note plus a half note minus a quarter note
What is a two beats
500
They end songs.
What are double barlines?
500
one beat of silence
What is a quarter rest?
500
A note with and empty head and no stem
What is a whole note
500
when I change the tempo I am changing....
What is the speed of the beat?
500
a quarter note plus a dotted half note minus a whole note
What is 0 beats
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