Staffs, Clefs, and Ledger Lines
Note Duration
Measures and Time Signature
Rest Duration
Miscellaneous
100
The _____ is the foundation upon which notes are drawn.
What is the staff.
100
The length of time that a note is played is called its _____.
What is note duration.
100
The vertical black bars that divide a staff are called _____.
What are bar lines.
100
_____ represent periods of silence in a measure.
What are rests.
100
The last day of school is _____.
What is Monday, May 18.
200
The modern staff comprises _____ lines and _____ spaces.
What is 5 lines and 4 spaces.
200
The _____ note has the longest note duration in modern music.
What is the whole note.
200
The bar lines divide the staff into _____.
What are measures.
200
Each type of rest shares a duration with a certain type of _____.
What is a note.
200
The musical alphabet goes from _____ to _____.
What is A to G.
300
The two main clefs are the _____ and _____ clefs.
What are the Bass and Treble clefs.
300
_____ quarter notes occupy the same amount of time as one whole note.
What is 4 quarter notes.
300

The _____ defines the number of beats and type of notes that each measure contains.

What is the time signature.

300
A _____ occupies the same amount of time as a whole note.
What is a whole rest.
300

The staff line between the treble and bass clef is known as _____.

(You do not have to know this for the test)

What is middle c.

400

The staff line which the treble clef wraps around is known as _____. The staff line in between the two dots of the bass clef is known as _____.

(You do not have to know this for the test)

What is G and F.

400

A dotted half note has __ beats.

What is 3 beats?

400
A _____ time signature contains four quarter notes.
What is a 4/4 time signature.
400

___ rests are shaped like hats.

What are half rests?

400

Theoretically, a _____ note would have 4 flags.

(You do not have to know this for the test)

What is a sixty-fourth note.

500
The treble and bass clef together make up the _____.
What is the grand staff.
500

A dotted whole note has _____ beats.

What is 6 beats

500

A 6/8 time signature contains _____ _____ _____.

(You do not have to know this for the test)

What is six eighth notes (6/8).

500

____ rests are shaped like buckets.

What is a whole rest

500
_____ are used when a staff runs out of lines for notes (hint: one of the category names).
What are ledger lines.
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