Time Signatures
This time signature has 4 betas in every measure.
What is 4/4 time?
This note is a circle with no stem
What is a whole note?
An ostinato is a musical part that does this over and over again
What is a repeat?
The musical alphabet uses these 7 letters.
What is A, B, C, D, E, F, G?
This superhero is known as the "man of steel"
Who is Superman?
In 3/4 time, the quarter note gets how many beats?
what is 1 beat?
This note is a circle with a stem, and it gets only one beat in 4/4 time.
What is a quarter note?
True or false: Ostinato can be played with rhythm, melody, or both
True
After the note G, the musical alphabet goes back to this letter.
What is A?
This superhero's real name is Bruce Wayne
Who is Batman
This time signature is sometimes called "common time"
What is 4/4 time?
This note usually gets 2 beats in 4/4 time
What is a half note?
This famous movie about a shark uses an ostinato in its theme song
What is Jaws
The note before F in the musical alphabet is this.
What is E?
Spiderman got his powers from what insect
What is a spider
A waltz is usually in this time signature. *HINT IT IS NOT 4/4 time*
what is 3/4 time?
A dot next to a note adds this much to its value.
What is half the note's value?
In African drumming, ostinatos are often played on these instruments.
What are drums?
The distance between A and C is called this.
What is a third?
This superhero is part man, part Atlantean, and rules the ocean
Who is Aquaman
This unusual time signature has 5 beats per measure.
What is 5/4?
this symbol shortens a note by half its value and looks like a little flag
what is an eighth note
when you clap the same rhythm over and over again while the music changes, you are making this
what is an ostinato?
On the keyboard, the black keys are called these.
What are flats?
This group of superheroes include iron man, hulk, and captain America
what are the avengers?