Symbols of Sound
Symbols of Silence
Dynamics
Parts of the Staff
Rules
Music Math
200
This note is worth one beat.
What is a quarter note?
200
This symbol is worth 4 beats of silence.
Draw and identify.
What is a whole rest?
200
To play softly
What is piano?
200
The space between bar lines.
What is a measure?
200
This symbol means to read these staves together.
What is a bracket?
200
Quarter +
quarter +
quarter +
half +
whole=
What is 9 beats?
400
3 of these notes= 6 beats.
What is a half note?
400
This symbol is worth 2 beats.
Draw and identify.
What is a half rest?
400
To play gradually softer
What is diminuendo or decrescendo?
400
These numbers are at the beginning of every piece of music and tell the reader how many beats per measure and what note gets one beat.
What is a time signature?
400
This hangs from the end of a single 8th note.
What is a flag?
400
Whole +
half +
quarter +
half +
quarter +
eighth=
What is 10.5 beats?
600
Part 1—Identify the note.
7 of these= __________ beats.
What is an 8th note?
What is 3.5 beats?
600
Write out the following in 2 measures of rest in 4/4
1 2-3 4 | 1-2 3 4
show answer
600
To play medium loud
What is mezzo piano?
600
This symbol marks the end of a section or the entire piece of music.
What is a double bar?
600
This connects 8th notes.
What is a beam?
600
eighth +
eighth +
quarter +
half +
whole=
What is 8 beats?
800
2 of these notes will fill 2 measures in 4/4.
What is a whole note?
800
Identify symbol and amount of beats:
What is a quarter rest? 1 beat.
800
To play very loudly
What is fortissimo?
800
The two types of bar lines.
What are single and double?
800
This instrument family typically plays on a one-line staff.
What is percussion?
800
3 quarter notes
1 whole rest
3 eight notes
What is 8.5 beats?
1000
Write out this rhythm with symbols of sound.
2 measures of 4/4:
1 2& 3 4&| 1& 2 3& 4&
See teacher for the answer.
1000
Draw and identify the REST EQUIVALENT of this note:
What is a half rest? 
1000
To play very quiet
What is pianissimo?
1000
This is the line number of the staff that determines whether note stems are up or down.
What is Line 3?
1000
In 2/4 and 3/4, this note/rest value is not used.
What are whole note /values?
1000
7 eighth notes+
2 quarter notes+
3 half rests+
1 whole rest=
What is 15.5 beats?