Symbols of Sound
Symbols of Silence
Dynamics
Parts of the Staff
Rules
Music Math
100

This note is worth one beat.

What is a quarter note?

100

This symbol is worth 4 beats of silence.

Draw and identify.

What is a whole rest?

100

To play softly


What is piano?

100

The space between bar lines.


What is a measure?

100

A dot adds how much duration to any note it is added to?

What is half the value of the note.

100

Quarter +

eighth+

eighth+  

whole=

What is 6 beats?

200

2 of these notes will fill 2 measures in 4/4.


What is a whole note?

200

Identify symbol and amount of beats:

What is a quarter rest? 1 beat.

200

To play very loudly


What is fortissimo?

200

The two types of bar lines.


What are single and double?

200

This instrument family typically plays on a one-line staff.


What is percussion?

200

3 quarter notes

6 half notes

1 whole rest

3 eight notes

What is 20.5 beats?

300

3 of these notes= 6 beats.

What is a half note?

300

This symbol is worth 2 beats.

Draw and identify.

What is a half rest?

300

To play gradually softer


What is diminuendo or decrescendo?

300

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?

300

This hangs from the end of a single 8th note.


What is a flag?

300

Whole +

half +

quarter +

eighth=

What is 7.5 beats? 

400

Part 1—Identify the note. 


7 of these= __________ beats.


What is an 8th note?

What is 3.5 beats?

400

                          Name this rest

What is an eighth rest.

400

To play medium loud


What is mezzo piano?

400

This symbol marks the end of a section or the entire piece of music.


What is a double bar?

400

This connects 8th notes.


What is a beam?

400

eighth +

eighth +

quarter +

eighth +

half +

whole +

eighth +

half +

whole=

What is 15 beats?

500

A dotted half note gets how many beats?

What is 3 beats

500

Draw and identify the REST EQUIVALENT of this note:

What is a half rest? 

500

To play very quiet 


What is pianissimo?

500

This is the line of the staff that determines whether note stems are up or down.


What is Line 3?

500

In 2/4 and 3/4, this note/rest value is not used.


What are whole notes/rests

500

6 eighth notes+

2 quarter notes+

3 half rests+

1 whole rest=

What is 15 beats?

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