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Fractions: Sort Of
Rhythmic Values
Need-to-Know
100
How soft or loud a piece of music is.
What are dynamics?
100
This pitch can start on any line or space on the staff.
What is DO?
100
Two numbers at the beginning of every sight-singing example and song.
What is a time signature?
100
In 4/4 time, this note is held for one count.
What is a quarter note?
100
These marks look like mini-decrescendos and help us stay together as an ensemble.
What is an accent?
200
Musical dynamics are written in this language.
What is Italian?
200
This pitch is the closest LEAP UP from DO.
What is MI?
200
The trickiest time signature to count out.
What is 3/4?
200
This rhythmic sign is a chameleon.
What is a whole rest?
200
This curved marking connects two of the same notes.
What are ties?
300
This dynamic means "strong" in Italian.
What is forte?
300
This pitch is the closest LEAP UP from MI.
What is SOL?
300
The time signature that requires the most amount of accents.
What is 2/4?
300
This note is held for three counts in 3/4 time.
What is a dotted half note?
300
A curved marking that connects two different notes.
What is a slur?
400
This Italian terms means "halfway" or "a little."
What is mezzo?
400
The crucial pitches you need to first identify in a sight-singing example and song.
What are the first and last notes?
400
The note value that gets the beat in 3/2.
What is a half note?
400
The time signature in which a whole rest lasts for two counts.
What is 2/4?
400
This type of movement helps you to sustain each rhythmic value for the appropriate length of time during a sight-singing exercise.
What is pulsing?
500
When music is played or sung very softly.
What is pianissimo?
500
When THREE or more pitches are played or sung simultaneously.
What is a chord?
500
The time signature of a waltz.
What is 3/4?
500
Four of these shorter notes can fit into one quarter note count.
What are sixteenth notes?
500
A span/range of eight notes.
What is an octave?