The basic underlying sense of pulse in a piece of music
What is the beat?
The missing word in this ancient Arabic proverb, and what the K-Pop Demon Hunters are gonna be: "speech is silver, silence is ________"
What is Golden?
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What is simple meter?
Strong off-beat notes
What is syncopation?
Five parallel lines used to notate the pitch of music
What is a staff?
The first beat of a measure, indicating a new group of beats
What is a downbeat?
Silence instead of sound for a given number of beats
What is a rest?
Time signatures based on triplet subdivisions, such as 6/8 or 12/8
What is compound meter?
All I Want For ____________
What is Christmas is You?
A famous chapter in the Bible containing the phrase, "your rod and your staff they comfort me."
What is Psalm 23?
One of the best selling albums of all time, this Michael Jackson record featured multiple #1 singles, including the R&B/rock crossover hit, "Beat It"
What is Thriller?

Shorthand notation for rests that last for more than one bar
What is a multi-rest?
A song from the second half of The Beatles' critically acclaimed album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band about an attractive meter maid whose name begins with the letter R
What is "Lovely Rita"?
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"Crazy Train" guy
Who is Ozzy Osbourne?
A symbol on a staff that indicates which note names go with which lines or spaces
What is a clef?
The speed of a piece of music, measured in BPM (beats per minute)
What is tempo?
An English electronic band with the initials D.M. who wrote the 1990 top 10 single "Enjoy the Silence," later arranged as an acapella choral piece by "Seal Lullaby" composer Eric Whitacre
What is Depeche Mode?
Combination of simple and compound meter, leading to odd time signatures like 7/8 or 5/4
What is complex meter?
Breaking beats down
What is subdivision?
Symbol indicating that the lines on a staff represent E, G, B, D, and F, while the spaces represent F, A, C, and E
What is a treble clef?
The legendary hard rock guitarist who passed away in 2020 and played the solo on Micheal Jackson's #1 hit single "Beat It"
Who is Eddie Van Halen OR Who is Van Halen?
Also known as "train tracks," a full break where music pauses, then continues
What is a caesura?
The number of U.S. customary units equivalent to 804,672 meters, as in, "I would walk 804,672 meters and I would walk 804,672 meters more, just to be the man who walked 1,609,340 meters to fall down at your door, da-da da da (da-da da da) da-da da da (da-da da da) da-da dum diddy dum diddy dum diddy da da da"
What is "500 Miles"?
Pickup measure
What is an anacrusis?
Symbol indicating that the lines on a staff represent G, B, D, F, and A, while the spaces represent A, C E, and G
What is a bass clef?