Note Anatomy
Note Values
Rhythm
Pitch
Scales
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What is note anatomy?
Note anatomy is the different structures of a note.
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What is the note anatomy of a whole note and how many beats does it contain?
A whole note has an open note head and has a value of 4 beats.
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Defintion: beat
Beat is a unit of rhythm.
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Definition: Pitch
Pitch is the highness or lowness of a sound/note.
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Definition: scale
A scale is a set of musical notes ordered by pitch.
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What is the most basic piece of note anatomy?
Hint: Every single kind of note has one of these...
The note head is the most basic piece of note anatomy.
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Name the note that has a closed note head and a stem and what its value is.
The note that has a closed note head and a stem is a quarter note, which has a value of 1 beat.
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Definition: rest
A rest is a silent beat.
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Definition: interval
An interval is the distance between two pitches.
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Definition: flat
A flat is a symbol used to lower a pitch by a half step.
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What kind of note has an open note head and a stem?
A half note has an open note head and a stem.
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Name the note that has a closed note head, stem, and a flag and is worth 1/2 of a beat.
The note that has a closed note head, stem, and a flag and is worth 1/2 of a beat is an eighth note.
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Definition: rhythm
Rhythm is a pattern made up of sounds and silences.
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Definition: step
A step is the interval between two consecutive pitches.
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Definition: sharp
A sharp is a symbol used to raise a pitch by a half step.
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What kind of note has two closes note heads, two stems, and one beam?
A pair of eighth notes has two closed note heads, two stems, and one beam.
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What is the note anatomy of a half note and how many beats does it contain?
The note anatomy of a half note is an open note head and a stem, and it contains 2 beats.
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1.5 beats
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Definition: half step (semitone)
A half step is the smallest interval used in music.
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Definition: natural
A natural is a symbol used to cancel out sharps or flats.
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What kind of note has a closed note head, a stem, and two flags?
A sixteenth note has a closed note head, a stem, and two flags.
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What is the value of a dotted whole note?
The value of a dotted whole note is 6 beats.
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How many beats does a dot add to the note it is next to?
A dot adds half of the value of whichever note it is next to.
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Definition: solfege
Solfege is a syllable system used to read music.
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List the CFS for scale notation in order.
-Bottom to top
-8 scale degrees
-Start & end the same
-WWHWWWH (add flats/sharps when necessary)