Musical Notes
This musical note lasts three beats has a small dot next to a half note that increases its value.
What is a dotted half note
This is the large drum at the bottom of a drum set that a drummer plays with their foot.
What is a kick drum?
Companies like Atlantic, Motown, and Def Jam that release and promote music are called this.
What is a record label?
Nike’s swoosh or Apple’s apple are examples of this type of graphic used to represent a brand.
What is a logo?
Designers use this principle when they place very different elements together, like light and dark colors or big and small text, to make something stand out.
What is contrast?
This musical symbol tells a musician to stay silent for one beat instead of playing a note.
What is a quarter rest?
In modern music production, beats, vocals, and instruments are often created and put together inside this digital production software.
What is a DAW?
Jazz, Blues, Reggae, and R&B are all examples of musical _______?
What is genre?
These are the 4 elements used in creating design compositions.
What is line, shape, color and type.
This design principle helps guide viewers to the most important element in a composition.
What is emphasis?
This musical note lasts two beats
What is a half note?
This is the main tune of a song that people often hum or sing along to.
What is a melody?
Designers use lines to give their designs ______ and help people know where to look first.
What is structure?
In art and design, this is the space taken up by the main objects, shapes, or subjects in an image.
What is positive space?
Unlike pixels, this type of digital graphic uses mathematical paths so it can scale to any size without becoming blurry.
What is a vector?
This note lasts half of one beat and is often connected with a flag or beam.
What is an eighth note?
If a drummer practices at 120 beats per minute, they might use this device to keep time.
What is a metronome?
Color in a design can communicate _______ to the viewer or listener.
What is emotion?
In design, this is the empty area around and between objects that helps the main subject stand out.
What is negative space?
This design principle guides the viewer’s eye across a page or image so they notice elements in a certain order.
What is movement?
This rest symbol tells musicians to stay silent for two beats
What is a half rest?
A dance song might have a BPM around 120–130, which describes the song’s ______.
What is tempo?
In many songs, the drummer plays the kick on beat 1 and this drum on beat 2.
What is a snare drum?
this is the overall arrangement of elements in a piece of artwork or a design.
What is a composition?
When a designer arranges images and text so the cover doesn’t feel too heavy on one side, what principle are they using?
What is balance?