Time Signatures
What does the top number in a time signature show?
Shows the number of beats per measure
This note value has one full beat
Quarter Note
This instrument has 6 strings and an electric interior
A Guitar
This is the instrument of Louis Armtstrong
Trumpet
A series of music notes sung or played in a row.
Melody
In 3 / 4 time signature, which note gets the beat?
The quarter note
This Rest is half of one quarter
8th note rest
This is the smallest string instrument
A Violin
Who sang "St Louis Blues"?
Bessie Smith
More than one music note played or sung at the same time.
Chords
In 7 / 16 time, what does the top number show us?
7 beats in the measure
This note value takes ALL the beats in a measure
Whole Note
This instrument is considered a pitched percussion, and has many flat surfaces and cymbals
Drum Set
Duke Ellington
Measure
The bottom number of a time signature shows us this:
The note value
This Rest is one full beat
Qaurter note rest
Wind instruments require this small wooden piece, which must be moistened int he mouth before being placed into the mouthpiece.
A reed
This woman was one fo the most famous jazz singers, but her personal life wasn't always so glamorous, having had to work in a brothel as a teenager
Billie Holiday
Separates measures and helps us to organize notes on the staff
Barline
3 Quarter notes
This note value can be tied to another.
tied 8th note
This is Lizzo's instrument
A Flute
This man was considered one of the great Crooners of the 1950's and 1960's. Nicknamed Old Blue Eyes, he sang "New York, NY"
Frank Sinatra
The combination of instruments.
An orchestra or Symphony