Musical Symbols
Symbols of Silence
Dynamics
Parts of the Staff
Rules
Music Math
200
This note is worth one beat.
What is a quarter note?
200
This symbol is worth 4 beats of silence.
What is a whole rest?
200
To play quietly
What is piano?
200
The space between bar lines.
What is a measure or a bar?
200
What symbol tells you to play the song or section again?
Repeat sign / repeat dots
200
1 quarter rest +
1 quarter note +
2 eighth notes -
1 dotted half note
0 beats
400
3 of these notes= 6 beats.
What is a half note?
400
This symbol is worth 2 beats of silence.
What is a half rest?
400
To play gradually softer
What is diminuendo or decrescendo?
400
These numbers are at the beginning of every piece of music and tell the reader how many beats per measure and what note gets one beat.
What is a time signature?
400
This is how long an accidental lasts.
Until the end of that bar OR if there is another sharp/flat/natural to cancel it.
400
1 whole note +
1 half rest +
2 quarter notes -
1 half rest +
1 quarter rest +
1 eighth note
7.5 beats
600
Part 1—Identify the note.
7 of these= __________ beats.
What is an 8th note?
What is 3.5 beats?
600
This rest looks like a fancy 7 but doesn't last 7 beats.
Eighth rest
600
To play medium quiet.
What is mezzo piano?
600
This symbol marks the end of a section or the entire piece of music.
What is a double bar line or final bar line?
600
This connects 8th notes.
What is a beam?
600
1 eighth note +
1 eighth note +
2 quarter rests +
1 half note +
1 whole rest
9 beats
800
This dot makes notes short and detached.
Staccato
800
What is this rest called?
What is a quarter rest? 1 beat.
800
To play very loudly
What is fortissimo?
800
This tells you which notes are sharp or flat and lasts the whole song.
Key signature
800
This unpitched instrument family typically plays on a one-line staff.
What is percussion?
800
3 quarter notes +
1 whole rest -
2 eighth notes x
1 quarter rest
6 beats
1000
This symbol tells you to extend the value of a note across a bar line.
Tie
1000
What is the rest equivalent to this note called?
What is a half rest? 
1000
To play very quiet
What is pianissimo?
1000
Which line on the musical staff determines whether note stems are up or down?
The middle line (third line)
1000
Why can't you have a whole note in 3/4 time?
You can only have 3 beats per bar.
1000
4 eighth notes +
2 quarter notes +
3 half rests -
1 whole rest /
1 half note
3 beats