Instrument Families
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Rest Names and Facts
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Note Names and Facts
100
The sousaphone and Trombone are in this family.
What is the brass family?
100
is 1 beat but silent.
What is a quarter rest?
100
How all sound is created.
What are vibrations?
100
It is only 1/2 a beat. Some use "and" when counting these beats. ex. 1-(and) 2-(and) 3-(and) 4-(and)
what is an eighth note?
200
The Clarinet, saxophone, and Oboe are in this family. Most of these instruments use reeds.
What is the woodwind family?
200
when you have 4 beats of silence.
What is a whole rest?
200
One of Mr. Taylor's favorite genres of music.
What is jazz?
200
The note that receives the beat in 4-4 time. If I counted a measure (1-2-3-4) I would have one of these on each beat because they are only one beat each.
what is quarter notes?
300
The Cymbals, Timpani, xylophone, maracas, and Snare Drum are in this family. You hit, strike or shake these instruments.
What is the percussion section?
300
1-2-(rest)-(rest)...is just one example of this type of rest.
What is a half rest?
300
a reptile that Mr. Taylor owns.
What is a chameleon?
300
a note that gets 4 beats and is the largest note we know.
what is a whole note?
400
The Viola, Double Bass, and Violin are in this family. You use a bow to play these.
What is the string family?
400
only gets 1/2 of a beat and is silent.
What is an eighth rest?
400
when a melodic line(note pattern in the melody) is going UP^
What is an ascending melodic line?
400
a note that is half as long as an entire measure in 4-4 time. meaning it gets 2 beats.
what is a half note?
500
The piano is in this family.
What is the percussion family?
500
What are woodwinds? (Flutes)
500
these two rest look similar but one looks like a hat and the other looks like a hole in the ground.
what is a half rest and whole rest?
500
Won the Kentucky/UNC game last night.
who is UNC?
500
the way that we measure the length of a note being played.
what is note values?