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What does this symbol ♩ represent?
A quarter note, which gets one beat.
What does this symbol ♪ represent?
An eighth note, which gets half a beat.
What does this symbol ♫ represent?
Two eighth notes beamed together.
What does this symbol ♬ represent?
Two sixteenth notes beamed together.
What does this symbol sixteenth note represent?
A sixteenth note, which gets a quarter of a beat.
What does this symbol ◯ represent?
A whole note, which gets four beats.
What does this symbol ⚪ represent?
A half note, which gets two beats.
What does this symbol represent?
A quarter rest, which lasts for one beat of silence.
What does this symbol represent?
An eighth rest, which lasts for half a beat of silence.
What does this symbol represent?
A sixteenth rest, which lasts for a quarter of a beat of silence.
What does this symbol represent?
A half rest, which lasts for two beats of silence.
What does this symbol represent?
A whole rest, which lasts for four beats of silence.
What does a dot after a note mean?
The dot adds half of the original note's value to itself.
What does a curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch indicate?
A tie, which combines the duration of the two notes.
What is Rhythm?
The duration of notes and rests; the pattern of sounds and silences.
What is the Beat?
The basic unit of time in music; the pulse.
What is a Time Signature?
Indicates the number of beats per measure and what note value equals one beat.
What is a Quarter Note?
A note that gets one beat in 4/4 time.
What is a Quarter Rest?
A silence that lasts for one beat.
What is an Eighth Note?
A note that gets half of a beat.
What is an Eighth Rest?
A silence that lasts for half of a beat.
What is a Sixteenth Note?
A note that gets a quarter of a beat.
What is a Sixteenth Rest?
A silence that lasts for a quarter of a beat.
What is a Half Note?
A note that gets two beats.
What is a Half Rest?
A silence that lasts for two beats.
What is a Whole Note?
A note that gets four beats.
What is a Whole Rest?
A silence that lasts for four beats.
What does a Dot do to a note?
Adds half of the note's value to itself.
What does a Tie do?
Connects two notes of the same pitch, adding their durations together.
What does a quarter note look like?
A filled-in notehead with a stem.
What does a quarter rest look like?
A squiggly line.
What does an eighth note look like?
A filled-in notehead with a stem and a flag.
What does an eighth rest look like?
A slanted line with a dot.
What does a sixteenth note look like?
A filled-in notehead with a stem and two flags.
What does a sixteenth rest look like?
A slanted line with two dots.
What does a half note look like?
An open notehead with a stem.
What does a half rest look like?
A filled-in rectangle sitting on top of a line.
What does a whole note look like?
An open notehead without a stem.
What does a whole rest look like?
A filled-in rectangle hanging down from a line.
What does a dot after a note do?
Increases the note's duration by half of its original value.
What does a tie look like?
A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch.
How do you indicate triplets?
A bracket with a '3' above or below the notes.