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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.
What is Rhythm?
The duration of notes and rests in music; the pattern of sounds and silences.
What is the Beat?
The basic unit of time in music; the underlying pulse.
What is a Time Signature?
Indicates the number of beats per measure and the note value that equals one beat.
What is a Quarter Note?
A note that receives one beat in 4/4 time.
What is a Quarter Rest?
A rest that lasts for one beat.
What are Eighth Notes?
Two eighth notes equal one quarter note; each is half a beat.
What is an Eighth Rest?
A rest that lasts for half a beat.
What are Sixteenth Notes?
Four sixteenth notes equal one quarter note; each is a quarter of a beat.
What is a Sixteenth Rest?
A rest that lasts for a quarter of a beat.
What are Triplets?
Three notes that divide a beat into three equal parts.
What is a Half Note?
A note that lasts for two beats.
What is a Half Rest?
A rest that lasts for two beats.
What is a Whole Note?
A note that lasts for four beats.
What is a Whole Rest?
A rest that lasts for four beats.
What is a Dotted Note?
A dot after a note adds half of the note's value to itself.
What is a Tie?
A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch, adding their durations together.