It’s About Time!
Music is an art form that requires the element of time to completely unfold. The shape of each note and the parts that it displays tell the musician how it fits in rhythmically with the rest of the piece of music. We must learn to quickly identify the different types of notes and understand how they relate to the other notes around them.
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Suggested Homework:
1. Memorize the Notes and Rests
Learn to identify the parts of music notes, the names of the notes and the names of the rests at sight. Download the set of Asaph Music Co. flash cards and ask a friend to help you drill them.
Review Questions:
1. What part of a note can be filled in or empty?
| a. Dot |
b. Stem |
| c. Apostrophe |
d. Head |
| e. Beam |
f. Flag |
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2. What kind of note gets 2 beats?
| a. Quarter note |
b. Half note |
| c. Double whole note |
d. Whole note |
| e. Eighth note |
f. Sixteenth note |
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3. Name the following rest.
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| a. Double whole rest |
b. Sixteenth rest |
| c. Quarter rest |
d. Eighth rest |
| e. Half rest |
f. Whole rest |
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4. What kind of note gets 1 beat?
| a. Half note |
b. Whole note |
| c. Eighth note |
d. Quarter note |
| e. Sixteenth note |
f. Double whole note |
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5. A _____ adds 1/2 the original note’s time value.
| a. Triplet |
b. Flag |
| c. Slur |
d. Grace note |
| e. Dot |
f. Tie |
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6. How many beats does an eighth note get?
| a. 2 |
b. 1/8 |
| c. 8 |
d. 1/4 |
| e. 1 |
f. 1/2 |
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7. Name the following special notes.
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| a. Twins |
b. Tied notes |
| c. Eighth notes |
d. Quarter note triplets |
| e. Tri-notes |
f. Eighth note triplets |
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8. A _____ combines the time values of two notes across a bar line.
| a. Tie |
b. Triplet |
| c. Beam |
d. Dot |
| e. Slur |
f. Fermata |
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9. Identify the red portion of the following note.
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| a. Beam |
b. Tie |
| c. Head |
d. Dot |
| e. Flag |
f. Stem |
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10. A _____ is simply a flag shared between two notes.
| a. Grace note |
b. Slur |
| c. Triplet |
d. Dot |
| e. Tie |
f. Beam |
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Answers: (1) d. Head (2) b. Half note (3) b. Sixteenth rest (4) d. Quarter note (5) e. Dot (6) f. 1/2 (7) f. Eighth note triplets (8) a. Tie (9) e. Flag (10) f. Beam
