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Section 1 Lesson 1Interactive Review

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Mrs. Theresa Preece’s Music Class

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Know your Notes

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In a 4/4 time signature, the notes are worth:

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Question 1

How many beats are in a whole note?

a. 1b. 2c. 3d. 4

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Know your Notes

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In a 4/4 time signature, the rests are worth:

Question 2A quarter rest has 1 beat.

What does a quarter rest look like?

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In a 4/4 time signature, the rests are worth:

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Musical Terms

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rhythm: The meter, time signature, and rhythmic duration in a piece of music.

beat: The steady underlying pulse in music.

duration: the time a note or rest lasts.

dynamics: the softness or loudness of a note.

tempo: the speed of music

ostinato: A rhythm or melody repeated over and over in music.

Musical Term Definitions

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What is the definition of rhythm?

A. A rhythm or melody repeated over and over in music.

B. the softness or loudness of a note.

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rhythm: The meter, time signature, and rhythmic duration in a piece of music.

beat: The steady underlying pulse in music.

duration: the time a note or rest lasts.

dynamics: the softness or loudness of a note.

tempo: the speed of music

ostinato: A rhythm or melody repeated over and over in music.

Musical Term Definitions

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The two numbers at the beginning of the music that tell a performer how to count it and which note receives the beat.

Time Signatures

Top NumberHow many beats are in a measure

Bottom NumberWhich notes gets one count

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Question 4The top number of a time signature

tells a musician:

a. Which notes gets one countb. How fast or slow to playc. How many beats are in a measured. How loud or soft to play

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The two numbers at the beginning of the music that tell a performer how to count it and which note receives the beat.

Time Signatures

Top NumberHow many beats are in a measure

Bottom NumberWhich notes gets one count

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Music Math

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Math is everywhere, even in music.

In the beginning of the module you learned what

notes had how many beats.

Using the beats found in a note or rest, add or subtract to find the correct answer.

Let’s look at some examples above…

You will have one problem next

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Using a time signature of we can find out how the notes and rests add up.

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8 beats

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Question 5Using a time signature, which answer

correctly solves the equation?

a. 5 beatsb. 8 beatsc. 6 beatsd. 4 beats

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Math is everywhere,

even in music.

In the beginning of the module you learned what notes had how

many beats.

Using the beats found in a note or rest, add or subtract to find the

correct answer.Let’s look at some examples above…

You will have one problem next

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Using a time signature of we can find out how the notes and rests add up.

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8 beats

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4 beats

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2 beats

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CONGRATULATIONS

You have completed Lesson 1 from Section 1 on Beginner’s

Music Theory. You are on your way to making great music!

Keep up the good work!

In Lesson 2 of Section 1 we will be reviewing scales and adding the

material we learned from this lesson, so that we can start

making music!

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