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Question | Answer |
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what is a beat | a beat is a steady pulse of all music |
what is a quarter not | a quarter not is one beat of a sound |
what is a quarter rest | it is one beat of silence |
what is a barline | a verticle line that groups notes and rests together |
what is a measure? | the space between the barlines. |
what is a meter? | the way of organizing rhythm. |
what is time signature? | a set of numbers at the beginning of a piece of music. |
what is a staff? | a staff is a five lined and four spaces on which notes are written. |
what is a clef? | a symbol at the beginning of a staff that indicates which lines and spaces represent which notes. |
what is a treble clef? | a clef that generally indicates notes that sound higher than middle C. |
what is a bass clef? | a clef that generally indicates notes that sound lower than middle C. |
what is a grand staff? | a staff that is created when two staves are joined together. |
what is a scale? | a group of pitches which are sung or played in succession and are based on a particular home tone (tonic). |
what is a key? | a scale is determined by its home tone or tonic. |
what is a rhythm? | a combination of long and short notes and rests. |
what is a half note? | a note that represents two beats of sound. |
what is a half rest? | a rest that represents two beats of silence. |