A) RHYTHMIC VALUES

1) How many beats does a quarter note get in 2/2 time?

a. three beats
b. two beats
c. a half of a beat
d. one and a half beats
e. other

Answer: c. a half of a beat

2) How many beats does an eighth note get in 4/8 time?

a. three beats
b. two beats
c. a half of a beat
d. one and a half beats
e. other

Answer: e: other (it would get one beat)

3) How many beats does a dotted quarter note get in 4/4 time?

a. three beats
b. two beats
c. a half of a beat
d. one and a half beats
e. other

Answer: d. one and a half beats

4) Fill in the blanks in the Rhythm Lecture Review.

B) PITCH VALUES

1) The first note of Example 7 (The Merry Farmer) on page 39 is what pitch?

a. D
b. D flat
c. E
d. F
e. none of the above

Answer: e. none of the above

2) What pitch is this note?

a. B
b. D flat
c. E
d. B flat
e. none of the above

Answer: d. B flat

3) What is a sharp (and/or "flat" and/or "natural")?

Answer: A musical symbol shaped like a "tic-tac-toe" grid (e.g. #), which raises the pitch of a note by a half step.

4) What is a clef?

Answer: A musical symbol which indicates what the values are of the lines and spaces on a staff.  For example, with the treble clef, the lines of the staff are e,g,b,d,f and the spaces are f,a,c,e.

5) Do the matching exercises in the Pitch Lecture Review

C) SIMPLE METER

1) If a measure is in 4/4 time, and contains a half note and a dotted
quarter note, which of the following would complete that measure?

a. an eighth rest
b. a quarter note
c. a half rest
d. a dotted half note
e. none of the above

Answer: a. an eighth rest

2) Two half notes equal:

a. a quarter note
b. a whole rest
c. an eighth note
d. a dotted half note
e. none of the above

Answer: b. a whole rest

3) What do the two numbers in a time signature indicate?

Answer: The top number indicates how many beats in a measure, and the bottom number indicates what note gets one beat.

4) Do the Time Signature Review (parts 1 and 2)

D) WHOLE STEPS AND HALF STEPS

1) Which of the following is a whole step?

a. C,D
b. D,E flat
c. F,A flat
d. G,G sharp
e. none of the above

Answer: a. C,D

2) Which of the following is a half step?

a. C,D
b. D,E
c. F,A flat
d. G,G sharp
e. none of the above

Answer: d. G,G sharp

E) PERFORMANCE

1) What pitch will sound when you play the white key which is the first one
in the diagram of a keyboard found in the inside cover of the text book?

a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
e. none of the above

Answer: c. C

2) What pitch will sound when you play the black key which is just to the
right of it?

a. A flat
b. B flat
c. C sharp
d. F
e. none of the above

Answer: c. C sharp

3) How long do you hold a dotted half note in 4/4 time?

a. three beats
b. two beats
c. one beat
d. four beats
e. none of the above

Answer: a. three beats

4) In the example below, the keys indicated by grey squares are a __________ apart, the keys indicated by red circles are a ___________ part, and the keys indicated by blue triangles are a ______________ apart.

Answer: In the example, the keys indicated by grey squares are a _half step__ apart, the keys indicated by red circles are a _half step_ part, and the keys indicated by blue triangles are a _whole step_ apart.

5) Do the Performing Half Steps and Whole Steps Matching Exercise.

F.)  DEFINITIONS

1) What is a stem?

Answer: The part of an eighth, quarter, or half note which is a vertical line, attached to the note head.

2) What is a time signature (give an example)?

Answer: Two numbers at the beginning of a song, which indicate the song's meter. For example, in 4/4 time, the quarter notes gets one beat and there are four beats in a measure.

3) What is the difference between rhythm and meter.

Answer: Meter is an aspect of rhythm. Rhythm is how long and short notes are, and 'deals with' the time of music. Meter organizes rhythms and notes into organized patterns, called measures or bars.

4) What are counting numbers?

5) What is a tie? a dot? (include examples in your definitions)

6) If a note is above the middle line, which way does the stem go?

7) Place counting numbers under the notes in the song "All Beauty Within You" (found on p. 196 of the textbook).