Answers to Quiz #6: Measures

1) Complete the following statements:

a)     means there are __4__ quarter note beats in each bar.

b) In a bar of music written in   there are two beats, and the  quarter  note is the note that gets the beat.

c) In a bar of music written in    there are three beats, and the quarter note gets the beat.

d)  How many beats are there in a bar of music written in   ? Answer: ___3___

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5) In each of the following bars, draw a combination of notes and rests that correctly correspond to the given time signature. (It doesn't matter which pitches you use for notes.) Then write in the counts below each bar.

There are many possible correct answers for this question. Show your solutions to your teacher to ensure that yours is correct.

6) See if your answers are at all like these:

a) Grand Staff: Two staves joined together with a vertical line on the left (as in piano score), with the top staff being treble clef, and the bottom staff being bass.
b) Clef: A symbol placed at the beginning of a staff to indicate the location of the various notes.
c) Leger line: A short line that extends a staff upward or downward, allowing notes to be written beyond the boundaries of the five lines of the staff.
d) Semitone: The smallest division of the octave we have in our Western Musical culture. There are twelve semitones in an octave.
e) Dotted Note: A note after which a dot has been placed. A dot adds half of the value of the note's original value.
f) Rest: A symbol that indicates a silence in music of a specific duration.
g) Time Signature: Also called "metre"or "meter", it tells the performer of a musical score (either directly or indirectly) how many beats are in each bar (measure) of music.