Music Unit 1

1/2

An eighth note receives _ of a beat.

bar line

A ___ ____ is the vertical line drawn to demarcate measures.

tie

A ___ is the curved line that joins two notes of the same pitch. The second pitch is not replayed.

dot

A ___ placed to the right of a note increases by one-half the value of the note.

staff

A _____ is the five parallel lines and four spaces on which pitches are notated.

triplet

A _______ is a compound division occurring within simple division. It is three notes played in the space of two.

measure

A _______ is the music contained between two bar lines.

3/4

A dotted eighth note receives _ of a beat.

3

A dotted half note receives _ beats.

1 1/2

A dotted quarter note receives _ beats.

6

A dotted whole note receives _ beats.

2

A half note receives _ beats.

1

A quarter note receives _ beat.

4

A whole note receives _ beats.

meter signature

_____ _________, more commonly called time signature, is used to specify how many beats are to be contained in each measure and which note value is equivalent to one beat.

meter

_____ is a regular pattern of accented and unaccented beats.

pitch

_____ is the relationship of a musical sound to high or low.

ledger lines

______ _____ are lines that extend the staff beyond its five lines and four spaces.

repeat signs

______ _____ are symbols used for repeating musical sections.

simple meter

______ _____ consists of duple, triple, and quadruple meter.

simple

______ division of the beat is dividing the beat into two equal parts.

melody

______ is a collection of pitches perceived as a unity. It is the horizontal element of music.

rhythm

______ is the organized movement of music in time. It contains the beat and all the rhythmic patterns that are divisions of the beat.

rhythm

______ is the organized movement of music in time. It is the pattern of longer and shorter notes that forms the basis for the life of a musical composition.

harmony

_______ is the tones that are heard simultaneously, often arranged into blocks of sound called chords. It is the vertical element of music.

compound

________ division of the beat is dividing the beat into three equal parts.

bass

Some instruments that play in ____ clef are the cello, trombone, tuba, and bass.

treble

Some instruments that play in ______ clef are the violin, flute, clarinet, and trumpet.

bass clef

The ____ ____ (also called the F clef) is used to notate pitches of middle to low range.

beat

The ____ is regular pulses that provide a framework that organizes music in time.

grand staff

The _____ _____ is the combination of the treble clef and the bass clef.

upper

The _____ number in time signature indicates the unit of the beat.

lower

The _____ number in time signature indicates what kind of note receives a beat (whole, half, quarter, eighth, etc.).

treble clef

The ______ ____ (also called the G clef) is used to notate pitches of middle to high range.

sixteenth

The dotted eighth note is equal to an eight note tied to a _________ note.

melody, rhythm, harmony, timbre, texture, form

The six basic elements of music are ______, ______, _______, ______, _______, and ____.

upbeat

An ______ is a note that occurs before the downbeat, or first full measure, also called the anacrusis.

octave

An ______ is the distance from one note to the next note with the same name (an interval of eight tones).