Elementary Music Vocabulary (Rhythm)
Notes
Music symbols for sound.
Quarter Note
a musical note with the time value of a quarter of a whole note or half a half note
Half Note
a note played for half the duration of a whole note and twice the duration of a quarter note
Eighth Notes
a note with the time value of an eighth of a whole note or half a quarter note
Repeat
sounds or sequences that are often repeated
Rhythm
How a sound is placed in time.
Dotted Half Note
A dot after a note increases its duration (length) by half its original value
Whole Rest
A musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
Sixteenth Note
A musical note equal in time to 1/16 of a whole note
Quarter Rest
A musical rest having one-fourth the time value of a whole rest
Half Rest
A musical rest having the time value of half a whole rest or equal in duration to two beats in common time
Whole Notes
A note or rest that receives four (4) beats