DURATION SIGNS OF MUSIC

Name this duration sign

• Half note

• Quarter note

• Whole note

• eighth note

Answer explanation

Whole note = 4 beats/count

Name this duration sign

• Whole note

• Half note

• Eighth note

• Quarter note

Answer explanation

Half note = 2 beats/count

Name this duration sign

• Quarter note

• Half note

• Eighth note

• Whole note

Answer explanation

Quarter note = 1 beat/count

Name this duration sign

• Eighth note

• Half note

• Quarter note

• Whole note

Answer explanation

Eighth note = 1/2 a beat/count

Name this duration sign

• Silence lasting for 1 beat/count

• Silence lasting for 2 beats/counts

• Silence lasting for 1/2 a beat/count

• Silence lasting for 4 beats/counts

Answer explanation

Eighth note rest = silence lasting for 1/2 a beat/count

• Silence lasting for 4 beats/counts

• Silence lasting for 1 beat/count

• Silence lasting for 2 beats/counts

• Silence lasting for 1/2 a beat/count

Answer explanation

Whole note rest = Silence lasting for 4 beats/counts

Name the Duration sign

• Silence lasting for 4 beats/counts

• Silence lasting for 1/2 a beat/count

• Silence lasting for 2 beats/counts

• Silence lasting for 1 beat/count

Answer explanation

Half note rest = Silence lasting for 2 beats/counts

Name the Duration sign

• Silence lasting for 2 beats/counts

• Silence lasting for 1 beat/count

• Silence lasting for 3 beats/counts

• Silence lasting for 4 beats/counts

Answer explanation

Quarter note rest = Silence lasting for 1 beat/count

Name this grouped notes

• paired eighth note

• paired sixteenth note

• paired note

• None of these

Answer explanation

Paired sixteenth note = 1/16 sixteenth note, a note played for half the duration of an eighth note.

Sixteenth note = semi quaver

Calculate the value

• 1/2 + 1/2

• 1/4 + 1/4

• 1/16 + 1/16

• 1/8 + 1/8

Answer explanation

1/16 = sixteenth note is paired into two.