Music - theory test

Tempo

Speed, used to indicate how quick / slow a musical piece is

Beat

Basic unit to measure tempo, which is measured in BPM

Bar or measure

Segment of time in a piece that groups a certain amount of beats together as indicated by the time signature. It's the space between two bar lines

Notes & rest values

Symbols that define an approximate length of the sound (notes) or silence (rests)

Whole note / rest

(1/1)

Half note / rest

(1/2)

Quarter note / rest

(1/4)

Eighth note / rest

(1/8)

Sixteenth note / rest

(1/16)

Time signature

A fraction that indicates how many beats each bar or measure will have and the length of every beat

Top number

Beats per measure

Bottom number

Length of beat, is linked to a note (tells you which note = 1)

Dot

A dot placed next to a note / rest increases its duration by half of its original value

Tie

A tie is a curved line that connects two or more notes of the same pitch, indicating that they would be played as a single continuous note. Their durations are combined