🎵 Q3 Beginning Band Vocabulary & Note Value
Student Study Guide, Quiz #1
Use this guide to review before your quiz. If you understand everything on this page, you are ready!
🎼 PART A: MUSIC VOCABULARY
Tempo
Tempo means how fast or slow the music is.
Fast tempo = fast music
Slow tempo = slow music
Dynamics
Dynamics tell us how loud or soft to play.
Examples:
p (piano) = soft
f (forte) = loud
Articulation
Articulation describes how notes are started and ended.
It tells us if notes are smooth, short, or accented.
Staff
The staff is five lines and four spaces.
Notes are written on the lines and spaces.
Clef
A clef is a symbol at the beginning of the staff.
It tells us what notes the lines and spaces represent.
Measure
A measure is a group of beats.
Measures are separated by bar lines.
Rest
A rest means do not play for a certain number of beats.
Rests are just as important as notes!
Time Signature
The time signature is written at the beginning of the music.
The top number tells us:
How many beats are in each measure
🥁 PART B: NOTE VALUES & RHYTHM
Whole Note
Gets 4 beats
Held for the entire measure in 4/4 time
Half Note
Gets 2 beats
Two half notes = 4 beats total
Quarter Note
Gets 1 beat
Four quarter notes = 4 beats total
Eighth Note
Gets ½ beat
Two eighth notes = 1 beat
💤 REST VALUES
Whole Rest
Gets 4 beats
Hangs down from a line
Half Rest
Gets 2 beats
Sits on top of a line
⏱️ 4/4 TIME SIGNATURE
The top number is 4
This means:
There are 4 beats in each measure
Common ways to get 4 beats:
4 quarter notes
2 half notes
1 whole note
✅ STUDY TIPS
✔ Say note values out loud
✔ Clap rhythms
✔ Quiz yourself: “How many beats?”
✔ Remember: Notes = play, Rests = silence
🎯 YOU ARE READY IF YOU CAN:
Explain what tempo and dynamics mean
Identify how many beats each note/rest gets
Tell how many beats are in a 4/4 measure
Explain what the top number of a time signature means
***Write your concert Bb scale in the all-state pattern, no arpeggio.
Be sure to include:
Clef
Time signature
Key signature
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