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25 Cards in this Set
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What is the notation symbol for a whole note (semibreve)?
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What is the notation symbol for a half note (minim)?
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What is the notation symbol for a quarter note (crochet)?
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What is the notation symbol for an eighth note (quaver)?
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What is the notation symbol for a sixteenth note (semiquaver)?
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What is the notation symbol for a whole note rest?
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What is the notation symbol for a half note rest?
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What is the notation symbol for a quarter note rest?
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What is the notation symbol for an eighth note rest?
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What is the notation symbol for a sixteenth note rest?
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What symbol is used for a one beat rest in 6/8 time?
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Name two ways that a triplet is indicated in notation
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A '3' is placed above the three notes of the triplet either on its own or in a square ended bracket
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Name three simple time signatures
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2/4, 3/4, 4/4
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Name three compound time signatures
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6/8, 9/8, 12/8
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What is the first rule of beaming notes together?
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Quarter and shorter notes are beamed together when they belong to the same beat
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When can you beam notes together across the beats in a bar?
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In 4/4 time, eighth notes can be beamed in the first or the second half bar. In 2/4 and 3/4 time, all eighth notes in a bar can be beamed.
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What is the first rule of writing rests?
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Each beat and each half beat must be completed with the appropriate rests
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What is unusual about a whole note (semibreve) rest?
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A whole note rest is used in all popular time signatures, including compound time signatures. It is sometimes known as a whole bar rest.
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When would a rest be written to span more than one beat?
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Dotted rests can be used at the start of a bar
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How should notes in compound time be beamed?
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Notes shorter than a dotted quarter note should be grouped together when they belong to one main beat.
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What rest should be used if the first two eighth note pulses of a beat in compound time are silent?
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A single quarter note rest
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What rest should be used if the last two eighth note pulses of a beat in compound time are silent?
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Two eighth note rests
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What rest should be used if the first two eighth note pulses of a triplet are silent?
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A single quarter note rest
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What rest should be used if the last two eighth note pulses of a triplet are silent?
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Two eighth note rests
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Give three places a tie should be used.
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A tie connects two notes of the same pitch to combine their time value. It is used over a bar line, across the middle of a measure with an even number of beats and across the beats of a measure when using sixteenth notes or rests (or smaller values).
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