Notes and Rest

Notes and Rest

Notes and rests are musical symbols on a staff that designate when to play and when to not play. Notes on a staff represent what pitch to play and for how long. Rests are musical symbols used to designate when to pause and not play. 

Multiple Choice

Which of the following symbols has a value of 4 beats?

• half note

• quarter rest

• whole note

Multiple Choice

It gives one beat of rest.

• Quarter note

• Quarter rest

• half rest

Multiple Choice

Which musical symbol gives 2 beats in a sound?

• half note and half rest

• whole note and half rest

• quarter note and eighth rest

Multiple Choice

Which group of symbols has the highest value if we add them together?

• quarter note and whole rest

• whole rest and whole note

• half note and 3 quarter rests

Multiple Choice

Which of the musical symbols has a value of half beat?

• quarter note

• eighth note

• sixteenth rest

RHYTHMIC PATTERNS

 rhythmic pattern is anything that has some kind of a pulse that can be repeated. For example, counting “one, two, one, two, one, two…”