Beat - 4th Grade

The ___ moves music along, just like your heart steadily moves blood through your body.

• signs

• beat

• notes

• rests

If you speed up the beat, the music gets ___.

• louder

• quieter

• slower

• faster

Beats can be written down in all styles of music.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

You can feel and find the beat, but you can't see it or write it down!

YOU CAN WRITE RHTYHMS, NOT BEATS.

Every piece of music has ___ beats.

• strong and weak

• loud and long

• short and quiet

• fast and slow

How are beats organized together?

• Instruments

• Voices

• Melodies

• Measures

Answer explanation

The most common measures in music have 2, 3 or 4 beats. In India, their classical music can have 13 beats in each measure!

___ is the way beats feel when organized into measures.

• Meter

• Harmony

• Chord

• Tempo

Listen to the music. Find the steady beat, then listen for the strong and weak beats. What is the meter?

• Meter of 2

• Meter of 3

• Meter of 4

Listen to the music. Find the steady beat, then listen for the strong and weak beats. What is the meter?

• Meter of 2

• Meter of 3

• Meter of 4

Listen to the music. Find the steady beat, then listen for the strong and weak beats. What is the meter?

• Meter of 2

• Meter of 3

• Meter of 4

Listen to the music. Find the steady beat, then listen for the strong and weak beats. What is the meter?

• Meter of 2

• Meter of 3

• Meter of 4