CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING

A __________ is the basic building block of music.

Each note corresponds to a specific pitch and _________.

If notes correspond to sounds, __________ correspond to silences.

The __________ is a note that has four counts.

The __________ is a rest that has four counts.

If you combine a half rest and a quarter note, you get 4 counts.

• true

• false

If you combine a quarter rest and an eighth rest, you get 2 counts.

• true

• false

If you combine a whole rest, and a half note, you get 6 counts.

• true

• false

If you combine two eighth notes, a half rest, and two eighth rests, you get 5 counts.

• true

• false

A note with a head that’s white in the center has more counts than a note with a black head.

• true

• false