NEW
Font size
WorksheetsSIMPLE RHYTHMS - 1st 9 weeks: CADET BAND
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
The natural pulse of music.
staff
beat
double bar line
air
The speed of the beat.
tempo
beat
measure
time signature
Silence in music.
sound
rest
beat
bar line
The top number shows how many beats are in each measure.
key signature
time signature
cursive signature
ligature
The bottom number shows what kind of note (i.e., quarter, half, whole, eighth etc.) receives one beat.
time signature
key signature
bar line
beat
A note that gets one beat of sound.
quarter
half
whole
eighth
A rest that gets one beat of silence
eighth noe
quarter note
half note
whole note
A note that gets 2 beats of sound.
eighth
quarter
half
whole
A rest that gets 2 beats of silence.
whole note
eighth note
quarter rest
half rest
A note that gets 4 beats of sound
eighth
quater
half
whole
A rest that receives 4 beats of silence.
whole rest
half note
quarter rest
eighth note
*review the rhythm pattern in the picture and answer the question below (it make take a few seconds for the image to load): TRUE or FALSE - the counting is written correctly for this rhythm pattern!
FALSE
TRUE
*review the rhythm pattern in the picture and answer the question below (it may take a few seconds for the image to load): WHAT KIND OF NOTES APPEAR IN THIS RHYTHM PATTERN?
eighth note
quarter notes
half notes
whole rests
*review the rhythm pattern in the picture and answer the question below (it may take a few seconds for the image to load): TRUE OR FALSE - THE COUNTING FOR THIS RHYTHM PATTERN IS CORRECT?
TRUE
FALSE
*review the rhythm pattern in the picture and answer the question below (it may take a few seconds for the image to load): WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS RHYTHM PATTERN?
beat 4 has a line thought it; it is marked like a silent beat (rest), but it's a quarter note and is not a rest
there is nothing wrong with the counting
there are not enough beats in the measure
there are only 5 beats in the measure and that is not enough
*review the rhythm pattern in the picture and answer the question below (it may take a few seconds for the image to load): FALSE or TRUE - THE COUNTING FOR THIS RHYTHM IS WRONG.
FALSE
TRUE
*review the rhythm pattern in the picture and answer the question below (it may take a few seconds for the image to load): IS THE COUNTING FOR THIS RHYTHM CORRECT?
no
yes
*review the rhythm pattern in the picture and answer the question below (it may take a few seconds for the image to load): WHY IS BEAT 3 WRITTEN SO SMALL?
because it is not important
because beat 3 is part of the half note (it's 'inside' the note), therefore it's written small next to beat 2 where the note begins; it shows which beats in the measure belong to the half note
there is not room enough next to the half note to draw it bigger!
*review the rhythm pattern in the picture and answer the question below (it may take a few seconds for the image to load): WHAT BEAT IS THE QUARTER REST ON?
4
3
2
1
*review the rhythm pattern in the picture and answer the question below (it may take a few seconds for the image to load): WHAT KIND OF REST IS SHOWN IN THIS PATTERN?
eighth
quarter
half
whole
*review the rhythm pattern in the picture and answer the question below (it may take a few seconds for the image to load): WHY ARE BEATS 3 & 4 SMALL AND HAVE LINES DRAWN THROUGH THEM?
because they are not important
because they are silent beats; beat numbers belonging to rests are marked smaller to show they are quiet and which beat numbers belong to the rest
*review the rhythm pattern in the picture and answer the question below (it may take a few seconds for the image to load): WHAT KIND OF NOTE IS SHOWN IN THIS RHYTHM?
whole
half
quarter
*review the rhythm pattern in the picture and answer the question below (it may take a few seconds for the image to load): WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS COUNTING?
there is nothing wrong with the rhythm counting
whole notes only get 2 beats of sound
there are not enough beats drawn in to match the note value and time signature
*review the rhythm pattern in the picture and answer the question below (it may take a few seconds for the image to load): WHAT RHYTHM NOTATION SYMBOL IS SHOWN IN THIS PICTURE?
whole note
whole rest
half note
half rest
Patterns of sound and silence.
rhythm
sound
silence
time signature
How many whole notes fit inside one measure of 4/4 time?
three
two
one
How many half notes fit into a measure of 4/4 time?
one
two
three
four
How many quarter rests fit into a measure of 4/4 time?
one
four
three
two
A beat has two parts ...
measure and bar line
downbeat and upbeat
air and rest
clef and double bar line
How many "pulses" are there in a single beat?
two
nine
3 1/2
1
