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Quiz #4: Note Durations

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1) Assume for now that a whole note = 4, half note = 2, quarter note = 1, and eighth note = . Add up the numbers in each equation and write one note that represents the resulting number:

 

a) 1 + 1 _______

 

e) 1 + ________

 

b) 2 + 1 + 1 _______

 

f) 2 + + ________

 

c) 0.5 + 1 + _______

 

g) 1 + 1 + + ________

 

d) 6 - 3 ________

 

h) 4 - 2 _______

2) This time, change every number you see on both sides of the equal sign into a note. (The first one has been done for you):

a)  

e) 1 + = 1

 

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b) 2 + 2 = 4

 

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f) + + 1 + 1 = 3

 

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c) 3 + 1 = 4

 

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g) 1 + 2 + + = 4

 

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d) + + 1 = 2

 

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h) + 1 = 2

 

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3) Complete the following:

a) How many eighth notes equal one half note: ________.

b) _____ quarter note(s) equal 2 half notes.

c) Four ___________ notes equal one whole note.

d) Two eighth notes equal one ____________ note.

e) One whole note can be made up of one half note and ______ quarter note(s).

f) One dotted half note is equal to ________ eighth note(s).

g) Two whole notes is the same length as ________ quarter note(s).

h) Six quarter notes is the same length as _________ dotted half note(s).

i) ________eighth note(s) is the same length as two quarter notes.

j) Three eighth notes is the same as a quarter note plus _______ eighth(s).

4) Write one note that equals the following group of notes:

 

5) Complete the following statements:

a) If a whole note equals four, a half note equals _____.

b) If a whole note equals eight, a quarter note equals _____.

c) If a quarter note equals 2, an eighth note equals _____.

d) If an eighth note equals 1, a half note equals _____.

e) If a half note equals 1, a whole note equals _____.


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Lesson 1
Grand Staff
Lesson 5
Durations, Pt.2
Lesson 9
Key Signatures
Lesson 12b
Minor Scales
Lesson 16
Key Identification
Lesson 20
Key Transposition
Lesson 24
Other Clefs
Lesson 2
Notes
Lesson 6
Measures
Lesson 10
Intervals
Lesson 13
Time Signatures
Lesson 17
Triads
Lesson 21
Triad Inversions
Lesson 25
Score Formats
Lesson 3
Keyboard
Lesson 7
Small Intervals
Lesson 11
Interval Inversions
Lesson 14
Measure Completion
Lesson 18
Octave Transposition
Lesson 22
Cadences
Lesson 26
Secondary Dominant Triads
Lesson 4
Durations, Pt.1
Lesson 8
Major Scales
Lesson 12a
Dbl Sharps- Dbl Flats
Lesson 15
Tonic & Dominant Triads
Lesson 19
Triplets & Other "Tuplets"
Lesson 23
Modes

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