{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/music-note-rest-values",
 "id": "music-note-rest-values",
 "title": "Note and Rest Values",
 "category": "arts-music",
 "subject": "Music Theory",
 "levels": [
  "k-2",
  "3-5",
  "6-8",
  "9-12"
 ],
 "description": "Rhythm values: how many beats each note and rest gets in 4/4 time.",
 "tags": [
  "rhythm",
  "notes",
  "rests",
  "beats"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Term",
 "backLabel": "Meaning",
 "cards": [
  [
   "Whole note",
   "Four beats in 4/4 time",
   "An open oval with no stem"
  ],
  [
   "Half note",
   "Two beats",
   "An open oval with a stem"
  ],
  [
   "Quarter note",
   "One beat",
   "A filled-in oval with a stem"
  ],
  [
   "Eighth note",
   "Half a beat",
   "A filled oval with a stem and one flag"
  ],
  [
   "Sixteenth note",
   "A quarter of a beat",
   "A stem with two flags"
  ],
  [
   "Thirty-second note",
   "An eighth of a beat",
   "A stem with three flags"
  ],
  [
   "Whole rest",
   "Silence for a whole measure of 4/4 (four beats)",
   "Hangs below the line"
  ],
  [
   "Half rest",
   "Two beats of silence",
   "Sits on top of the line like a hat"
  ],
  [
   "Quarter rest",
   "One beat of silence",
   "A squiggly zigzag shape"
  ],
  [
   "Eighth rest",
   "Half a beat of silence",
   "Looks like a slanted 7"
  ],
  [
   "Sixteenth rest",
   "A quarter of a beat of silence"
  ],
  [
   "Dotted half note",
   "Three beats"
  ],
  [
   "Dotted quarter note",
   "One and a half beats"
  ],
  [
   "Dotted eighth note",
   "Three quarters of a beat"
  ],
  [
   "Dotted whole note",
   "Six beats"
  ],
  [
   "What does a dot after a note do?",
   "Adds half of the note's value"
  ],
  [
   "What does a tie do?",
   "Joins two notes of the same pitch into one longer sound"
  ],
  [
   "What does a slur do?",
   "Connects different notes to be played smoothly"
  ],
  [
   "How many quarter notes equal a whole note?",
   "Four"
  ],
  [
   "How many half notes equal a whole note?",
   "Two"
  ],
  [
   "How many eighth notes equal a quarter note?",
   "Two"
  ],
  [
   "How many sixteenth notes equal a quarter note?",
   "Four"
  ],
  [
   "How many eighth notes equal a whole note?",
   "Eight"
  ],
  [
   "How many sixteenth notes equal a half note?",
   "Eight"
  ],
  [
   "How many quarter notes equal a half note?",
   "Two"
  ],
  [
   "How many sixteenth notes equal an eighth note?",
   "Two"
  ],
  [
   "What is a beam?",
   "A thick line joining the flags of two or more eighth or shorter notes"
  ],
  [
   "Triplet",
   "Three notes played in the time of two of the same type"
  ],
  [
   "Syncopation",
   "Stressing the off-beats or weak beats"
  ],
  [
   "Fermata",
   "A symbol meaning hold the note or rest longer than written"
  ],
  [
   "Time signature",
   "Two numbers at the start telling beats per measure and which note gets the beat"
  ],
  [
   "Top number of a time signature",
   "How many beats are in each measure"
  ],
  [
   "Bottom number of a time signature",
   "Which note value gets one beat"
  ],
  [
   "4/4 time",
   "Four beats per measure, quarter note gets the beat",
   "Also called common time"
  ],
  [
   "3/4 time",
   "Three beats per measure, quarter note gets the beat",
   "Waltz time"
  ],
  [
   "2/4 time",
   "Two beats per measure, quarter note gets the beat",
   "March time"
  ],
  [
   "6/8 time",
   "Six beats per measure, eighth note gets the beat, often felt in two groups of three"
  ],
  [
   "Common time symbol",
   "A C, standing for 4/4"
  ],
  [
   "Cut time symbol",
   "A C with a vertical line, standing for 2/2"
  ],
  [
   "Measure (bar)",
   "One section of music holding a set number of beats"
  ],
  [
   "Bar line",
   "A vertical line dividing measures"
  ],
  [
   "Double bar line",
   "Two vertical lines marking a new section"
  ],
  [
   "Final bar line",
   "A thin line and a thick line marking the end of a piece"
  ],
  [
   "Beat",
   "The steady pulse of the music"
  ],
  [
   "Tempo",
   "The speed of the beat"
  ],
  [
   "Rhythm",
   "The pattern of long and short sounds"
  ],
  [
   "Meter",
   "The way beats are grouped into measures"
  ],
  [
   "Anacrusis (pickup)",
   "One or more notes before the first full measure"
  ],
  [
   "Rest",
   "A symbol for silence"
  ],
  [
   "Stem direction rule",
   "Notes below the middle line have stems up; middle line and above have stems down"
  ],
  [
   "Repeat sign",
   "Two dots by a double bar telling the player to repeat a section"
  ],
  [
   "Quarter note value in 2/2 time",
   "Half a beat"
  ],
  [
   "Half note value in 2/2 time",
   "One beat"
  ],
  [
   "Whole note value in 2/2 time",
   "Two beats"
  ],
  [
   "Eighth rest value in 4/4",
   "Half a beat"
  ],
  [
   "Half rest plus quarter rest plus quarter rest in 4/4",
   "One full measure of silence (4 beats)"
  ],
  [
   "Two dotted quarter notes",
   "Three beats total"
  ]
 ]
}