Here is the power point on some general music points we have covered. Please use this to help you study for upcoming test.

1. Music Review
Before we get started on the
instrument we need to go over a few
things to know beforehand.
First….what is a beat?

3. Can you feel the beat?
Listen to the following exercises.
Listen for a pulse or beat.
Once you feel a beat then clap it.

4. How many lines to a staff?
Barline
Double Barline
or Final Bar
Measure
The space between 2
barlines; units of time.
.
.
Repeat Sign

5. Note Values
• “Ta” Quarter Note 1 beat
This is how you clap and count
This is how it sounds on an instrument

6. Eighth Note =½ beat
“Ti-Ti” 2 Eighth Notes = 1 beat
How you clap and count
How it sounds on an instrument

7. “Ta-a-a-ah” Whole Note = 4 beats
“Ta-ah” Half Note = 2 beats
Clap & count
Instrument
sounds

8. Make sure you don’t confuse the note name with the
amount of beats the note receives.
For example a Quarter Note is NOT a quarter of a beat,
but 1 beat instead.
Think as it like slicing up a pie or fractions
1 whole note/pie 2 half notes = 1 pie
2 halves of pie
4 quarter notes = 1 pie
1 beat is ¼ of the pie
8 eighth notes = 1 pie
1 eighth note is 1/8 of the pie

9. Note Division Chart
This is another way of looking at how simple
rhythms are broken down.

10. The Dot Counts!!!
If a note has a dot located to the right side of
the note head, does it change the note value?
YES!!!
The dot will add half of the note value to
the note it follows. For example:
+ . =
2 1 (because half
of 2 is 1)
3 beats
= 6 beats
= 1 ½ beats

11. The Opposite of Sound is….?
Silence or in music called RESTS!
Whole Note/Whole Rest
4 beats of silence
Half Note/Half Rest
2 beats of silence
Quarter Note/Quarter Rest
1 beat of silence
Eighth Note/Eighth Rest
½ beat of silence

12. Time Signatures
How many beats in a measure
What type of note gets the beat;
Here the quarter note is getting the
beat.
Let’s look at the 3 time signatures
you will use in your first year of
band. We will use quarter notes
to simplify.

13. What’s the Time?
• http://www.musictechteacher.com/music
_quizzes/quiz_nuts_time_signs001.htm

14. NOTES!!!
What are the letters in the alphabet that we use
in music?
A,B,C,D,E,F,G
What happens after G? It loops back to A again
Treble Clef – Flutes, Oboe,
Clarinets, Saxes, Trumpets,
French Horn , and Mallets
Bass Clef – Trombones, Baritones
Clefs
You will get a clef depending on your instrument and
it’s note range. The clef tells you where the note
names are going to be located on the staff.

15. Notes on a staff – Treble Clef
F
A
C
E
Notes on the spaces
F
D
B
G
Notes on the lines E
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

16. Notes on a Staff – Bass Clef
Notes on the spaces
A
C
E
G
All Cows Eat Grass
Notes on the lines
A
G B
D F
Good Boys Deserve Fudge Always

17. How High or Low can You Go?
Can notes go above or below the staff? YES!!!
F
E
G
D
In order to extend the staff you need small
horizontal lines called a? Ledger Lines

18. How High or Low can You Go?
Can notes go above or below the staff? YES!!!
B A
F G
In order to extend the staff you need
small horizontal lines called ? Ledger Lines

19. WHAT TO DO FOR NEXT WEEK!
• Get forms turned in by next week the latest!
• Get Band Binder, label dividers, decorate
• Study the Musical Checklist Handout – There will be a
quiz coming soon!
• Complete the Musical Story that will help you with
your note reading before you receive your instrument.
It’s due next week!!!
• Next week we will review more specifics about
instrument (i.e. posture, breathing, tonguing)
• Get your instrument next week in the evening:
Tuesday, September 9-Thursday, September 11 (date
depending which instrument you will be playing)