Primary 5 material

Rhythm is a regular and repeated pattern of sound

a regular and repeated pattern of sound is known as Rhythm

Whole note has 4 beats

Half note has 2 beats
Quarter note has 1 beat
Eighth note has 1/2 beat
Sixteenth note has 1/4 beat

Note that has 4 beats is called whole note

Note that has 2 beats is called Half note
Note that has 1 beat is called Quarter note
Note that has 1/2 beat is called Eighth
Note that has 1/4 beat is called Sixteenth
What does a quarter rest mean?
a. Be quiet for 1 beat
b. Play for 3 beats
c. Be quiet for 2 beats
d. Play for 4 beats

What symbol tells you to play something over again?

a. Repeat Sign
b. Crescendo
c. Whole Note
d. A Flat

A staff is made up of 5 spaces and 5 lines.

a. True
b. False

What are the spaces, in order, on the treble clef?

a. a, c, e, g
b. f, a, c, e
c. e,g,b,d
d. a,b,c,d

What are the lines, in order, on the treble clef?

a. e,g,b,d,f
b. g,b,d,f,a
c. b,d,f,e,g
d. f,a,c,e

Note that has 1/4 beat is called Sixteenth

1. This is the symbol of Whole note

2. This is the symbol of Half note

3. This is the symbol of Quarter note

4. This is the symbol of Eighth note

 5. This is the symbol of Sixteenth note

6. The symbol of Whole note rest sign is

7. The symbol of Half note rest sign is

8. The symbol of Quarter note rest sign is

9. The symbol of Eighth note rest sign is

10. The symbol of Sixteenth note rest sign is

Choose the correct note from the following picture.

a. C
b. A
c. E
d. G

What do dynamics tell you?

a. How loud or soft to play
b. What to play
c. Not to play
d. To play faster

What is Tempo?
 a. Not to play
b. How fast or slow to play
c. The notes to play
d. To repeat

….. is the number of eighth notes in a whole note.

a. 16
b. 2
c. 8
d. 4

Which number in the time signature tells you how many beats you have in
a measure?
a. Bottom number
b. At the end
c. Top number
d. The middle

The speed of the music is called.

a. tempo
b. dynamics
c. expression
d. articulation

Which number in the time signature tells you how many beats you have in
a measure?
a. Bottom number
b. At the end
c. Top number
d. The middle

A is two numbers written at the beginning of every staff

after the clef sign.
a. Key Signature
b. Time Signature
c. Clef
d. Staff

A line that connect two notes of the same pitch is called a tie .

What is the name of the clef used for higher pitched instruments/voices?
a. Bass clef
b. Treble clef
c. Neutral clef
 d. Cello clef

A half note gets beats.

a. 32
b. 2
c. 4
d. 1

In 4/4 time, there are four beats per measure.

There will be a at the end of a piece of music.

a. double bar line
b. tenuto
c. staff
d. legato

Raises any pitch by a half step.

a. Sharp
b. Flat
c. Natural
d. Note

A crescendo is a dynamic marking which indicates to:

a. gradually decrease volume
b. gradually increase volume
c. repeat
d. sing softly

A derescendo is a dynamic marking which indicates to:

a. gradually decrease volume
b. gradually increase volume
c. repeat
d. sing softly

A person who writes music is called a:

a. writer
b. decomposer
c. poet
d. composer

A person who leads choir or music ensemble is called a:

a. writer
b. decomposer
c. conductor
d. composer

The number of beats in a measure indicated by the following time

signature:

a. 4
b. 3
c. 12
d. 7

Tempo is the speed of the beat of music

To count the tempo we use a tool called metronome
Measure for tempo is BPM (beat per minute)

The speed of the beat of music is a definition of Tempo

Metronome is a tool to count the tempo
Measure for tempo is BPM (beat per minute)
Time signature explain how many beats (pulses) are contained in each
measure (bar)
the top number of the time signature reveals how many beats are in each
measure.
The bottom number indicates a certain kind of note used to count the
beat

Hari Merdeka is composed by H Mutahar

Gugur Bunga is composed by Ismail Marzuki

Scale is any set of musical notes ordered by fundamental frequency or

pitch
The distance between two successive notes in a scale is called a scale
step
Diatonic scale is a scale that is only have one and half step.
Diantonic Scales divided into two:

Diantonic Major Scale

Diantonic Minor Scale

Diantonic Major Scale Characteristic:

1. Enthusiastic
2. Cheerful
3. Usually started with 1 (do), but sometimes 3 (mi) or 5 (sol) and
ended with 1 (do)
4. The interval pattern 1-1-1/2-1-1-1-1/2

Diantonic Minor Scale Characteristic:

 1. Melancholy
2. Sad
3. started with 6 (la), and ended with 6 (la),
4. The interval pattern 1-1/2-1-1-1/2-1-1

Pentatonic also called five-note scale or five-tone scale, musical scale

containing five different tones. It is thought that the pentatonic scale
represents an early stage of musical development, because it is found, in
different forms, in most of the world's music.