About Notes
About Notes
Contents
Let's Learn
Sheet 1 Basic Information About Notes
Sheet 2 Lines and Spaces
Sheet 3 Trace Notes
Sheet 4 Stems
Sheet 5 Note Properties
About Notes
Sheet 6 Writing Music
Sheet 7 Find the Way Home
Sheet 8 Crossword Puzzle
Sheet 9 Counting Notes
Sheet 10 Notes and Beats in 4/4 time
Sheet 11 Double Puzzle
Sheet 12 Note Identification
by Beatrice Wilder
Sheet 13 Some Sums
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Let's Learn About Notes
Sheet 1
Basic Information About Notes
Semibreve or Whole note One semibreve = 4 crotchets Semibreve rest:
Minim or Half note Two minims = 4 crotchets Minim rest:
Crotchet or Quarter note. Four crotchets = 1 semibreve Crotchet rest:
Quaver or Eighth note Eight quavers = 4 crotchets Quaver rest:
This part of a quaver A dot placed after a note
or semiquaver is called
the FLAG or the TAIL + = makes it longer by half
of its own length.
Quavers and
semiquavers
can be grouped
This part of a note is together
by using BEAMS + = + =
called the STEM
This part of a note
is called the HEAD + = + =
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Sheet 2
Lines and Spaces
Notes are written on lines and in spaces. 5
4 Trace the note
The lines are numbered from the bottom up. on the 4th line.
3
What number is the bottom line? ................... Trace the note
2 on the 2nd line.
What number is the top line? ..................... 1 Draw a note
on the 1st line.
The spaces are numbered from the bottom up. Trace the note
4 in the 3rd space
What number is the bottom space? ...................
3 Trace the note
in the 1st space.
What number is the top space? ..................... 2
Draw a note
1 in the 4th space.
Using your coloured pencils, draw:
A red note in the 4th space.
A blue note on the 2nd line.
An orange note on the 5th line.
A green note in the 3rd space.
A brown note on the 1st line.
A purple note in the 2nd space.
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Can you draw a pink note below the first line?
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Sheet 3
Trace Notes Trace each semibreve a different colour.
This is a semibreve.
It is also called a whole note
It looks a bit like a circle.
It does not have a stem is hollow in the middle.
Trace the semibreves green. Can you turn these into minims? Use colours.
These are two minims.
Minims are also called halfnotes.
They look like semibreves with stems.
They are hollow in the middle.
Trace one minim blue and the other red. Stems going up. Stems going down.
Draw a crotchet Draw a minim
Here are two crotchets.
Crotchets are also called quarter notes.
They look like black minims.
also called a also called a
Turn three semibreves into minims
and three semibreves into crotchets ............................................ ............................................
Draw a semibreve How many minims
are on this sheet?
also called a
............................................
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Sheet 4
STEMS
Notes that are written lower than the middle line
have stems that go up on the right. Trace the semibreves.
Trace the minims carefully. Add stems on the proper sides to turn them into minims.
Notes that are written higher than the middle line have stems that go down on the left.
Notes that are written on the middle line can have their stems going up or down.
Turn two semibreves into minims.
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Can you turn three minims into crotchets?
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Note Properties
Sheet 5
Fill in the missing notes …
Semibreve or Whole note One note = 4 beats
Minim or Half note Two notes = 4 beats
..........
Crotchet or Quarter note. Four notes = 4 beats
.......... ..........
Quaver or Eighth note Eight notes = 4 beats
.......... .......... ........ ........
Half note Quaver
4 crotchet beats 2 crotchet beats Draw two notes that add Draw a half note Draw two notes that add
Minim Whole note up to one crotchet beat up to two crotchet beats
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Sheet 6
Writing Music = one
beat
= one
beat
= three
beats
{
The notes in each bar have to add up to four beats.
Can you decide which notes need to go in each bar?
= half = two = four
of one beat beats beats
{ {
One note in the fourth space. One minim on the fourth line.
One note in the second space. 3 notes One quarter note in the first space.
4 quarter notes
One note on the fifth line. One crotchet on the second line.
One note on the third line.
3 notes { One dotted minim in the third space.
Two quavers together in the first space.
One whole note on the first line.
How many crotchets are there on this sheet? ................
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Sheet 7
Can you help three of these notes to FIND THE WAY HOME?
Draw the correct notes in their boxes first. You can find all of them in the circle on this page.
worth
4 crotchet
beats
draw me
2 notes equal to
made it ho
1 crotchet beat
Who
me
draw them
?
3 crotchet
beats Draw them
draw me
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Sheet 8
Crossword Puzzle
1
2
ACROSS DOWN
3
4 5
3. This part of a quaver is 1. This note is a:
6 7 called the _ _ _ _
8 6. A semibreve can be called this (2 words) 2. A minim is also called a _____
9
8. Silence in music is shown by a _ _ _ _ 4. A dotted minim has _ crotchet
10
beats
11 12 9. A note worth three crotchet beats (2 words)
5. What is this note called?
11. Two quavers are joined by a _ _ _ _
13 14 15
7. This part of a note is the _ _ _ _
16
12. A crotchet is called a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ note
14. A _ _ _ after a note lengthens it by 10. This part of a note is the _ _ _ _
half of its value
16. Four of these have the same value 13. A minim is worth _ _ _ _ quavers
as a whole note or semibreve
Draw a picture of 9 across 15. A semibreve is worth _ _ _ minims
Draw a picture of a note that has no stem and is worth two minims
Draw a picture of 5 down
Name this note ......................................................................
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Counting Notes
Sheet 9
Notes that add up to one crotchet beat: Draw the note that makes these groups
add up to one crotchet beat
One crotchet, or quarter note, gets one beat.
Two quavers, or quarter notes, together get the same
number of beats as one crotchet.
One beat
Four semiquavers, or 16th notes,
get the same number of
beats as one crotchet.
One beat
How many crotchets are on this sheet? ..............
Each group has to add up to one crotchet beat. Cross out any notes that are not needed. Draw a
quaver
Draw a semiquaver
Draw two
semiquavers joined
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Sheet 10
Notes and Beats
1 4 3
Match the NOTE blocks
and BEAT blocks together. in time 2 1
Can you draw TWO of
these notes joined together?
4 1 3 1 2
Draw lines joining the notes Can you draw FOUR of
these notes joined together?
with the correct beats. Draw these NOTES in order.
The shortest note first and the longest note last.
3 2
This note is a ......................................................
This note is a ......................................................
Can you draw notes
in the NOTE blocks
to make pairs?
4
1 Draw these notes into their boxes.
The longest note first and the shortest note last.
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Double
Sheet 11
Find the names of each of these notes.
Draw These
Puzzle
Write all the remaining letters below
in the same order. They spell a message.
Whole note
d o n e c s r s o
o t c h e e t e i Draw the
t m i n i m s mw quarter note longest
t o r t h i t i h note.
e e s a m q e b a 16th note
d s t w o u q r u
ma v e r a s e j
i o i n e v d v t dotted minim
n q u a v e r e o
i g e t h r e r
mc r o t c h e t craotche Draw the
shortest note.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ahlf note
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ two quavers joined
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
four semiquavers joined
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Sheet 12
Write both names for these notes. Note Identification
Trace these notes
Use your coloured pencils
to trace and colour: Draw a semibreve in a space
Semibreves blue and a minim on a line.
Minims green
Crotchets red
Quavers orange
Semiquavers purple
Draw four crotchets. Two with
stems going up and two with stems
going down
How many did you find?
Semibreves ..............
Minims ................... Quavers ................
Crotchets ................ Semiquavers.......... Draw one quaver on the 4th line
and one semiquaver in the 1st space.
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Sheet 13
Are you good at adding up? Some
Choose from the answer boxes at the bottom of this sheet.
Cross out each answer as you use it. Use each answer only once. Sums
+ = + = + + =
+ = + = + + =
+ = + = + + =
+ = + = + + =
Here are your answer boxes:
Can you solve this problem?
If you turned every minim on this sheet into crotchets,
how many crotchets would there be? ........................
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