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Music Symbol Identification

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Identify the music symbols with their appropriate names.

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whole note	4 beats of sound
half note	2 beats of sound
quarter note	1 beat of sound
eighth note	1/2 of a beat of sound
sixteenth note	1/4 of a beat of sound
thirty-second note	1/8 of a beat of sound
whole rest	4 beats of silence
half rest	2 beats of silence
quarter rest	1 beat of silence
eighth rest	1/2 of a beat of silence
sixteenth rest	1/4 of a beat of silence
thirty-second rest	1/8 of a beat of silence
dotted half note	3 beats of sound
dotted half rest	3 beats of silence
dotted quarter note	1 1/2 beats of sound
dotted eighth note	3/4 of a beat of sound
dotted quarter rest	1 1/2 beat of sound
dotted eighth rest	3/4 of a beat of silence
treble clef	high voices or pitches
bass clef	low voices or pitches
flat	lower the pitch 1/2 of a step
sharp	raise the pitch 1/2 of a step
natural	cancels the previous sharp or flat
two eighth notes	1 beat of sound
triplet	3 sounds in one beat
double bar line	the end (fine)
cut time	same as 2/2 timing
common time	same as 4/4 timing
crescendo	gradually get louder; loud to soft
decrescendo	gradually get softer; soft to loud
forte	loud
piano	soft
measure	distance between two bar lines
bar line	separates the staff

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