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    ContentsSheet 1

    Sheet 2

    Sheet 3

    Sheet 4

    Sheet 5

    Sheet 6

    Sheet 7

    Sheet 8

    Sheet 9

    Sheet 10

    Sheet 11Sheet 12

    Sheet 13

    Basic Information About Notes

    Lines and SpacesTrace Notes

    Stems

     Note Properties

    Writing Music

    Find the Way Home

    Crossword Puzzle

    Counting Notes

     Notes and Beats in 4/4 time

    Double Puzzle Note Identification

    Some Sumsby Beatrice Wilder 

    Let s Learn

    About Notes

    Product of Australia

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    Copyright © Beatrice Wilder 2002Published in 2002 by Music FunRevised in 2011

    19 Millyard Lane Katoomba 2780

    Phone: (02) 4782 3073

    Email: [email protected]: www.musicfun.com.au

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    Basic Information About Notes

      Whole note   One whole note = 4 quarter notes

    Two half notes = 4 quarter notesHalf note

    Quarter no te Four quarter notes = 1 whole note Quarter note rest:

    Eighth note Eight Eighth notes = 1 whole note Eighth note rest:

    This part of aneighth note is calledthe FLAG

    This part of a noteis called the HEAD

    Eighth notes andsixteenth notescan be grouped

    together by using BEAMS

    This part of a note iscalled the STEM

    +

    ++

    ++

    =

    = =

    = =

     A dot placed after a notemakes it longer by half of its own length.

    Let's Learn About NotesSheet 1

    Whole note rest:

    Half note rest:

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    What number is the bottom line? ...................

    What number is the top line? .....................

    Trace the notein the 3rd space

    1

    2

    3

    4

    1

    2

    3

    4

    The lines are numbered from the bottom up.

    Trace the noteon the 4th line.

    5

    Trace the noteon the 2nd line.

    Draw a noteon the 1st line.

    Draw a notein the 4th space.

    Notes are written on lines and in spaces.

     Name .........................................

    The spaces are numbered from the bottom up.

    Trace the notein the 1st 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. Draw a pink note below the first line

    What number is the bottom space? ...................

    What number is the top space? .....................

    Sheet 2Let's Learn About Notes

    Lines and Spaces

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    Stems going up. Stems going down.

    Can you turn these into half notes? Use colours.

    Stems going up. Stems going down.

    Trace each whole note a different colour.

    This is a whole note.It is also called a semibreveIt looks a bit like a circle.It does not have a stem is hollow in the middle.Trace the whole notes green.

     Name .........................................

    These are two half notes.

    Half notes are also called minims.They look like whole notes with stems.They are hollow in the middle.Trace one half note blue and the other red.

    Here are two quarter notes.Quarter notes are also called crotchets.They look like black half notes.Turn three whole notes into half notesand three whole notes into quarter notes

    Draw a whole note

    Draw a quarter note Draw a half note

    How many half notesare on this sheet?

    also called a

    ............................................

    also called a

    ............................................

    also called a

    ............................................

    Trace Notes

    Sheet 3Let's Learn About Notes

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    Notes written lower than the middle linehave stems going up on the right.

    Notes written higher than the middle line have stems going down on the left.

    Trace the half notes carefully.

    Trace the whole notes.

    Add stems on the proper sides to turn them into half notes.

    Can you turn three half notes into quarter notes?

    Turn two whole notes into half notes.

     Name .........................................

     Notes written on the middle line can have their stems going up or down.

    STEMS

    Sheet 4Let's Learn About Notes

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     Name .........................................

    Whole note

    Half note Two half notes = 4

    Two half notes = 1 ........

    Quarter note Four quarter notes = 1

    Four quarter notes = 2 ........

    Eighth note Four eighth notes = 2

    Eight eighth notes = 2 .......

    Fill in the missing notes …

    ........ ........

    ..........

    ..........

    ..........

    ..........

    ..........

    Tick the correct answers and cross the incorrect answers.

    Quarter note

    Whole note

    Half note

    Half note

    Eighth note

    Whole note

    Half note

    Eighth note

    Whole note

    Sixteenth note

    Quarter note

    Eighth note

    Draw a note that is equal4 quarter notes

    Draw an eighth note

    Draw two notes that isequal to four eighth notes

    Draw a half note

    Draw a note that is equalto one quarter note

    Draw a half note

    Draw a quarter note

    Draw a whole note

    Draw two notes that are thesame value as a whole note

    Note Properties

    Sheet 5Let's Learn About Notes

    One whole note = 4

    One whole note = 2 .......

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     Name .........................................

    = one  beat

    = one  beat

    = two  beats

    = half of one beat

    = four   beats

    = three  beats

    One note in the fourth space.

    One note in the second space.

    One note on the fifth line.

    One note on the third line.

    One dotted half note in the third space.Two eighth notes together in the first space.

    One half note on the fourth line.

    One quarter note in the first space.

    One quarter note on the second line.

    One whole note on the first line.

    How many quarter notes are there on this sheet? ................

    {{   {{

    4 quarter notes 3 notes

    3 notes

     

    The notes in each bar have to add up to four beats.Can you decide which notes need to go in each bar?

    Writing Music

    Sheet 6Let's Learn About Notes

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     Name .........................................

    draw me

    half of onequarter note

    draw them

    2 notes equal to1 quarter note

    worth 2eighthnotes

    half of awhole note

    draw me

    worth 3quarter notes

    draw me

    worth4 quarter notes

    Draw the correct notes in their boxes first. You can find all of them in the circle on this page.

    Draw them

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      a   h o    m m      o

    e           h ? 

         W

    draw medraw me

    Can you help three of these notes to FIND THE WAY HOME?

    Sheet 7Let's Learn About Notes

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     ACROSS DOWN

     3. This part of note  is called the _ _ _ _

     4. This part of a note

     5. The name of this note

     8. This lengthens a note by half of   its value.

    10. This is a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ note.

    12. This is called a _ _ _ _ note

    13. This part of a note is  the _ _ _ _

    14. Silence in music is shown by a _ _ _ _

    16. How many eighth notes in this note?

     1. This is an _ _ _ _ _ _ note

     2. The name of this note (2 words)

     6. The name of this note (2 words)

     9. Eighth notes are joined by a _ _ _ _

     7. The set of five lines that notes arewritten on are called a _ _ _ _ _

    11. How many eighth notes in this?

    15. How many sixteenth notes in this?

     Name .........................................

    Draw an eighth note rest

    Draw a note twice as long as 5 across

    Draw a note half the length of 2 down

    Draw a note twice as longas 6 down

    Name the note that belongs to this rest .......................................................

    Crossword Puzzle

    Sheet 8Let's Learn About Notes

      2

    3

    4

    5 6

    7 8

     

    2

     4

    9

     

    3

     5

     6

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     Name .........................................

     Notes that have the same value asone quarter note:

    One quarter note.

    Two eighth notes have the samenumber of beats as one quarter note.

    Four sixteenth notes have the same value as one

    quarter note.

    Draw the note that makes the notes in these

     boxes equal in value to one quarter note

    Each group has to have the same value as one quarter note. Cross out any notes that are not needed. Draw aneighth note

    Draw a 16th note

    Draw twosixteenth notes joined 

    How many quarter notes are on this sheet? ..............

    Counting Notes

    Sheet 9Let's Learn About Notes

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     Name .........................................

    dotted

    half not

    e

    etonht

    neetxIs

    t

    quar te

    r notef n

    o

    etonht

    hgiehiv

    n

    r bocto

    nehtata

    e

    eeteet

    gneelsl

    l

    mr pdr e

    tsnbf ou

    o

    ealaal

    etonf la

    h

    mdaf ne

    htoyowe

    w

    Find the names of each of these notes.Write all the remaining letters below

    in the same order. They spell a message.

    Whole note

    quarter note

    sixteenth note

    dotted whole note

    quarter note

    half note

    two eighth notes joined

    four sixteenth notes joined

    Draw These

    Draw thelongestnote.

    Draw theshortest note.

    Double

    Puzzle

    Sheet 11Let's Learn About Notes

     _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

     _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 

     _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

     _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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     Name .........................................

    3

    2

    2

    4

    4

     4

    1

    1

    1

     1

    Draw lines joining the noteswith the correct beats.

    Match the NOTE blocksand BEAT blocks together.

    Can you draw notes

    in the NOTE blocksto make pairs?

    Draw these NOTES in order.The shortest note first and the longest note last.

    Draw these notes into their boxes.The longest note first and the shortest note last.

    Can you draw TWO of these notes joined together?

    Can you draw FOUR of 

    these notes joined together?

      2This note is a ......................................................

    This note is a ......................................................

    Notes and Beats

    in time

    Sheet 10Let's Learn About Notes

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     Name .........................................

    Trace these notes

    How many did you find?

    Whole notes ..............

    Half notes ...................

    Quarter notes ................

    Eighth notes ................

    Sixteenth notes ..........

    Use your coloured pencilsto trace and colour:

    Whole notes blue

    Half notes green

    Quarter notes red

    Eighth notes orange

    Sixteenth notes purple

    Draw a whole note in a space

    and a half note on a line.

    Draw four quarter notes. Two with

    stems going up and two with stems

    going down

    Draw one eighth note on the 4th line

    and a sixteenth note in the 1st space.

    Write both names for these notes. Note Identification

    Sheet 12Let's Learn About Notes

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     Name .........................................

    =

    = ==

    ==

    ==

    = = ==

    +

    ++ ++

    ++

    ++

    + + +++

    ++

     Are you good at adding up?Choose from the answer boxes at the bottom of this sheet.Cross out each answer as you use it. Use each answer only once.

    Here are your answer boxes:

    Can you solve this problem?

    If you turned every half note on this sheet into quarter notes,

    how many quarter notes would there be? ........................

      ome

      ums

    Sheet 13Let's Learn About Notes