Note Duration

Question 1

The length of time that a note is played is called its…

Answer 1

note duration.

Question 2

Has the longest note duration in modern music:

Answer 2

Whole note

Question 3

Has half the duration of a whole note:

Answer 3

Half note

Question 4

A fourth (or a quarter) of a whole note:

Answer 4

Quarter note

Question 5

Notes smaller in duration than a quarter note have ___.

Answer 5

flags

Question 6

Has one flag:

Answer 6

Eighth note

Question 7

Two eighth notes occupy the same amount of time as one ___.

Answer 7

quarter note

Question 8

Has two flags, halving the value again:

Answer 8

Sixteenth note

Question 9

Two sixteenth notes equal the duration of an ___.

Answer 9

eighth note