Basic Music Theory: How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music

11: Where’s the Beat?

3. Which notes have stems?


4. The stems of notes above the third line go
   ____.


5. The stems of notes below the third line go
   ____.


6. Notes on the third line have stems which go
   ___.


7. When will a note on the 3rd line have its stem up?


8. How many beats does a whole note get?


9. How many beats does a half note get?


10. How many beats does a quarter note get?
    3. Quarter and half
    notes
    4. Down
    5. Up
    6. Either up or down
    7. When it is with
    other notes with
    their stems up
    8. 4
    9. 2
    10. 1

Practical Use

1. Draw a treble clef at the beginning of a blank staff. Fill up the line with different
   types of notes on different spaces and lines. Get in all three types: whole, half and
   quarter.


2. Go back through the notes in number 1 and write in the correct letter name
   underneath each note.