PurFact

Identify Music Notation

12 questions ยท Music

A world language of dots, lines and flourishes that captures any melody: recognise the music signs treble clef, bass clef, whole note, half note, quarter note, eighth note, rest, sharp, flat, natural, fermata and repeat sign by their shape. Good to know: The treble clef (G-clef) fixes the pitches for high voices. Its curl encircles the note G. The bass clef (F-clef) notates the low notes. Two dots frame the note F. The whole note is an open head without a stem and lasts longest. In 4/4 time it fills the whole bar. The half note has an open head with a stem and lasts half as long as a whole. It counts two beats in 4/4 time. The quarter note has a filled head with a stem. It is usually one basic beat. The eighth note has a filled head, a stem and a flag. Several are joined by a beam. The rest prescribes a silence of a certain duration. Every note value has a matching rest. The sharp raises a note by a semitone. F becomes F-sharp. The flat lowers a note by a semitone. B becomes B-flat. The natural cancels a previous sharp or flat.

Practise for free

PurFact brings every card back right before you would forget it. That's how knowledge sticks.

6 of 12 questions with answers

Which music symbol is this?

Music symbol

Foto: ใฃ ยท Public domain ยท Wikimedia Commons

Show answer

Treble clef

The treble clef (G-clef) fixes the pitches for high voices.

๐Ÿ’ก Did you know? Its curl encircles the note G.

Music symbol

Foto: ใฃ ยท CC BY 2.5 ยท Wikimedia Commons

Show answer

Bass clef

The bass clef (F-clef) notates the low notes.

๐Ÿ’ก Did you know? Two dots frame the note F.

Music symbol

Foto: Matrix0123456789 ยท Public domain ยท Wikimedia Commons

Show answer

Whole note

The whole note is an open head without a stem and lasts longest.

๐Ÿ’ก Did you know? In 4/4 time it fills the whole bar.

Music symbol

Foto: Music-halfnote.png: trivial, author unknown / derivative work: Marnanel ยท CC BY-SA 3.0 ยท Wikimedia Commons

Show answer

Half note

The half note has an open head with a stem and lasts half as long as a whole.

๐Ÿ’ก Did you know? It counts two beats in 4/4 time.

Music symbol

Foto: Sherbyte ยท CC BY-SA 3.0 ยท Wikimedia Commons

Show answer

Quarter note

The quarter note has a filled head with a stem.

๐Ÿ’ก Did you know? It is usually one basic beat.

Music symbol

Foto: Popadius ยท Public domain ยท Wikimedia Commons

Show answer

Eighth note

The eighth note has a filled head, a stem and a flag.

๐Ÿ’ก Did you know? Several are joined by a beam.

๐Ÿ”’ The other 6 questions are part of PurFact Pro.

Open in PurFact

How PurFact works

Practise for free

Music: all topics โ†’