Music note meanings

Aside from an appreciation for music, I have no other knowledge of it or possess any talent myself. My son's music teacher’s “tee tee tah” lesson on music notes had my son trying to teach me, though. His curiosity became mine too. To help him learn the names of the music notes and practice some math, I designed this fun activity. Download the music measure mat, cheat sheet, and notes/rests cards here. The objective? See how many different combinations of notes can be used to create a measure…

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In music, a rest simply means don't play. Note that each rest is a different shape in order to represent a given note. You would not play for the time value of the note the rest represents.

Here's the meaning of the time signature numbers for time signatures in music. This shows you what the top number and bottom number means.