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title: Reading music: notes, beats and rhythm — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Arts
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 2 «Reading music: notes, beats and rhythm» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Reading music: notes, beats and rhythm

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The 15 questions of lesson 2 «Reading music: notes, beats and rhythm» of the arts course of Mova's primary school with their options, 86 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm/t1/) — Your mate reckons notes only ever sit on the lines, never in the gaps. Is he right? — right ✓ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm/t2/) — What would happen if a player stopped counting during a long rest? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm/t3/) — Kid in Auckland goes, "Sweet as, but what are all these little fences?" ("sweet as" means fine, great). What are the fences? — right ✓ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm/t4/) — Your cousin says FACE is cheating and real musicians never use tricks. Which is true? — right ✓ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm/t5/) — Dad says 3/4 means "you only play three quarters of the tune, then stop". What is wrong? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm/t6/) — In a game, a player sees a sharp and plays the note lower. What should happen? — right ✓ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm/t7/) — Grandad says, "If two countries use different words for one note, one of them is wrong." What is the best reply? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm/t8/) — The class keeps rushing in the exciting bit. What is the most likely result? — right ✓ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm/t9/) — Lad in Newcastle goes, "Howay man, reading music's for swots, me." ("howay" means come on). What is the fairest answer? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm/t10/) — A cartoon shows the clef as a pretty curl the artist added for fun. What is the truth? — right ✓ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm/t11/) — Why do teachers clap a rhythm before the class plays it? — right ✓ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of the time signature 3/4? — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm/e2/) — Identify the principal function of a rest as notated in a musical score. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the terms "crotchet" and "quarter note". — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm/e4/) — Determine the effect upon a note of a preceding sharp sign. — right ✓ · exam

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