A Bar Adds Up to One

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Name Date
DIRECTIONS: Clap the four bars while somebody counts 1–2–3–4.
1Read the table
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2Clap the four bars
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3Turn over: add them up
A bar adds up to exactly one.
The noteWhat it is calledHow much of a bar it isBeats in 4/4
whole note14
half note½2
quarter note¼1
eighth note⅛0.5
¼ + ¼ + ¼ + ¼ = 1  ·  ½ + ½ = 1
44¼¼¼¼½¼¼½½¼⅛⅛½

Add Them Up

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DIRECTIONS: Write each note’s fraction, then add. Each comes to 1.
  1.   ______ + ______ + ______ + ______  =  ______
  2.   ______ + ______ + ______ + ______  =  ______
  3.   ______ + ______ + ______ + ______  =  ______

Add Them Up

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DIRECTIONS: Three more.
  1.   ______ + ______ + ______ + ______  =  ______
  2.   ______ + ______ + ______ + ______  =  ______
  3.   ______ + ______ + ______ + ______  =  ______
Then clap all six.

These Are Wrong

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DIRECTIONS: Every bar is wrong. Add it up: how much too long or too short?
  1. adds up to ______  ·  that is ______ too ______
  2. adds up to ______  ·  that is ______ too ______
  3. adds up to ______  ·  that is ______ too ______
  4. adds up to ______  ·  that is ______ too ______
A short bar leaves a hole. A long one runs into the next bar. Clap one and hear it.

What Is Missing

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DIRECTIONS: Each bar is missing one note. Draw it in the gap.
Add up what is there, then take it from one.
  1. what is there: ______  ·  so the missing note is ______
  2. what is there: ______  ·  so the missing note is ______
  3. what is there: ______  ·  so the missing note is ______
  4. what is there: ______  ·  so the missing note is ______
  5. what is there: ______  ·  so the missing note is ______

Write Your Own

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DIRECTIONS: Write four different bars that each add up to one. Fractions first, then notes.
BarThe fractionsDoes it come to 1?Draw it
1
2
3
4
44
Clap all four without stopping. Had to pause or rush? One doesn’t add up.
Extra: a bar of only eighth notes. How many, and why?