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APPENDIX 3

Example #3:

1. What is the smallest note duration in the excerpt?
Answer: A sixteenth note

2. What is the longest rest duration in the excerpt?
Answer: 3/4 rest duration, (dotted eighth rest)

3. What does the accidental at the end of measure 118 signify on the second Treble staff?
Answer: The B Flat should be played 1/2 step higher in pitch.

4. What is the pitch of the note in measure 119, on the second Treble staff?
Answer: B Flat

5. Define the dynamic, (*f) in measure 120.
Answer: It is a forte dynamic, meaning that it is played louder than the mezzo forte in the previous measure.

6. On the two bass staves, what is the duration of the dotted quarter note and the sixteenth note?
Answer: 1 3/4 beats

7. If you were to place a dynamic variance between measures 119 and 120, what variance would you use to describe the shift from *mf to *f?
Answer: Crescendo

8. How many measures are there in the excerpt?
Answer: 3 measures