the
note-head. The answer to the question: "What is that note?"
would be "half-note," "eighth-note" according to the
denomination of the note in question, whether it was on or off
the staff.

15. _Measure-sign:_ 4-4, 2-4, 6-8, are _measure-signs_. Avoid
"time signatures," "meter-signatures," "the fraction,"
"time-marks." Example: What is the measure-sign? (C) Ans. A
broken circle. What is its meaning? Ans. Four-quarter measure.
(Not four-four time, four-four rhythm, four-four meter.)

16. _Note Placing:_ Place a quarter note on the fourth line.
Not "put a quarter note on D."

17. _Beat-Pulse:_ A tone or rest occurs on a certain beat or
pulse of a measure. Not on a certain _count_.

18. _Signature Terminology:_ The right hand sharp in the
signature is on the staff degree that represents seven of the
major scale. Not "always on 7 or ti."

19. _Signature Terminology:_ The right hand flat in the
signature is on the staff degree that represents four of the
major scale. Not "always on fa."

20. _Rote, Note, Syllable:_ Singing by rote means that the
singer sings something learned by ear without regard to notes.
Singing by note means that the singer is guided to the correct
pitch by visible notes. Singing by syllable means that the
singer sings the tones of a song or part to the sol-fa
syllables instead of to words, neutral vowels or the hum.
"Sing by note" is not correct if the direction means simply to
sing the sol-fa syllables, whether in sight reading, rote
singing, or memory work. "Sing by syllable" would be correct
in each case.

ADOPTIONS OF THE 1911 MEETING AT SAN FRANCISCO

Arabic numerals, either 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, or 12, placed on the
staff directly after the signature and above the third line,
show the number of beats in a measure.

A note, either a quarter or a dotted quarter, placed in
parenthesis under the numeral, represents the length of one
beat and is called the beat-note.

The numeral and the beat-note thus grouped constitute the
measure-sign.

Illustrative statements covering proper terminology: the tune
"America" is written in three-quarter measure. The chorus:
"How lovely are the Messengers" is written in two-dotted
quarter measure.

The above forms of statement were adopted