Basic Music Terms

This Clef is used for lower instruments.

What note is this?

What note is this?

This is a five line graph on which notes are put on lines and spaces between the lines. 

What note is this?

What note is this?

In a measure of 4/4 music, one of these takes up 4 quarter notes and fills an entire measure.  

What is this called? They tell you which notes are sharp or flat in a song.

musical interval that spans twelve steps from a starting & ending note of the same letter name

What is this called?  It means to play the notes short and detached.

What is this called?  It tells us the music should get louder.

In a measure of 4/4, this note gets one beat and four of these notes fill a measure.

The way we tell one note from another by letter name, using A through G. 

What note is this?

A pattern of notes played up and down that ends on a common home note (tonic)

What note is this?

In a measure of 4/4 music, two equal a quarter note and eight of these fill an entire measure. 

What is this called?

This is used for piano music- uses both the treble clef and bass clefs making a larger staff.

This clef is usually used for higher instruments. It loops around the G line of the staff.