Staff Symbols
The line that separates measures
This dynamic level means soft.
What is Piano?
This note is worth 1 beat.
What is a Quarter Note?
This symbol means to add emphasis, stress, or stronger attack placed on a particular note or set of notes.
What is an Accent?
What is Unison?
A set of 5 horizontal lines and 4 horizontal spaces that represent different pitches.
This dynamic level means medium loud.
What is Mezzo Forte?
What is a Half Rest?
This symbol means to hold the note until the conductor tells you to end.
What is a Fermata?
This is the order of the Solfege scale.
What is do re mi fa so la ti do?
G Clef; Used for high voices/instruments
What is the Treble Clef?
This symbol means gradually get louder.
What is Crescendo?
What is a Whole Note?
This part of a note is oval shaped and determines the pitch of the note based on its position on the staff.
What is a Note Head?
What is acapella?
F Clef; the clef used for low voices and instruments
What is the Bass Clef?
This dynamic level means very loud.
This note is worth 1/2 a beat.
What is an Eighth Note?
This symbol means to sing something "short and detached".
What is Staccato?
This is the order of the voice parts from highest to lowest.
What is soprano, alto, tenor, bass?
This symbol shows how many beats are in a measure and what note gets the beat.
What is a Time Signature?
This symbol means strongly accented.
What is Sforzando?
This note is worth 1.5 beats.
What is a Dotted Quarter Note?
This symbol raises a pitch by a half step.
What is a Sharp?
This term is a pleasant musical sound made by different notes being played or sung at the same time.
What is Harmony?