Musical Canvas
What do we call the five lines and four spaces where notes are drawn?
Staff
Longest duration note and rest, gets 4 beats
Whole note, whole rest (draw one of each)
Vertical line, divides the staff into boxes
Bar line
Beats are divided in two
Simple
Board drawing 1
E
What symbols assign notes to certain lines and spaces?
Clef
Gets one beat
Quarter note, quarter rest (draw one of each)
A box of music on the staff as divided by bar lines, each has the same number of beats
Measure
Beats are divided in three
Compound
Board drawing 2
G
Treble Clef
Gets two beats
Half note, half rest (draw one of each)
Stack of numbers next to the clef that tells us how many beats and what kind of note gets the beat in each measure
Time signature
Two beats per measure
Duple
Board Drawing 3
A
This clef, also called the F clef, assigns the notes GBDFA to the staff lines and ACEG to the staff spaces
Bass clef
Splits a quarter note in two, counted as beat &
Eighth notes (draw single, double beamed together, and rest)
How many beats are in these time signatures?
4 6 3
4 8 2
4 6 3
Three beats per measure
Triple
Board Drawing 4
A
This is the double staff that combines one treble clef staff on the top and one bass clef staff on the bottom
Grand staff
Splits a quarter note in 4, counted as beat e & a
Sixteenth notes (draw one, draw four beamed together, draw one rest)
What note (rhythm value) gets the beat in these time signatures?
4 6 3
4 8 2
4 6 3
4 8 2
Quarter 8th Half
Four beats per measure
Quadruple
Board drawing 5
Middle C