Notes & Rests
Music Vocabulary
Notes on the Staff
100

This musical notation gets two beats of sound in music.

What is a half note?

100

This is what all music is written on.

What is the staff?

100

This note sits on the first line of the staff.

What is E?

200

This musical notation looks like a hat, and gets two beats of silence in music.

What is a half rest?

200

This is the pulse of the music.

What is the beat?

200

This note sits on the first space of the staff.

What is F?

300

This type of note gets four beats of sound in music.

What is a whole note?

300

The is the machine that keeps track of the tempo in music class.

What is the metronome?

300

This note sits on top of the staff, but is not on the top line.

What is G?

400

This type of note gets one beat of sound in music.

What is a quarter note?

400

This musical symbol determines the note names on the staff for higher-voiced instruments.

What is treble clef?

400

This note sits directly below the staff but does NOT have a line through it.

What is D?

500

This type of note gets only 1/2 of a beat of sound in music.

What is an eighth note?

500

This musical symbol determines the note names on the staff for lower-voiced instruments.

What is a bass clef sign?

500

This note sits on the 3rd line of the staff.

What is B?

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