Staff Members
We separate music into measures.
Barlines
Between your ears are the spaces that give you this answer.
face
When this happens at the ranch, it helps us remember our bass clef spaces.
All cows eat grass.
We are moderately loud and soft.
mf and mp (mezzo forte and mezzo piano)
Two of my kind are the perfect notes for filling a Common Time measure.
Half Notes
I am the first thing placed at the beginning of a staff.
Clef
What we learned when Elvis's guitar broke down Friday?
lines
The line was drawn when I was stuck in the middle.
D
We are very, very opposite from one another.
ff and pp (fortissimo and pianissimo)
I answer the question, "which kind of note receives on beat?"
The bottom number of a time signature.
We flank the spaces on the staff.
Lines
I stay in treble because my pitches are this.
high
I am on a line in the middle of the bag.
A
Some people say our symbols look like hair pins.
crescendo and decrescendo < >
In a measure, I am the best at keeping the sound away.
Whole Rest
We join the staff when notes need to be sharp or flat.
Key Signatures
I am the hand that prefers to play treble notes on a keyboard instrument.
Right
My atomic weight is somewhat great, I earn my medal as a heavy metal, and play bass with the largest mouthpiece on the face.
tuba
We are opposites, but sometimes come together to make one marking.
fp (forte-piano)
With just one flag in 6/8 time, I am one beat long.
8th Note
When notes feel constrained, we take them above and below the staff.
Leger (or ledger) lines.
I am the note on the staff that the treble clef's loop identifies.
G
I like bass clef, start by rhyming with a synonym of "robbery," and my ending rhymes with "sand."
left hand
Most people think we mean the same thing, but some people think one of us should also slow down.
decrescendo and diminuendo
I don't wear a short dress as ballerinas do and, unlike Common Time, my favorite number is "2."
Cut Time (2/2)