Note Value
Treble Clef Notes
Bass Clef Notes
More Symbol Terms
100

This note gets one beat.

What is a quarter note?

100

This note is on the second space on a staff.

What is A?

100

This note is SECOND LINE on a staff. 

What is B?

100

The clef for higher instruments (upper half of piano). 

What is Treble clef?

200

This note gets four beats.

What is a whole note?

200

This note is on the third line of the staff.

What is B?

200

This note is the TOP LINE on the staff. 

What is A?

200

The clef for lower instruments (bottom half of piano).

What is the bass clef?

300

This note gets 2 beats.

What is a half note?

300

This note is on the top line of a staff. 

What is F?

300

This note is the FIRST SPACE on a staff. 

What is A? 

300

These lines split up the measures.

What is bar lines?

400

This kind of rest gets two beats of silence. 

What is a half rest?

400

This note is the fourth space on the staff.

What is E?

400

This note is the THIRD LINE on a staff. 

What is D?

400

Five lines and four spaces. 

What is a staff?

500

This rest gets half a beat of silence.

What is an eighth rest?

500

This note is the first ledger line BELOW the staff. 

What is C (or middle C)?

500

This note is the first ledger line ABOVE the staff.  

What is A? 

500

The top number tells you how many beats are in a measure and the bottom number tells you what note gets the beat.

What is a time signature?

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