Bob the Builder
How many lines and spaces does the musical staff have?
5 lines and 4 spaces
What note is on the first line of the Treble clef staff?
E
What does a sharp do to a note, compared to a natural?
raises it
What is the difference in duration and visual between a whole note and a half note?
The whole note is an open notehead (circle) without a stem, the half note adds a stem but does not fill in the notehead. The whole note is worth 4 beats in 4/4 time, and the half note is only worth 2 beats.
What are the individual sections of music, divided by vertical bar lines, called?
Measures (or bars)
What is the symbol at the beginning of the staff that tells you where specific letters of the musical alphabet will be? i.e. G, F
Clef
What note is written on the 2nd space of the bass clef?
C
What does a flat do to a note, compared to a natural?
lowers it
What, visually, is the difference between a whole rest and a half rest?
The whole rest is like a "hole" in the ground, it hangs down from a line.
The half rest is like a hat, the block part rests on top of a line.
What does dal segno mean?
the sign
What symbol near the beginning of the staff, after the clef, tells you which notes are sharp/flat/natural?
Key Signature
What note is written two leger lines above the bass clef?
E
Typically, what does a natural do when written in the music?
Cancels out a flat or sharp.
How much is a Quarter rest worth?
1 beat of silence.
What does da capo mean?
The head (or the beginning)
What symbol, after the clef and key signature, tells you the meter, or division of notes? i.e. how many beats in a measure, what kind of note is worth 1 beat.
The time signature
ex. 4/4
What note is written three spaces below the treble clef?
G
What is the main note on the piano to memorize?
C (before the group of two raised black notes)
two filled in noteheads, both have a stemmed, and they are connected by a straight line at the end of the beam.
What does coda mean?
Tail (or ending section)
What does the 4 at the bottom of a time signature mean?
What are the memorization points about treble and bass clef? (where they point and what they point at)
Treble clef points at G on line 2; bass clef points at F on line 4
What do the black notes on the piano signify?
Best, most thorough answer gets the points.
They represent sharps and flats between natural keys.
What is the value of THREE sixteenth notes in 4/4 time?
three fourths of a beat (1/4 of a beat each times 3)
What does fine mean?
The end