The Staff
Music Symbols
Vocab 1
Vocab 2
Vocab 3
100
Five lines and four spaces that music is written on.
What is the staff
100
The type of note that gets 1 beat
What is a quarter note
100
A recorded melodic or rhythmic pattern that repeats continuously.
What is a loop?
100
A legal right granted for exclusive publication, sale, or distribution of a literary, musical, dramatic or artistic work.
What is copyright?
100
Belonging to the general public.
What is public domain?
200
The names of the five lines of the staff
What is E G B D F
200
The type of note that gets two beats.
What is a half note?
200
A type of disco music with samples of other music and various sounds mixed in.
What is house music?
200
Short excerpts of sound from a previously existing source.
What is a sample?
200
Clarity and distinctness in pronouncing words.
What is diction?
300
The names of the spaces of the staff
What is F A C E
300
The curved line that connects two of the same notes and means you play them as one.
What is a tie?
300
A short melodic or rhythmic pattern; a motive.
What is a lick?
300
One who hangs speakers and lights for a performance.
What is a rigger?
300
A section of a song where the melody stays the same when it repeats, but the lyrics change.
What is a verse?
400
When extra lines are added above or below the staff to add extra notes
What is a leger line?
400
The top number tells you how many beats are in a measure.
What is the time signature?
400
The original recording used to manufacture copies.
What is a master?
400
Permission to record sounds, usually for a fee.
What is a mechanical license?
400
The manner in which notes are joined in succession. For example: staccato and legato.
What is articulation?
500
The symbol that divides music into measures.
What is the bar line?
500
The the bottom number tells you that one quarter note gets one beat.
What is the time signature?
500
A description given to music that has a special character or sound derived from its musical elements- melody, rhythm, timbre, harmony, texture, form, and its time in history.
What is style?
500
The order in which chords are played in a piece of music.
What is a chord progression?
500
A shorthand score or part, which can provide melody, chord symbols, accompaniment figures, or lyrics.
What is a lead sheet?