The Five Common Elements
One of the five common elements
Setup, stance, grip, stroke, sticking
The formula for a tetrachord
Root, whole, whole, half
The note to the left of the one car garage
C
The number of lines on the staff
5
The smallest distance between two notes
Half step
Setup
The notes in the C tetrachord
C, D, E, F
The note to the left of the two car garage
F
The number of spaces on the staff
4
Two half steps
Whole step
The point where the fulcrum is placed on the stick/mallet
The balance point
The notes in the F Tetrachord
F, G, A, B flat
The note in the right of the two car garage
A
These are added when notes are written above or below the staff
Ledger lines
A half step above F
F sharp
Rebound, down, tap, up are all types of this element
Strikes
The notes in the B flat tetrachord
B flat, C, D, E flat
Another name for F sharp
G flat
A line to a space or space to a line
Step
A whole step above C
D
The five common elements in order
Setup, stance, grip, stroke, sticking
Combine these two tetrachords to make the C major scale
C and G
Another name for B
The direction in the musical alphabet as notes moves up the staff
Forwards
A whole step above B flat
C