The Staff & Clefs
Meet the Notes
Counting the Beats
The Musical Measure
Music Mix
100

This is the name for the set of 5 lines and 4 spaces where music is written.

what is a STAFF?

100

open note that looks like an oval with no stem.

What is a whole note?

100

A quarter note gets exactly this many beats.

What is 1 beat?

100

These are the vertical lines that chop the staff into smaller boxes.

What are bar lines?

100

True or False: A bass clef is used for a high-pitched flute.

What is false?

200

This clef is also called 'G clef" and is used for higher-pitched notes.

What is the TREBLE CLEF?

200

This note has a colored-in black oval note head and a straight stem.

What is a quarter note?

200

A whole note gets this many beats, lasting a long time.

What is 4 beats?

200

This is the name for the space or "box" between two bar lines.

What is measure?

200

Which note is held longer: a quarter note or a whole note?

What is a whole note?

300

This clef is also called the "F clef" and is used for lower-pitched notes.

What is the BASS CLEF?

300

This note looks like a quarter note but has a little flag attached to its stem.

What is an eighth note?

300

You need to put this many eighth notes together to make 1 full beat.

What is 2 eighth notes?

300

This double-line tells your eyes that the song is completely finished.

What is the final bar line?

300

Every time you see a bar line, it means a new ____ is starting.

What is a measure?

400

In the treble clef, the letters E, G, B, D, F represent these parts of the staff.

What are the lines?

400

When two eighth notes are right next to each other, they are usually connected by this straight line across the top.

What is a beam?

400

If you have two quarter notes, how many total beats do you have?

What is 2 beats?

400

If a measure holds 4 beats, how many quarter notes can fit inside it?

What is 4?

400

If a measure holds 4 beats, can you fit two whole notes inside it?

What is no?

500

In the treble clef, the letters F, A, C, E spell out the words for these parts of the staff.

What are the spaces?

500

True or False: Stems on notes can point straight up or straight down.

What is true?

500

One single eighth note gets only ____ of a beat.

What is a half / 1/2?

500

The numbers at the very start of the song that tell you how to count the measure are called the ____ signature.

What is a time signature?

500

What word do you use to remember the treble clef lines? (Hint: Every Good Boy...)

What is Every Good Boy Does Fine?