Basically...
Symbol used on the staff to indicate notes that are low, typically below Middle C.
What is bass clef?
The order of line notes in the treble clef staff from bottom to top.
What is E G B D F?
The amount of keys on the piano.
What is 88?
The shortest distance between two notes on the music staff and/or piano keyboard.
What is a half step?
In 4/4 time, this note gets three beats and resembles a half note with a dot.
What is a dotted half note?
When eighth notes are put together with a thick black bar across the top, they are then known as this.
What are beamed/beaming notes?
Note that appears between treble and bass clef on the grand staff, on a small line in the middle, and is used as a "home base" for many piano keyboard pieces. Located to the left of a group of two black keys.
What is Middle C?
These three notes surround each group of two black keys on the piano keyboard.
What is C D E?
Two half steps combined make this interval (distance between notes).
What is a whole step?
This note gets 1 beat in any time signature with a 4 on the bottom.
What is a quarter note?
Line and bracket that help combine two staves for music reading simultaneously.
What is the grand/great staff?
Small lines that extend the staff higher or lower than the clef indicated, to help notate notes that are higher or lower in pitch.
What are ledger lines?
The name of the black key that is between F and G on the piano keyboard.
What is F# or Gb?
This movie from the 1970s used a half step between two low pitches to create its widely popular and recognizable theme.
What is Jaws?
The value of a whole rest in the time signature 12/4.
What is 12 beats?
Lines that separate music into evenly divided beats; can extend through multiple staves at once.
The note located in the 4th space from the bottom of bass clef.
What is G?
Located on the pitch A, this is also known as the double flat of this letter name note nearby.
What is B / B double flat?
The number of half steps between C and F.
What is the number 5?
The beat divides equally into three parts in this kind of meter.
What is compound meter?
A note that sounds the same but has different names, such as C# and Db.
What is an enharmonic note?
The note located in the space immediately above the treble staff, next to F on the top line of the treble staff.
What is G?
The very top note on the piano keyboard.
What is C?
The number of whole steps between Middle C and Treble C.
What is 6 whole steps?
This type of rest gets three beats in complex meter time signatures, such as 6/8 or 9/8.
What is a dotted quarter rest?