Music Symbols

Staff

100

What has 5 lines/4 spaces?

Music Staff

200

What goes at the BEGINNING of the staff?

Clef

300

What goes SECOND on the staff?

Key Signature

400

What separates or creates measures?

Barlines

500

What does the top # tell us in a time signature?

Beats per measure

Dynamics

100

I am the symbol for soft

Piano

200

I am the symbol for loud

Forte

300

I am the symbol for medium

Mezzo

400

I am the symbol for suddenly 

Subito: sfz

500

What is the word for gradually getting louder AND gradually getting softer

Crescendo & Decrescendo

Treble Clef

100

A common phrase to remember the line notes.

Every Good Boy Does Fine

200

Notes in the spaces spell this word.

FACE

300

I fall on the 4th line

D

400

I fall on the 1st space

F

500

The treble clef curls around this line of the staff.

G line (2nd line up)

Bass Clef

100

A common phrase to remember the line notes.

Good Boys Do Fine Always OR Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart

200

A common phrase to remember the notes in the spaces.

All Cows Eat Grass OR Always Carry Extra Guac

300

I fall on the 5th line

A

400

I fall on the 3rd space

E

500

The 2 dots in the bass clef surround this line.

F line (4th line up)

Note Values

100

I get two beats of sound

Half note

200

I get 1 beat of silence

Quarter rest

300

I get 4 beats of sound

Whole note

400

I get 1/2 beat of sound

Eighth Note

500

2 tied Quarters + Whole - Half + Dotted Quarter =

                            5.5 beats