Trombone
Shorty
Wynton
Marsalis
Eddie
Daniels
Flute Link
100

Staff

A set of five horizontal lines and four spaces that each represent a different musical pitch

100

Treble Clef

A tool musicians use to notate pitches above middle C on the piano

100

Bass Clef

A tool musicians use to notate pitches below middle C on the piano

100

Ledger Lines

A short line added for notes above or below the range of a staff

200

Middle C

The C near the middle of the piano keyboard, written on the first ledger line below the treble staff or the first ledger line above the bass staff.


200

Note duration

The length of time that a note is played

200

Whole note

4 beats, the circle thing

200

Half note

2 beats, the circle with a stem/line going out of it

300

Flags

The mark added to a note stem to indicate the beat division of that note

300

Eighth note

1/2 a beat, the filled-in circle with a flag

300

Sixteenth note

1/4 of a beat, the filled-in circle with two flags

300

Barlines

A vertical line used in a musical score to mark a division between bars


400

Time Signature

Used to specify how many beats are contained in each measure, and which note value is equivalent to a beat

400

Grand Staff

A combination of two staves put together, usually a treble clef and a bass clef.

400

Quarter note

1 beat, the filled-in circle with a stem/line going out of it

400

Measures

A single unit of time featuring a specific number of beats played at a particular tempo