Music Terms
7 Letters.
What is the music alphabet?
5 lines and 4 spaces
What is a music staff?
4 beats of sound.
What is a whole note?
1st line of the staff.
Treble Clef- E
Bass Clef- G
The spaces of the staff spell this word.
Treble Clef- What is FACE?
Bass Clef- What is ACEG?
Written symbols used to represent musical sounds.
What is a note?
Vertical lines used to divide the staff into measures.
What is a bar line?
2 beats of sound.
What is a half note?
2nd line of the staff.
Treble Clef- G
Bass Clef- B
1st space of the staff.
Treble Clef- F
Bass Clef- A
From the greek word octa which means "eight."
What is an octave?
The distance between 2 bar lines.
What is a measure?
1 beat of silence.
What is a quarter rest?
3rd line of the staff.
Treble Clef- B
Bass Clef- D
2nd space of the music staff.
Treble Clef- A
Bass Clef- C
How high or how low a note sounds.
What is pitch?
Indicates the end of a piece of music.
What is a double bar line?
This rhythm is worth 1/2 a beat in 4/4 time.
What is an eighth note?
4th line of the staff.
Bass Clef- F
3rd space of the music staff.
Treble Clef- C
Bass Clef- E
The identifying quality of sound.
What is timbre?
Tells you how many beats are in a measure and what kind of note gets the beat.
What is a time signature?
Which rhythm is typically indicated by 2 beams?
What are sixteenth notes?
5th line of the staff.
Treble Clef- F
Bass Clef- A
4th space of the staff.
Treble Clef- E
Bass Clef- G