The Staff
The number of lines
What is 5
How do you play a B
What is a B
This note gets two counts
What is a half note
The note on the bottom space
What is an F
Forte
loud
The number of spaces
What is 4
This note gets four counts
What is a whole note
The note on the top space
What is a high E
piano
Soft
The bottom line pitch
What is E
Thumb and the top two holes
What is an A
This note gets one count
What is a quarter note
This note is on the second line
What is a G
Medium soft
Messo Piano
The middle line pitch
What is B
Just your 2nd hole covered
What is a high D
This note gets 1/2 a beat
What is an eighth note
This note is on the third space up
What is C
Very loud
Fortissimo
The pitch below the bottom line
What is D
How to play d-c-b-a-g
all 5 notes
This note gets 1 beat but there are two of them.
a pair of eighth notes
This note is on the second space up
What is an A
Very Soft
Pianissimo