Musical Alphabet-Always use capital letters, letters repeat, you can have many notes with the same letter name A-B-C-D-E-F-G

Staff-Where musical symbols are placed, has 5 lines and 4 spaces, numbered from the bottom to the top 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 Spaces Lines

Clef Sign-Symbol placed on staff to indicate (tell you) what the names of the lines and spaces are, placed first thing on the staff (all of the way to the left). Treble Clef- G Clef F E D C B A G F E

Bass Clef- F Clef A G F E D C B A G

Ledger Lines-Lines above and below the staff that extend it to give us more places for more notes For notes above the staff, go forward in the musical alphabet For notes below the staff, go backwards in the musical alphabet

E D C B A

E D C B A

Line Grand Staff Bracket The line and bracket are used to connect Treble Clef and Bass Clef Staves Middle C

Measure-Divides music up into smaller sections, most measures have 4 beats Barline-Divides staff into measures Double Barline-Shows the end of a section or a song No beginning barline

1 2 4 3 Double Barline Barlines

Notes-Musical Sounds with various lengths of time

Note How Many What it looks like Name Beats 4 2 1 1/2 Sixteenth Note Whole Note 4 Half Note 2 Quarter Note 1 Eighth Note 1/2 Sixteenth Note 1/4

Parts of an Eighth Note Stem Flag Notehead

Beaming Eighth Notes and Sixteenth Notes Beamed Eighth Notes Beamed Sixteenth Notes

2 beamed eighth notes equal one eighth note plus one eighth note 1/2 +1/2 = 1 Beat

Stem Rule-If the notehead is on or above the 3rd line, the stem goes on the left and down; if the notehead is below the 3rd line, the stem goes on the right and up.

Rests-Musical Silences Every musical note has a corresponding rest that has the same first part of the name and is worth the same number of beats. The combination of notes and rests create musical rhythms.

Quarter Rest What It Looks Like Whole Rest Eighth Rest 4 Half Rest 2 1 How many Beats What It Looks Like Rest Name What It Looks Like On A Staff Whole Rest 4 These 2 have to go a certain place on the staff. Half Rest 2 Quarter Rest 1 Eighth Rest 1/2 Sixteenth Rest 1/4

Dotted Notes and Rests Dotted Whole Note Dotted Whole Rest -The dot goes to the right of the notehead or rest - The dot adds 1/2 of the value of the note or rest to it Dotted Whole Note = 6 Beats 4 Beats + 2 Beats = 6 Beats Dotted Whole Rest = 6 Beats

= 3 Beats Dotted Half Note Dotted Half Rest = 3 Beats 2 Beats + 1 Beat = 3 Beats Dotted Half Rest = 3 Beats

Dotted Quarter Note Dotted Quarter Rest = 1 1/2 Beats = 1 1/2 Beats 1 Beat + 1/2 Beat = 1 1/2 Beats Dotted Quarter Rest = 1 1/2 Beats

Dotted Eighth Note Dotted Eighth Rest = 3/4 Beat = 3/4 Beat 1/2 Beat + 1/4 Beat = 3/4 Beat Dotted Eighth Rest = 3/4 Beat

Time Signature-tells us how many beats are in a measure and which type of note receives one beat (pulse) Top number tells how many beats in measure Bottom represents which type of note gets 1 beat 4 = 4 beats in a measure 4 = quarter note gets 1 beat

4 4 Time Signature Placement on Staff C 4 =C= Common Time

Other Types of Time Signatures 2 3 5 6 7 8 3 5 6 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 2 = C = Cut Time 2