Musical Symbols
The Music Staff A staff has five lines and four spaces. Composers write notes on the staff when they compose music. You look at a staff to read music. ___________________________5____________________________________4_______________4_____________________3________________3__________________2__________________2_________________1____________________1__________________
A staff is more than just lines and spaces A staff is more than just lines and spaces. A staff has a clef sign, time signature, bar lines, measures, notes, key signature, ledger lines, notes, rests, and lots of other stuff.
Names the second line: Line G. Treble Clef Treble Clef / G Clef Names the second line: Line G. Steps to drawing the treble clef: Draw a vertical line from top to bottom. Go to the top of the line and make a loop to the fourth line. Cross the line and go to line 1. Wrap around line 2. Clef used for high register instruments: Piano, Violin, Flute, Guitar, Recorder, Piccolo.
Bass Clef Bass Clef / F clef Names the fourth line F. Step to drawing the Bass clef: 1. Draw a solid circle on the fourth line. 2. Extend to the fifth line. 3. Go to the second line. 4. Add two dots on spaces tree and four. Clef used for low register instruments: Cello, Double Bass, Piano, Bassoon, Bass Guitar
Naming the lines and Spaces in the Treble Staff __________________________F____________________________________D_______________E_____________________B________________C___________________G_________________A__________________E____________________F_____________ Lines: Every Good Boy Does Fine Spaces: Spell FACE Can you come up with your own phrase to remember the lines and spaces?
Naming the lines and Spaces in the Bass Staff Always Fine Do Boys Good How are the lines on the Bass clef similar to the lines on the Treble clef? Grass Eat Cows All
Ledger Lines Notes written above or below the staff are called ledger lines. Ledger lines are short lines use only when notes are written outside of the five lines. How many ledger line notes can you find?
Time Signature Time signatures tell you how many beats and what kind of notes per measure there are. The top number tells you how many beats per measure. The bottom tells you that the quarter note ( ) equals 1 beat.
Measures and Bar lines Beats divide the staff into measures. Bar lines show the beginning and ending of each measure. What is the time signature? How many beats are in each measure? How many measures are there? How many bar lines are there?
Musical Notes Notes look different so that we can distinguish them. They have parts which makes them different: head, stem, flag, beam, and dots. Look at the note chart: Which notes have stems? Which notes have flags? Which note has just a head? What two notes are not colored in? Which note do you think equals 1 beat?
Music Jeopardy Music Staff Clefs Music Notes Note Values Time Signature 10 20 30 40 50
How many beats are in each measure if the time signature is 2/4 and what kinds of notes can we use? Back to Game
2 beats Back to Game
Which line names the Treble Clef? Back to Game
Second Line Back to Game
How Many Lines and Spaces does the Music Staff Have? Back to Game
5 lines and 4 spaces Back to Game
What is another name for the Treble Clef? Back to Game
In ¾ time, what does the top number tell you? Back to Game Back to Game
The number of beats per measure. Back to Game
Which note does not have a stem and it equals 4 beats? Back to Game
The Whole Note Back to Game
We count our lines and spaces __?___ to ___?__. Back to Game
Bottom to Top Back to Game
On the Bass Staff, which line names the Bass Clef? Back to Game
The Fourth Line Back to Game
What are the names of the line notes in the Treble Staff? Back to Game
E G B D F Back to Game
What is the name of this note? Back to Game
Quarter Note Back to Game
If we have two in each measure, what do you think our time signature is? Back to Game
2/4 Time Back to Game
In ¾ time, the bottom number tells you that the _____ In ¾ time, the bottom number tells you that the _____?_______ gets the beat. Back to Game
Quarter Note Back to Game
In the Bass Staff, what is the name of the note on the fourth space? Back to Game
Note G Back to Game
What is the name of this symbol? Back to Game
Bass Clef Back to Game
How many beats does a half note get? Back to Game
2 Beats Back to Game
What is the name of the note on the third line of the Treble Staff? Back to Game
Note B Back to Game
Name a musical instrument that reads in the Treble Clef? Back to Game
Piano, Violin, Guitar, Flute, Piccolo, recorder Back to Game
Which stringed instrument reads in the Bass Clef? Back to Game
Cello / Bass Back to Game
_______?_____ are use when writing notes above or below the staff. Back to Game
Ledger Lines Back to Game
Which note is on the Fifth Line of the Treble Staff? Back to Game
Note F Back to Game
Which line is note D, on the Bass Clef? Back to Game
The Third Line Back to Game
The Treble Clef wraps around line number ___?__. Back to Game
Two Back to Game
The Bass Clef has two dots, which line goes right in between these two dots? Back to Game
Fourth Line Back to Game
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