1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

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

5. 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

6. E D C B A

7. E D C B A

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

9. 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

10. 1 2 4 3
Double Barline
Barlines

11. Notes-Musical Sounds with various lengths of time

12. 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

13. Parts of an Eighth Note
Stem
Flag
Notehead

14. Beaming Eighth Notes and Sixteenth Notes
Beamed Eighth Notes
Beamed Sixteenth Notes

15. 2 beamed eighth notes equal one eighth note plus one eighth note
1/2 +1/2 = 1 Beat

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. 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

19. 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

20. = 3 Beats Dotted Half Note Dotted Half Rest = 3 Beats
2 Beats + 1 Beat = 3 Beats
Dotted Half Rest
= 3 Beats

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 4 4
Time Signature Placement on Staff C 4
=C= Common Time

25. Other Types of Time Signatures2 3 5 6 7 8 3 5 6 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 2 = C =
Cut Time 2