1. Year 4
Music Theory

2. Staff
This is what all of our music is written on!

3. Treble Clef Notes (Right hand keyboard)

4. Treble Clef Rhymes Spaces Lines FACE
Every Good Boy Does Fine or Every Good Boy Deserves Football

5. Bass Clef Notes (Left hand keyboard)

6. Bass Clef Rhymes Lines Spaces All Cows Eat Grass
Good Boys Do Fine Always or Good Boys Deserve Football Always

7. Basic Beats = Crotchet (Quarter note) = 1 beat
= Minim (Half note) = 2 beats
= Dotted Minim (Dotted half note) = 3 beats
= Semibreve (Whole note) = 4 beats

8. Time Signatures There are lots of different time signatures
For now we will use 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4
2/4= 2 crotchet beats in every bar
3/4= 3 crotchet beats in every bar
4/4= 4 crotchet beats in every bar

10. Rests

11. Bars A bar is a section of music.
Each bar has to have a certain amount of beats
Example: In 4/4 time each bar has to have 4 beats

12. Is the music loud or soft?
Dynamics
Is the music loud or soft?
Pianissimo = Very soft (pp)
Piano = Soft (p)
Mezzo piano= Moderately soft (mp)
Mezzo forte= Moderately loud (mf)
Forte = Loud (f)
Fortissimo= Very loud (ff)
Crescendo (getting louder)
Decrescendo (getting softer)

13. Tempo Is the music fast or slow?
Vivace = Fast and lively
Lento = Slow
Presto = Very fast
Largo = Slow and broad
Allegretto= Very fast
Adagio = Slow and at ease
Accelerando = To gradually get faster
Andante = At a walking pace
Ritardando= To gradually get slower
Moderato = Moderately
A tempo= Return to original speed
Allegro = Fast