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Chapter 1 notes
Term | Definition |
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Beat | steady pulse of music |
Quarter note | one beat of sound |
Quarter rest | one beat of silence |
Barline | vertical line that groups notes and rests together |
Double barline | indicates the end of a song or a section of a song |
Measure | the space between the barlines |
Meter | way of organizing rhythm |
Time signature | set of numbers at the beginning of a piece of music |
Staff | five lines and four spaces on which notes are written |
Clef | symbol at the beginning of a staff that indicates which lines and spaces represent which notes |
Treble clef | Treble clef – clef that generally indicates notes that sound higher than middle C |
Bass clef | a clef that generally indicates notes that sound lower than middle C |
Grand staff | a staff that is created when two staves are joined together |
Scale | group of pitches which are sung or played in succession and are based on a particular home tone (tonic) |
Key | determined by its home tone or tonic |
Rhyth | combination of long and short notes and rests |
Half note | note that represents two beats of sound |
Half rest | rest that represents two beats of silence |
Eighth note | note that represents two beats of sound |
Eighth rest | rest that represents 1/2 beats of silence |
Key Signature | a set of sharps of flats that indicate where “Do” is located |
Whole note | a note that represents 4 beats of sound |
Whole rest | silence |
Line note | a note with a line through the center of the note |
Space note | a note in between the lines on the staff |
Step | moving on the scale from one note to another without skips any notes |
Skip | moving on the scale form one note to another while only skipping one note |
Leap | moving on the scale from one note to another while skipping more than one note |