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Theory Unit 1
review information from theory book unit 1
Staff | a set of 5 lines and 4 spaces |
bottom, top | The lines and spaces of the staff are numbered from the ________ to the ______. |
1 | The bottom line of the staff is line #___. |
5 | The top line of the staff is line # ___. |
1 | The bottom space on the staff is space # ___. |
4 | The top space on the staff is space # ___. |
notes | written symbols used to represent musical sounds |
pitch | how high or low a note sounds |
bottom | Lower notes are written on this part of the staff. |
top | Higher notes are written on this part of the staff. |
duration | how long a note lasts |
intensity | how loud or soft a note sounds |
timbre | the identifying quality of a sound |
bar lines | vertical lines used to divide the staff into measures |
measure | the space between two bar lines |
double bar line | indicates the end of a piece of music |
7 | notes on the staff are named using the first ___ letters of the alphabet |
A B C D E F G | letters in the musical alphabet |
A | the letter after G in the musical alphabet |
octave | 8 note series; distance from one note to the next note with the same letter name |
octa | Greek word meaning eight |
spaces | notes can be written on the lines and in the ___ between the lines of the staff |
4 | all musical sounds have this many characteristics |