Bass Clef The notes in the bass clef are Whole note =4

around middle C or lower. Also known as the F

Phrase : A musical sentence shown by slurs
clef.
Piano : Soft
Bar lines : Separates the measures, also
known as measure lines Repeat Sign : Go back to the nearest repeat
sign, if there are no other repeat signs, go back to
Composer: A person who writes music. the beginning and play again
Example: Bach or Beethoven
Rest: a sign that equals a certain number of
Crescendo (cresc.): Growing louder little by little beats of silence
Eighth rest = = ½ beat
Decrescendo (Decr.): Growing softer little by Quarter rest = = 1
little Half rest = = 2 (looks like a hat and hat
Diminuendo (Dim.): Growing softer little by and half sound alike)
little, same as decrescendo Dotted half rest = =3
Whole rest = = 4 (looks like a hole in
Double bar : Shows that you are at the end of
the ground and whole and hole sound alike)
a piece of music.
Sharp #: Play the next
Dynamics: Any symbols that tell you how loudly
key higher than the one
or softly to play.
written

very soft to very loud

Staccato : Choppy,
Flat : Lowers the note one half step or the very sharply detached,
next key lower separated, and bouncy
Staff : The lines that the notes sit on or
Forte : Loud
around
Grand Staff: 2 staves that are
connected. Almost all piano Tempo: The speed of the music. Example:
music uses this Moderato, Allegro

Interval: The distance between two notes – Tie : It makes two notes that are the same
count lowest note, plus the into one long note.
highest note and all lines and
Time signature : top number shows how
spaces in between.
many beats in a measure, bottom number shows
Example: D up to A is a 5th
which kind of note receives one beat
Legato: Smooth and connected, shown by a slur.

Measure : The space between two lines in

the staff Treble clef: Used for the higher notes, those
around middle C or above. Also known as the G
Mezzo Forte : Moderately loud, medium loud clef
Mezzo Piano : Moderately soft, medium soft

Natural Sign : Cancels a sharp or flat

Notes: Eighth note or = ½ beat
Quarter note = 1
Half note = 2
Dotted half note =3