THINGS WE NEED TO KNOW AND REMEMBER !

1. TREBLE OR G CLEF 2. BASS OR F CLEF

Don't forget a double bar line means

REPEAT SIGN

DO YOU KNOW YOUR MUSICAL ALPHABET?

THERE IS NO H IN THE MUSICAL ALPHABET

IN MUSIC WE HAVE LINES AND SPACES

The Names of the Lines and Spaces on the Treble Clef

Elephants Got Big Dirty Feet are the LINES on the TREBLE beat.

F-A-C-E that spells FACE. You'll see that on the TREBLE SPACE.

TaKaDiMi

4 BEATS

TA-AH-AH-AH

2 BEATS

TA-AH

1 BEAT

TA

1/2 BEAT

TA DI

1/4 BEAT

TA KA DI MI

LEDGER LINES

Ledger Lines are the Lines that are above and Below the Staff!

Notice that there is a pattern to the letters. What do you think the next line above the staff is going to be? What about the next line below the staff?

When you look at the Grand, what is the bottom clef called? That's right, the Bass Clef!

Green Birds Don't Fly Away. They stay on the BASS LINE all day.

A-C-E-G, All Cows Eat Grass. Know the BASS SPACES and you will pass!

When you put the Treble and Bass Clef's together you get a GRAND STAFF.

This picture shows MIDDLE C, but can you find HIGH and LOW C?

Time Signatures

What happens if the bottom number of the time signature changes from

4?

The values of the notes change!

Two commonly used time signatures are

COMMON TIME 4/4 and CUT TIME 2/2.

Music Vocabulary

Tempo- Fast and Slow

Pitch- High and Low

Dynamics- Volume, Loud and Soft

Piano Pianissimo (ppp)- Very, Very Soft

Pianissimo (pp)- Very Soft

Piano (p)- Soft

Mezzo Piano (mp)- Medium Soft

Mezzo Forte (mf)- Medium Loud

Forte (f)- Loud

Fortissimo (ff)- Very Loud

Forte Fortissimo (fff)- Very, Very Loud

Crescendo <- An increase in volume, soft to loud

Decrescendo >- A decrease in volume, loud to soft

Legato- Smooth, Flowing, Connected

Staccato- Choppy, Disconnected