Fundamentals of Music

Fundamentals of Music

The Breakdown of the Staff

You have 5 Lines

and also 4 Spaces, and you count from the bottom to the top.

The Parts of the Staff

• Brace- Connects the Treble and Bass clef together.

• Bar Line- Vertical line that separates the bars into measures.

• Double Bar Line- Two vertical lines to signal the end of a piece of music.

Multiple Choice

Our staff is built with....

• 4 Lines

  5 Spaces

• 3 Lines

  2 Spaces

• 5 Lines

  4 Spaces

• 6 Lines

  5 Spaces

Multiple Choice

What do we use to separate the bars into measures?

• Bar Lines

• Double Bar Lines

• Brace

• Treble and Bass Clef

The Treble Clef

• ONLY deals with High Pitched notes.

• Sits at the beginning of the staff.

• Also known as the G clef because of where the swirl reside on the staff.

The Bass Clef

• ONLY deals with Low Pitched notes.

• Sits at the beginning of the staff.

• Also known as the F clef because the two dots above and below the F line.

Time Signature

• Tells the meter of a piece.

• Top Number- Tells us how many beats per measure.

• Bottom Number- What note get the beat.

• Most often takes the form of a fraction.

Multiple Select

Check all the parts of the staff.

• Piano

• Brace

• Bar lines

• Trombone

Fill in the Blanks

Which Clef ONLY deals with high pitched notes?

Multiple Choice

What does the top number of the time signature tell us?

• how fast to play

• The meter

• To play high notes

• To play low notes

Poll

What tells us to only play low notes.

• Bass Clef

• Treble Clef

• Time Signature

Multiple Choice

Bonus Question:

What do you think a ledger line means to the staff?

• Nothing

• Helps identify notes above and below the staff.

• Only tells us the notes below the staff.

• Only tells us the notes above the staff.