Primer Level Vocabulary and Definitions

A clef placing middle C on the middle line of the staff

• Double bar
• One bow
• Interval
• Alto clef

A vertical line written in the music which separates the measures

• One bow
• Bar line
• Measure
• Step

A clef placing F below middle C on the second-highest line of the staff

• Bass clef
• Step
• Treble clef
• Alto clef

The basic unit of time or pulse of a measure, the rhythm listeners would tap their toes to when listening or the numbers a musician counts while performing

• Forte
• Slurred
• Beat
• Interval

Shows that the piece of music is over

• Tied notes
• Forte
• Double bar
• Time Signature

A musical dynamic meaning loudly or strong

• Skip
• Forte
• Bass clef
• Legato

The difference between two pitches

• Interval
• Time Signature
• Measure
• Interval

Indicates that musical notes are played or sung smoothly and connected

• One bow
• Time Signature
• Legato
• Beat

The section of a ​staff that comes between two bar lines, each section satisfies the time signature of the staff

• Time Signature
• Staccato
• Piano
• Measure

Notes should be played this way when shown with a slur, a curved line grouping notes together

• Piano
• Bar line
• One bow
• Step