Chapter 1 Pitch Notation and the Grand Staff

Notation of a piece of music

• grand staff

• score

• octave number

• octave equivalence

Symbol used to name lines and spaces on the staff

• ledger lines

• bass clef

• treble clef

• staff

Middle C notated as an octave number

• C2

• C3

• C4

• C5

An octave number specifies the octave register of a _________.

• pitch

• interval

• musical contour

• ledger line

Low sounds, shows where the pitch "F" is.

• treble clef

• octave number

• grand staff

• bass clef

Letter names for treble clef spaces

• E-G-B-D-F

• F-A-C-E

• A-C-E-G

• G-B-D-F-A

A melody can have an ascending or descending ____________.

• clef

• Contour

• octave equivalence

• score

Ledger Line

• grand staff

• octave equivalence

• octave number

• Used to notate pitches above and below the staff

Similarity in sound of notes with the same letter name

• register

• octave equivalence

• melodic contour

• note head

Lines of the bass clef staff

• A-C-E-G

• F-A-C-E

• E-G-B-D-F

• G-B-D-F-A