Music Theory: Basic Music Symbols

The five horizontal lines music is written on is called a....

• Ledger Lines

• Measure

• Staff

• Notes

The short lines above and below the staff are called…

• Rests

• Notes

• Staff

• Ledger Lines

What is the name of this symbol?

• Bass Clef, F Clef

• Treble Clef, G Clef

• Tenor Clef

• Alto Clef

What is the name of this symbol?

• Treble Clef, G Clef

• Alto Clef

• Tenor Clef

• Bass Clef, F Clef

The distance in pitch between two tones is called an...

• Flat

• Sharp

• Intervals

• Ledger Lines

What is the name of this symbol, which makes a note sound 1/2 step lower than written?

• Flat

• Sharp

• Natural

• Double Sharp

What is the name of this symbol, which makes a note sound 1/2 step higher than written?

• Flat

• Double Sharp

• Sharp

• Natural

What is the name of this symbol, which indicates that a note is neither sharp nor flat?

• Double Sharp

• Natural

• Sharp

• Flat

What do you call a collection of sharps or flats at the beginning of a piece that tells us where Do is?

• Notes

• Time Signature

• Key Signature

• Rests

What symbols show pitch and duration?

• Notes

• Rests

• Treble Clef

• Staff