Music Reading Basics

What are the 5 horizontal lines on which music is written called?

• Staff

• Notes

• Time Signature

• Clef

What is this called?

• Treble Clef

• Bass Clef

• Time Signature

• Note

What is this called?

• Bass Clef

• Treble Clef

• Note

• Time Signature

What is the purpose of a clef?

• To tell the musician what the lines and spaces of the staff mean.

• To make the page look musical.

• To tell the musician how fast to play.

• To tell the musician what instrument to play.

What are the vertical lines that divide the staff called?

• Measure/bar lines

• Time signature

• Clef

• Note

What are the spaces between the measure/bar lines called?

• Measures/bars

• Notes

• Clefs

• Ledger Lines

What are the two numbers stacked on top of each other called?

• Time Signature

• Measure Lines

• Clef

• Notes

What does the time signature tell the musician?

• How many counts/beats each note gets.

• How high to play.

• What instrument to play.

• How fast to play.

What do we call two music staves linked together, one treble clef and one bass clef?

• Grand Staff

• Notes

• Awful

• Confusing

True or False: Some elements of sheet music don't mean anything and can be ignored.

• True

• False