Basic Music Vocab

The flats and sharps at the beginning of a piece that indicate the key.

• Key signature

• Time signature

• Flat

• Bar Line

Places F below middle C; used for low voices and instruments

• Pitch

• Treble Cleff

• Sharp

• Bass Clef

Erases flats or sharps

• Repeat Sign

• Natural

• Tie

• Beat

High or low sounds

• Beat

• Flat

• Pitch

• Measure

Extends the staff so we can place notes higher and lower

• Bar Line

• Ledger Line

• Measure

• Natural

The 5 lines and 4 spaces we put notes on to create music.

• Staff

• Pitch

• Bass Clef

• Ledger Lines

Connects two notes of the same pitch

• Flat

• Key Signature

• Treble Clef

• Tie

Places G about middle C; used for high voices and instruments.

• Bass Clef

• Pitch

• Treble Clef

• Time Signature

Lowers a note by a half step

• Natural

• Flat

• Sharp

• Bar Line

The basic rhythmic unit of measure

• Beat

• Sharp

• Time Signature

• Tie