Piano Keyboarding Vocabulary

The volume of music.

• Forte

• Phrase

• Time Signature

• Dynamic

Smooth and connected, often shown by a slur.

• Legato

• Largo

• Tie

• Phrase

Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven

• Largo

• Time Signature

• Ode to Joy

• Tie

A symbol at the beginning of a line of music that indicates to play the piano with the right hand and that "G" is on line 2.

• Bass Clef

• Treble Clef

• Treble Staff

• Bass Staff

The first seven letters of the alphabet

• Your Name

• Music Alphabet

• The beginning of the song

• are not used in music

When a curved line connects two notes that are on the same line or space and they are played as one note with the combined value of both notes.

• Slur

• Tie

• Phrase

• Measure

At the beginning of a line of music, after the clef, and shows the number of beats per measure and what note value gets one beat.

• Key Signature

• Staff

• Time Signature

• Bass Clef

The symbol at the beginning of a line of music that indicates to play the piano with your left hand and that “F” is on line 4.

• Bass Staff

• Treble Clef

• Bass Clef

• Treble Staff

Five lines and four spaces of written music.  It is where the notes are located.

• staff

• Measure

• Bar Line

• Phrase

A musical thought, idea, or sentence.

• Repeat Sign

• Interval

• Slur

• Phrase