Music Staff Basics

What is the name of the five lines and four spaces on which music notes are written?

• Ledger lines

• Music staff

• Clef

• Bar line

What is the purpose of a time signature in music notation?

• To indicate the pitch of notes

• To indicate the tempo of the piece

• To indicate the key of the piece

• To indicate the number of beats in each measure and the note value that gets the beat

What is the term for the vertical lines that divide the staff into measures?

• Bar lines

• Ledger lines

• Clefs

• Rests

What is the term for the small lines that extend the staff for notes that are too high or too low to be written on the staff?

• Bar lines

• Ledger lines

• Clefs

• Rests

What is the term for the distance between two notes?

• Interval

• Scale

• Chord

• Measure

What is the term for the symbol that indicates the end of a piece of music?

• Double bar line

• Repeat sign

• Fermata

• Segno

How many spaces are on a staff?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

How many lines are on the staff?

• 1
• 3
• 5
• 7

A __________ is the symbol at the beginning of the staff that assigns letter names to the individual lines and spaces of the staff.

• Measure
• Barline
• Clef
• Double Barline

Are these simple or compound time signatures?

• Simple

• Compound