Music Theory: Basic Music Symbols

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

• Flat

• Sharp

• Natural

• Double Sharp

The short lines above and below the staff are called…

• Rests

• Notes

• Staff

• Ledger Lines

What symbols show duration of silence?

• Treble Clef

• Rests

• Notes

• Staff

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

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

• Ledger Lines

• Measure

• Staff

• Notes

This symbol tells us to hold the note until the conductor cuts us off. What is it called?

• Rests

• Notes

• Fermata

• Tie

What is this symbol, which signals the last chunk of a song?

• Coda

• Repeat Sign

• D.S or Del Segno

• Fermata

This symbol means ‘Go back to the sign’. What is it called?

• Treble Clef

• D.S. or Del Segno

• Bass Clef

• Repeat Sign

What is the name of this symbol?

• Treble Clef, G Clef

• Alto Clef

• Tenor Clef

• Bass Clef, F Clef