Music Vocabulary Terms and Definitions

What is the term for 'your mouth's position on the mouthpiece of the instrument'?

• embouchure

• intonation

• vibrato

• timbre

What is the term for '5 lines and 4 spaces where notes and rests are written'?

• music staff

• clef

• bar line

• ledger line

What is the term for 'lines that extend the music staff'?

• ledger lines

• bar lines

• clef lines

• measure lines

What is the term for 'divisions of the staff separated by bar lines'?

• measures

• clefs

• notes

• rests

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

• bar lines

• clefs

• rests

• notes

What is the term for 'the pulse of music'?

• beat

• melody

• harmony

• tempo

What is the term for 'symbols that tell us how high or low to play by their placement on a line or space of the music staff, and how long to play by their shape'?

• notes

• clefs

• rests

• measures

What is the term for 'symbols that tell us to count silent beats'?

• rests

• notes

• clefs

• bars

What is the term for 'symbol that means to play for one beat'?

• quarter note

• half note

• whole note

• eighth note

What is the term for 'symbol that means one beat of silence'?

• quarter rest

• half note

• eighth note

• whole note