Identify Basic Music Symbols with Pictures

The 5 lines and 4 spaces of music.

• Staff

• Clef

• Treble

• Bass

A symbol indicating the pitch of written notes, typically for higher voices.

• Bass Clef

• Treble Clef

• Alto Clef

• Tenor Clef

Lowers a note a half step.

• Sharp

• Natural

• Flat

• Double Sharp

A note that lasts for one beat.

• Whole Note

• Half Note

• Quarter Note

• Eighth Note

The space between two barlines.

• Measure

• Beat

• Note

• Chord

Cancels out a flat or sharp in a measure.

• Sharp

• Flat

• Natural

• Accidental

A note that lasts for half a beat.

• Quarter Note

• Eighth Note

• Sixteenth Note

• Whole Note

A note that lasts for a quarter of a beat.

• Eighth Note

• Quarter Note

• Sixteenth Note

• Half Note

A note that lasts for four beats.

• Half Note

• Quarter Note

• Whole Note

• Eighth Note

A symbol indicating the pitch of written notes, typically for lower voices.

• Treble Clef

• Alto Clef

• Bass Clef

• Tenor Clef