From any note up to or down to the next note of the same name.

Used in music to indicate the precise pitch desired.

Used to extend the staff indefinitely up or down.

Appears at the beginning of the staff in order to indicate which pitches are to be associated with which lines and spaces

A combination of two staves joined by a brace, with the top and bottom staves using treble and bass clefs, respectively.

A specific pattern of small steps and larger ones encompassing an octave

The distance from a key on the piano to the very next key, white or black

Skips the very next key and goes instead to the following one

Four-note patterns

A symbol that raises or lowers a pitch by a half or whole step

Used in music to identify the first degree of a scale

A pattern of sharps or flats that appear at the beginning of the staff and indicates that certain notes are to be constantly raised or lowered

Notes that have the same pitch but that are spelled differently

To write or play music in some key other than the original

A diagram used to memorize key signatures somewhat like the face of a clock

Like a major scale with a lowered 3, 6, and 7

Like a major scale with a lowered 3 and 6

Minor and major scales that share the same key signature

Minor and major scales that share the same 1 scale degree

The measurement of the distance in pitch between two notes

Pleasing to the ear

Not pleasing to the ear

The lowest voice in music

Refers to the time aspect of music

The basic pulse of a musical passage

The rate at which the beat occurs

Beats grouped into patterns that are consistent throughout a passage of music

Tells the performer how many beats will occur in each measure

Groups of beats divided by bar lines.