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mrs.b's chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| beat | steady pulse of all music |
| quarter note | one beat of sound |
| quarter rest | one beat of silence |
| bar line | vertical line that groups notes and rests together |
| measure | the space between the bar lines |
| meter | way to organize rhythm |
| time signature | set of numbers at the begging of a piece of music |
| staff | five lines and four spaces on witch notes are written |
| clef | symbol at the begging of a staff that indicates which lines and spaces represent notes |
| treble clef | clef that generally indicates notes that sound higher than middle C |
| bass clef | clef that generally indicates notes which that sound lower than middle C |
| grand staff | a staff that is created when 2 staves are joined together |
| scale | group of pitches which are sung or played in succession and are based n a particular home tone (tonic) |
| key | determined by it home tone |
| rhythm | combination of long and short notes and rests |
| half note | note that represents two beats of sound |
| half rest | rest that represents two beats of silence |