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unit one vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| quarter note | receives one beat of sound |
| quarter rest | receives one beat of silence |
| half note | receives two beats of sound |
| half rest | receives two beats of silence |
| whole note | receives four beats of sound |
| whole rest | receives four beats of silence |
| eighth note | receives half a note of sound |
| eighth rest | receives half a note of silence |
| sixteenth note | receives a fourth a beat of sound |
| sixteenth rest | receives a fourth a beat of silence |
| staff | five lines and four spaces where music is written |
| measure | the space between the barlines |
| barline | a symbol that separates the notes into measures |
| time signature | a symbol that indicates how many beats are in each measure |
| key signature | indicates where the tonic is located |
| double bar line | indicates the end of a song or a section of a song |
| treble clef | indicates notes higher than middle c |
| bass clef | indicates notes lower than middle c |
| step | moving from one note to the next without skipping any notes |
| skip | moving from on note to the next while skipping only one note |
| leap | moving from one note to the next while skipping more than one note |
| tonic | the home note |
| line note | a note that has a line going through the notehead |
| space note | a note that is between two lines on the staff |
| grand staff | a staff that is created when two staves are joined together |