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Theory Unit 1
review information from theory book unit 1
| Staff | a set of 5 lines and 4 spaces |
| bottom, top | The lines and spaces of the staff are numbered from the ________ to the ______. |
| 1 | The bottom line of the staff is line #___. |
| 5 | The top line of the staff is line # ___. |
| 1 | The bottom space on the staff is space # ___. |
| 4 | The top space on the staff is space # ___. |
| notes | written symbols used to represent musical sounds |
| pitch | how high or low a note sounds |
| bottom | Lower notes are written on this part of the staff. |
| top | Higher notes are written on this part of the staff. |
| duration | how long a note lasts |
| intensity | how loud or soft a note sounds |
| timbre | the identifying quality of a sound |
| bar lines | vertical lines used to divide the staff into measures |
| measure | the space between two bar lines |
| double bar line | indicates the end of a piece of music |
| 7 | notes on the staff are named using the first ___ letters of the alphabet |
| A B C D E F G | letters in the musical alphabet |
| A | the letter after G in the musical alphabet |
| octave | 8 note series; distance from one note to the next note with the same letter name |
| octa | Greek word meaning eight |
| spaces | notes can be written on the lines and in the ___ between the lines of the staff |
| 4 | all musical sounds have this many characteristics |