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| system of writing music so that specific pitches and rhythms can be communicated |
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| written symbol representing music |
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| 5 lines and 4 spaces, notes placed here |
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| lines above or below the staff to continue putting very high/very low notes |
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| Instruments of the orchestra family |
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| woodwind, brass, string, percussion (piano: keyboard percussion) |
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| combination of treble and bass staves |
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| C nearest middle of the keyboard |
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| tells what a note is (stem w/ open oval=half note; closed oval=quarter note; etc) |
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| connects several 8th notes |
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| increases the duration by half |
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| dotted note followed by a note that is much shorter |
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| another way to lengthen the duration of a note; first note lengethened by the duration of the second |
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| three notes of equal duration notated as a gruop within a curved line and the number 3 |
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| shows meter of a piece; upper number=how many beats per measure; lower number=which note gets the beat |
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| shows the music for each instrumental or vocal category in a performing group |
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