Music Reading Basics

Front

What are the 5 horizontal lines on which music is written called?

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Staff

Front

What is this called?

Back

Treble Clef

Front

What is this called?

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Bass Clef

Front

What is the purpose of a clef?

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To tell the musician what the lines and spaces of the staff mean.

Front

What are the vertical lines that divide the staff called?

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Measure/bar lines

Front

What are the spaces between the measure/bar lines called?

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Measures/bars

Front

What are the two numbers stacked on top of each other called?

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Time Signature

Front

What does the time signature tell the musician?

Back

How many counts/beats each note gets.

Front

What do we call two music staves linked together, one treble clef and one bass clef?

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Grand Staff

Front

True or False: Some elements of sheet music don't mean anything and can be ignored.

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False