unit 1 Flashcards
vocab
Proper posture
Sitting on the front half of the chair/bench relax flat feet, relax shoulders and arms, keep back straight
Curved fingers (four good reasons for playing with curved fingers)
Good for crossing over the thumb, move more quickly across keyboard.
Finger numbers
Thumb 1, pointer 2, middle 3, ring 4, pinky 5
Note names (treble & bass)
Treble spaces FACE line EGBDF
Bass spaces ACEG line GBDFA
Quarter note
Note played for 1 beat of sound
Half note note
note played for 2 beats of sound
Bar line
Line that divides music into sections
Measure
Section of music divided by bar lines and length determined by time signature
Double bar line
Indicates the end of a piece of music
Treble clef
Notes played on the right hand, higher pitched
Whole note
Played for 4 beats of sound
Bass clef
Notes played on the left hand, lower pitched
Grand staff
Contains treble and bass clef and shows how music is played on both hands, connected by a bracket/brace
Bracket/brace
Connects the treble and bass clef in a grand staff