Music Flashcards
(20 cards)
The five horizontal lines on which music notes are written
Staff/stave
A symbol that instructs you to play higher pitched notes (the range of notes from the middle to the right of a keyboard)
Treble clef
An acronym to help you remember the names of the notes in the spaces of a treble clef stave
F.A.C.E
A mnemonic to help you remember the names of the notes on the lines of a treble clef stave
Every Good Boy Deserves Football
The name for the not with a ledger line below the treble clef stave.It is also the when the names ye in the centre of a keyboard
Middle C
A horizontal line that divides the stave into sections with a set number of beats
Bar line
A short section of music that contains a specific number of beats
Bar
A symbol consisting of two numbers stacked above each other that instructs the performer how many beats to count in each bar
Time signature
A note with the duration of 4 crotchet beats
Semibreve
A note with the duration of 2 crotchet beats
Minim
A note with the duration of 1 beat
Crotchet
A note with the duration of half a crotchet beat
Quaver
The speed of a steady pulse in a piece of music
Tempo
A technique of counting beats aloud before you start to perform in order to help you perform at a steady tempo
Count in
A technique of using all fingers (including thumbs) to play different notes on a keyboard
Five-finger position
A visual system that allows you to see sounds that can be played on an instrument or sung
Music notation
A sequence of high and low pitched notes played one after the other
Melody
A symbol that instructs you to play lower pitched notes ( the range of notes from the middle to the left of a keyboard)
Bass Clef
A mnemonic to help you remember the names of the notes in the spaces of bass clef stave
All Cows Eat Grass
A mnemonic to help you remember the names of the notes on the lines of a bass clef stave
Grizzly Bears Don’t Fear Anything
