Musical Symbols

The Music Staff

A staff has five lines and four spaces. Composers write notes on the staff when they compose music. You look at a staff to

read music.

___________________________5____________________________________4_______________4_____________________3________________3__________________2__________________2_________________1____________________1__________________

A staff is more than just lines and spaces.  A staff

has a clef sign, time signature, bar lines,

measures, notes,key signature, ledger lines, notes, rests, and

lots of other stuff. 

Treble ClefTreble Clef / G Clef

Names the second line: Line G.Steps to drawing the treble clef:1. Draw a vertical line from top to

bottom.2. Go to the top of the line and

make a loop to the fourth line.3. Cross the line and go to line 1.4. Wrap around line 2.

Clef used for high register instruments: Piano, Violin, Flute, Guitar, Recorder, Piccolo.

Bass ClefBass Clef / F clef

Names the fourth line F.Step to drawing the Bass clef:

1. Draw a solid circle on the fourth line.

2. Extend to the fifth line.3. Go to the second line.4. Add two dots on spaces tree and

four.

Clef used for low register instruments: Cello, Double Bass, Piano, Bassoon, Bass Guitar

Naming the lines and Spaces in the Treble Staff

__________________________F____________________________________D_______________E_____________________B________________C___________________G_________________A__________________E____________________F_____________

Lines: Every Good Boy Does FineSpaces: Spell FACE

Can you come up with your own phrase to remember the lines and spaces?

Naming the lines and Spaces in the Bass Staff

Always Fine Do BoysGood

Grass Eat CowsAll

How are the lines on the Bass clef similar to the lines on the Treble clef?

Ledger LinesNotes written above or below the staff are called ledger lines. Ledger lines are

short lines use only when notes are written outside of the five lines.

How many ledger line notes can you find?

Time SignatureTime signatures tell you how many

beats and what kind of notes per measure there are.

The top number tells you how many beats per measure.

The bottom tells you that the quarter note ( ) equals 1 beat.

Measures and Bar lines• Beats divide the staff into measures. • Bar lines show the beginning and ending of each measure.

1. What is the time signature?2. How many beats are in each measure?

3. How many measures are there?4. How many bar lines are there?

Musical NotesNotes look different so that we can distinguish them.

They have parts which makes them different: head, stem, flag, beam, and dots.

Look at the note chart:1. Which notes have stems?2. Which notes have flags?3. Which note has just a head?4. What two notes are not colored in?5. Which note do you think equals 1 beat?

Music Jeopardy

Music Staff

Clefs Music Notes

Note Values

Time Signat

ure10 10 10 10 10

20 20 20 20 20

30 30 30 30 30

40 40 40 40 40

50 50 50 50 50

How many beats are in each measure if the time signature is 2/4

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2 beats

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Which line names the

Treble Clef?Back to Game

Second Line

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How Many Lines and Spaces does the Music Staff

Have?Back to Game

5 lines and 4 spaces

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What is another name for the Treble

Clef?Back to Game

In ¾ time, what does the top number tell

you?Back to GameBack to Game

The number of beats per measure.

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Which note does not have a stem and it equals 4

beats?Back to Game

The Whole Note

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We count our lines and spaces __?___ to ___?__.

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Bottom to TopBack to Game

On the Bass Staff, which line names the Bass

Clef?Back to Game

The Fourth LineBack to Game

What are the names of the line

notes in the Treble Staff?

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E G B D F

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What is the name of this note?

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Quarter Note

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If we have two in each measure, what do you think our time signature is?

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2/4 Time

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In ¾ time, the bottom number tells you that the _____?_______ gets the beat.

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Quarter NoteBack to Game

In the Bass Staff, what is the name of the note on the fourth

space?Back to Game

Note GBack to Game

What is the name of this symbol?

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Bass Clef

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How many beats does a

half note get?Back to Game

2 BeatsBack to Game

What is the name of the note on the

third line of the Treble Staff?

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Note BBack to Game

Name a musical instrument that reads

in the Treble Clef?

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Piano, Violin, Guitar, Flute, Piccolo,

recorder

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Which stringed instrument reads in

the Bass Clef?Back to Game

Cello / BassBack to Game

_______?_____ are use when writing notes above or

below the staff.

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Ledger LinesBack to Game

Which note is on the Fifth Line of the

Treble Staff?Back to Game

Note F

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Which line is note D, on the

Bass Clef?Back to Game

The Third Line

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The Treble Clef wraps around line number ___?__.

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TwoBack to Game

The Bass Clef has two dots, which line goes

right in between these two dots?

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Fourth LineBack to Game

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