music notes 2

Music is written on a

staff of 5 lines and 4 spaces

Music is written using

the musical alphabet

The musical alphabet has 7 letters:

a, b, c, d, e, f, & g

Each letter of the musical alphabet is assigned to a

pitch

A _____ is how high or low a sound is

pitch

An ____ is the distance between two musical notes with the same letter name

octave

 High notes are written on the _____

treble clef

The treble clef is also called the

g clef

Low notes are written on the

bass clef

The bass clef is also called the

f clef

Treble clef lines can be remembered with the sentence:

Every Good Burger Deserves Fries.

The spaces of the treble clef spell the word

FACE

The lines of the bass clef can be remembered with the sentence:

Gummy Bears Don’t Feel Anything

The spaces of the bass clef can be remembered with the sentence

All Cows Eat Grass

When the treble staff and the bass staff are joined together with a brace it is called the

grand staff

____ are the short lines added to extend the range of the staff when the notes are too high or too low to be written on the staff

Ledger lines

____tells us the duration of pitch.

Note Value

___ is the steady pulse of music. The beat doesn’t change, it always stays the same.

Beat

____ is the flow of music through time. It is a combination of long notes and short notes

Rhythm

An ____ is the distance between two pitches

interval

 A ____ in one step up or down from the starting pitch. It is called a minor 2nd (m2).

half step

 A _____ is two steps up or down from the starting pitch. It is called a major 2nd (M2)

whole step

There are 4 Perfect intervals are

P1, P4, P5 P8

There are 4 Major intervals

M2, M3, M6, M7

There are 4 minor intervals

m2, m3, m6, m7

The ___ is used to indicate major intervals, the _____ is used to indicate minor intervals

uppercase “M”, lowercase “m”

____ are built using intervals

Scales

A scale is a

sequence of notes with specific intervals between them, and is arranged in ascending or descending order within an octave.

The major scale formula is

W-W-H-W-W-W-H.

The speed of music is called

tempo

____ is how loud or soft a piece is

Dynamics

Music is divided into equal parts with

bar lines

the space between two bar lines is called a

measure

Order of the sharps

fcgdaeb

order of the flats

beadgcf

The circle of 5ths is a _____ that shows the ____ between all the major and minor keys in music. It helps musicians see which notes and chords go well together. Starting from C major at the top, and moving a ______ the ______, making it easier to understand key changes and chord progressions.

diagram, relationship, perfect fifth up or down,circle adds one sharp or one flat to the key signature