Music notations terms

Whole note

4 beats of sound

4/4 Time signature

Counting in the beat of 4

Whole rest

4 beats of silence

Staff

5 lines you read music from

Double bar line

End of the song

Bar line

Organise notes according to time signature

Note A

Note B

Note G

Note D

Half rest

2 beats of silence

Half note

Note that lasts for 2 beats

Key signature

Tells you the key of what a note will be (instead of writing it out)

Flat

Lowers the note

Note C

Eighth rest

Half a beat of silence

Quarter rest

One beat of silence

Beamed together Eighth note

2 eighth notes = 1 beat of sound

Single eighth note

Half a beat of sound

Quarter note

One beat of sound

Dotted note

Extends the note by half of the og duration

Low C note

Note D

Note E