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| Consists of two staves joined together by a brace |
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| The sign on the upper staff |
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| The sign on the lower staff |
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| Numbers at the beginning of the music. Tells number of beats per measure and which note gets one beat. |
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| The area between two bar lines |
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| Found at the end of a piece |
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| A Double bar line with two dots in front of it |
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| Single Vertical lines in a piece |
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| Two beats per measure, quarter note gets one beat |
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| Three beats per measure, quarter note gets one beat |
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| Four beats per measure, quarter note gets one beat |
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| A curved line placed over or under two or more notes. It means to play legato. |
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| Play smooth and connected. |
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| Play the note short or detached. Indicated by a dot over or under the note head. |
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| Curved line that looks like a slur, but it connects two notes that are the same. Play only the first note, but hold it for total number of beats of both notes. |
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| Adding chords to a melody |
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| At beginning of line. Shows sharps or flats in the piece |
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| Mezzo piano means play medium soft |
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| Mezzo forte means play medium loud |
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| Play one octave higher or lower than written |
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| A broken interval where one note is played at a time |
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| A solid interval where both notes are played at the same time |
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| 1. by ear (sounds good) 2. by melodic analysis (notes of 5 finger pattern are numbered and analyzed |
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| Use I chord for scale degrees 1,3,5 |
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| Use V7 Chord for scalle degrees 2,4,5 |
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| 2nd, 3rd., 4th, 5th, 6th...space between notes |
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| Means a D major chord plus the interval of a 7th. 4 note chord. D7 = V7 in key of G |
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| May be used for pieces in 3/4 meter |
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| Block Chord Accompaniment |
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| Notes of each chord played all at once |
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| Notes are played in succession |
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