Note Names | Musical Symbols | Note Values | Which Director? | General Music |
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What is a staff?
This is made up of five lines and four spaces.
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What ledger lines?
These are the lines that extend the staff for higher and lower notes.
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What is a half note?
This note has a duration of 2 beats.
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Who is Mr. Jimenez?
This band director likes Iron Man.
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What are A B C D E F G?
These are the letters in the musical alphabet.
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What is the Treble Clef?
This clef is used by high pitched instruments like the flute and cornet.
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What are measures?
These are the spaces between two barlines.
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What is a quarter note?
This note has a duration of 1 beat.
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Who is Mr. Spence?
This band director likes to watch wrestling.
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What is a tie?
This is a curved line connecting two or more notes of the same pitch.
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What is the bass clef?
This clef is used by the lower pitched instruments like the trombone and the tuba.
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What is a sharp?
This is an accidental that RAISES a note by 1/2 a step.
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What is a whole note?
This note has a duration of 4 beats.
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Who is Mr. Jimenez?
This band director has a cat.
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What is a beam?
This is a short, straight line that connects two or more notes.
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What are E G B D and F.
These are the names of the notes on the LINES of the TREBLE CLEF staff.
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What is a flat?
This is an accidental that LOWERS a note by 1/2 a step.
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What is a dotted half note?
This note has a value of 3 beats.
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Who is Mr. Spence?
This band director likes cruise ships.
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What is a flag?
This is a wavy line extending from the top of a stem of a note to show one single eighth note.
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What are A C E and G.
These are the names of the notes on the SPACES of the BASS clef staff.
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What is a natural?
This is an accidental that CANCELS a flat or a sharp.
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What is an eighth note?
This note has a duration of 1/2 a beat.
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Who is Mrs. Castillo?
This Band Director used to live in Minnesota.
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What is the number of beats in a measure.
This is what the top number of a time signature tells you.
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