NF5: Define The Terms

Terms

Sharp: Higher in pitch by a half-step

Flat: Lower in pitch by a half step

Natural: Without flats or sharps, as the key of C major

 

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NF1:Quarter Note Madness

   
Terms

Staff: The horizontal lines on and between which notes are written or printed: the placement of a note on the staff indicates its pitch.

Time Signature: a sign consisting of one number over another, esp. after the key signature, indicating the unit of measurement and the number of beats in the following measure or measures (Ex.: 3/4 means three quarter-note beats); also, a nonnumerical sign used in this way (Ex.: C is often used instead of 4/4)

Measure: the notes or rests, or both, contained between two vertical lines on the staff; bar.

Bar: a vertical line across a staff, dividing it into measures.

Quarter Note:  a note having one fourth the duration of a whole note.