Advanced - Music Notation and Symbols Flashcards
The objective of "Music Notation and Symbols" is to help you learn the universal language of music faster! The language of music theory is used to indicate how a composer intends for a composition to be played. Understanding the musical signs for notation, dynamics, tempo, rhythm, etc. in written music, enables us to communicate and perform music more expressively. Learn more with the Advanced Workbook - UltimateMusicTheory.com
Name and explain the musical sign or symbol.

Staff or stave - A staff consists of five lines and four spaces.
Name and explain the musical sign or symbol.

Ledger lines - Ledger lines are short lines used above or below the staff to extend the range of the staff.
Name and explain the musical sign or symbol.

Bar line - A bar line (single thin line) is used to divide the music into equal measures of time.
Name and explain the musical sign or symbol.

Double bar line - A double bar line (two thin bar lines together)
indicates the end of a section of music.
Name and explain the musical sign or symbol.

Thick double bar line - A thick double bar line (a thin bar line and a thick bar line together) indicates the end of the piece of music.
Name and explain the musical sign or symbol.

Dotted bar line - A dotted bar line subdivides long measures
into shorter segments for ease of reading.
Name and explain the musical sign or symbol.

Brace - A brace (and a bar line) connect the Treble Clef
and the Bass Clef to form the Grand Staff.
Name and explain the musical sign or symbol.

Treble Clef - The Treble Clef (G Clef) symbol is written on the staff. The curls (wrapping around line 2), indicate the pitch G above Middle C.
Name and explain the musical sign or symbol.

Alto Clef - The Alto Clef (C Clef) symbol is written on the staff. The arrow pointing to the third line indicates the pitch Middle C.
Name and explain the musical sign or symbol.

Bass Clef - The Bass Clef (F Clef) symbol is written on the staff. The dots (one above and one below line 4), indicate the pitch F below Middle C.
Name and explain the musical sign or symbol.

Neutral Clef - The Neutral Clef is used for pitchless instruments, such as percussion.
Name and explain the musical sign or symbol.

Breve note or double whole note - A breve note receives four beats (four half notes) in 4/2 time. One breve note equals two whole notes (semibreve).
Name and explain the musical sign or symbol.

Whole note or semibreve - A whole note recieves four beats (four quarter notes) in 4/4 time. One whole note equals two half notes (minim).
Name and explain the musical sign or symbol.

Half note or minim - A half note recieves two beats in 4/4 time. One half note equals two quarter notes (crochet).
Name and explain the musical sign or symbol.

Quarter note or crotchet - A quarter note receives one beat in 4/4 time. One quarter note equals two eighth notes (quaver).
Name and explain the musical sign or symbol.

Eighth note or quaver - An eighth note receives a half of one beat in 4/4 time. One eighth note equals two sixteenth notes (semiquaver).
Name and explain the musical sign or symbol.

Sixteenth note or semiquaver - A sixteenth note receives a quarter of one beat in 4/4 time. One sixteenth note equals two thirty-second notes (demisemiquaver).
Name and explain the musical sign or symbol.

Thirty-second note or demisemiquaver - A thirty-second note receives an eighth of one beat in 4/4 time. One thirty-second note equals two sixty-fourth notes (hemidemisemiquaver).
Name and explain the musical sign or symbol.

Sixty-fourth note or hemidemisemiquaver - A sixty-fourth note receives a sixteenth of one beat in 4/4 time. One sixty-fourth note equals two hundred twenty-eighth notes (semihemidemisemiquaver).
Name and explain the musical sign or symbol.

Two beamed eighth notes - Two beamed eighth notes receive one beat in 4/4 time. Beams connect eighth notes for correct rhythm notation.
Name the musical sign or symbol indicating: five lines and four spaces.
staff or stave
Name the musical sign or symbol indicating: short lines used above or below the staff to extend the range of the staff.
ledger lines
Name the musical sign or symbol indicating: a (single thin line) used to divide the music into equal measures of time.
bar line
Name the musical sign or symbol indicating: the (two thin bar lines together) that indicate the end of a section of music.
double bar line














































