How to Read Music Notation - Pt. 1

Question 1

This is one of the three essential elements needed to notate - or “write down” - music. What is it called?

Answer 1

The staff

Question 2

A staff is a system of ______ lines

and _______ spaces.

Answer 2

A staff is a system of five lines and

four spaces.

Question 3

A note symbol (or rhythm symbol) can have various traits - some will have a stem, others might have a flag, while still others might be “beamed” or connected by a line. However…

ALL notes have one element in common. What is this one thing?

Answer 3

All notes will have a note head!

Question 4

A _______ appears at the very beginning of each line of staff.

Answer 4

A clef appears at the very beginning of each line of staff.

Question 5

When a notehead is placed on a line or a space on the staff, you are showing how high or low it sounds.

The term we use to describe the highness and lowness of any sound is that sound’s _________ .

Answer 5

pitch

Question 6

Which of the following notes will have the highest sound: 1, 2, 3, or 4?

Answer 6

The 3rd note is the highest note written on the staff, so it would have the highest sound.