Music Terms and Definitions

[Leslie Rush]

Staff-- A musical staff is where notes and rests are placed. This is
drawn as five horizontal lines and four spaces, where each line and
space represent a note for instrument or voice.
Clef-- A clef is the first symbol at the beginning of the staff. It is
located at the left-most part of the staff. The clef indicates the
pitch of the notes to be played; the two most commonly used clefs are
the Treble or G- Clef and the Bass or F-Clef.
Measure-- A measure is a segment of time defined as a given number of
beats of a given duration. In music, a measure is separated by a
vertical line or a bar that crosses the horizontal lines of the staff.
Each measure consists of notes and/or rests.
Note--There are different kinds of musical notes, each one a distinct
symbol, such as quarter note, half note, and whole note, and these
notes indicate the duration and pitch of a sound. Each note value
corresponds with a rest.
Pitch-- Pitch means the frequency of a sound. Notes towards the right
of the piano keyboard have a higher pitch, or frequency, than notes
towards the left.
Beat-- A beat may be defined as a pulse of sound that marks the meter
or rhythm of a piece of music. The beat counting starts at the
beginning of a measure, whether it starts with a note or rest. A
metronome is a device which is used to keep consistent time while
playing music; the metronome will tick according to the speed at which
it is set.
Time Signature-- The time signature, which determines meter, indicates
the number of beats in a measure and which note gets one beat. The top
number in the time signature determines how many beats are in a
measure, and the bottom number determines what note value constitutes
one beat.

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