Vocabulary: Map Reading and Basic Notational Symbols
Staff
Treble clef
 the 5 lines and 4 spaces that music is written on

a symbol that indicates that the notes on a staff are for
Bass clef

Time signature


the higher voices – for female voices and sometimes for
tenors
a symbol that indicates that the notes on a staff are for
the two
lower
voices –that
for the
men’s
voices
the
numbers
indicate
how
notes will be
grouped into measures; the top number indicates many
beats are in a measure; the bottom number indicates
what kind of note gets a beat


Double bar line

Sectional double bar 
Repeat sign
divides a staff into measures – DOES NOT mean to pause



Bar line
Measure
the area in between two bar lines where notes and rests
are located
a pair of bar lines (one thin and one thick) that indicates
the
end
a song
exercise)
a pair
ofof
bar
lines (or
(both
thin) that indicates the end of a
main section of a song
sing a section again; you will either go back the
beginning of the song or the “matching” repeat sign
1st ending
the end of the first verse (sing it ONLY with first verse)
2nd ending
the end of the second verse (sing it ONLY with
second verse)
Key signature
a collection of sharps () or flats ()that indicates
where “do” is located
key signature with sharps – the last sharp is “ti”
key signature with flats – the last flat is “fa”
Pick-up
the notes and words leading into a musical phrase,
section, or sometimes individual measure