Lesson Four: New Terms
Learning music means we have to learn lots of new words. Every lesson has
new words that we must read, understand and begin to use. Here are the new
words from each lesson:
| octave | the smallest distance in sound or pitch between two notes of the same letter name |
| staff/stave | the 5 parallel lines on which the notes are written |
| clef | the sign at the beginning of every staff which tells what the notes should be |
| treble | the clef which shows where the "G" line is |
| bass | the clef which shows where the "F" line is |
| ledger line | the small lines which show the position of notes above and below the staff |
| major scale | the series of notes over one octave |
| semitone | the smallest distance between two notes |
| tone | the distance of two semitones |
| sharp (#) | sign which raises note a semitone |
| flat (b) | sign which lowers note a semitone |
| interval | the distance between two notes |
| pitch | means how high or low a note is |
You should learn these words if you don't already know them. You don't need to know these exact meanings but you should understand how the words are used in music.