Staff Notation (Junior Cert Music): Flashcards

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Staff Notation
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Number of lines & spaces on a stave

5 horizontal lines, 4 spaces

Purpose of the stave

To show different pitches (high and low sounds)

Direction music is read on the stave

Left to right

Higher placement on stave means

Higher pitch sound

Inventor of the stave system

Guido of Arezzo

When Guido of Arezzo lived

11th century

Alternative name for treble clef

G clef

Why treble clef called G clef

Spirals around 2nd line which shows pitch G

Letters in the musical alphabet

A, B, C, D, E, F, G (7 letters)

Treble clef lines (bottom to top)

E, G, B, D, F (Every Good Boy Deserves Fruit)

Treble clef spaces (bottom to top)

F, A, C, E (spells FACE)

What a double barline marks

End of a piece of music

Other use of double barlines in a piece

Show new section or key change

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