1. Musical Terms and Symbols

2. Staff

3. Treble Clef

4. Bass Clef

5. Quarter Note – usually 1 count

6. Eighth note – usually half a count

7. Half Note – usually 2 counts

8. Whole note – usually gets 4 counts

9. Quarter Rest – usually one count of silence

10. Half Rest

11. Whole Rest – usually means 4 counts of silence

12. Means “gradually get louder”
Crescendo
Means “gradually get louder”

13. Decrescendo
Means “gradually get softer”

14. Pianissimo
Means “very soft”

15. Fortissimo
Means “Very Loud”

16. Forte
Means “loud”

17. Piano
Means “soft”

18. Sharp – means higher

19. Flat – means lower

20. The space between 2 bar lines
Measure
The space between 2 bar lines

21. Time signature

22. Repeat

23. Fermata
A pause or hold of unspecified length – watch the director!

24. Ritardando
means gradually slow down