Music Symbols

time signature - answer-tells how many beats are in each measure and what kind of note gets one beat measure - answer-space between two barlines eighth notes - answer-two eighth notes connected with a beam, equal to one beat eighth rest - answer-gets one half count of silence bar line - answer-divides the staff into measures bass clef - answer-Used for the lower sounding pitches. Also called F clef. double bar - answer-shows the end of a piece of music decrescendo - answer-gradually decreasing in volume, also written as decresc. dotted half note - answer-gets 3 counts of sound eighth note - answer-gets one-half count of sound fermata - answer-hold the note or rest longer than its time value forte - answer-loud volume half note - answer-gets 2 counts of sound half rest - answer-gets 2 counts of silence flat - answer-lowers the pitch of a note by one-half step mezzo forte - answer-medium loud volume natural - answer-cancels the effect of a flat or sharp piano - answer-soft volume quarter note - answer-gets one count of sound quarter rest - answer-gets one count of silence