ELEMENTS OF MUSIC:

PITCH:  High / Low.

TEMPO:  Fast / Slow.

METRE:  Time Signatures.

DYNAMICS:  Loud / soft.

SILENCE:

DURATION:  [Length of notes]  L o n g  / short. 

ATTACT AND DECAY:  Start / Stop.

FORM:  Structure of a piece of Music.

TEXTURE:  Thick / Thin.

TIMBRE:  Sound quality - wood, metal, chord, skin, reed.

THE STAFF [OR STAVE]

1.  Musical sounds are named, in ascending order, from the 1st 7 letters of the alphabet, A; B; C; D; E; F; G.  These are repeated to represent the same notes at higher or level.

2.  Octave [8] is the term given to the next sound, either above or below, which has the same letter-name, such as A-A1, B-B1, etc..

3.  The word Pitch is used to describe how high or how low a sound is, and the pitch of sounds in music is shown by Notes [ semibreve, minim, crotchet, quaver etc. ] placed upon the staff.

4.  The staff consists of a series of 5 parallel lines.  Notes can be placed on the lines or in the spaces between the lines.  Lines and spaces are always reckoned from the lowest upwards.

5.  These notes can have no certain pitch or name until some distinguishing mark is placed at the start of the staff.

6.  This mark is called a Clef [Latin 'clavis' - French 'clef' - meaning key] and the clef thus unlocks the names of the notes on the Staff.

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