| Accidental - | A symbol in music placed before a note to alter the notes pitch. See page 4 |
| Bass Clef - | A clef that sets the 4th line of the staff to F below middle C. ( See page 2)
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| Chromatic Scale - | (page 4)
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| Degree - | Numbers from 1 to 7 indicating the various notes of the Major scale.
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| Flat - | A musical symbol used to lower a pitch by 1/2 step
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| Grand Staff - | A double staff with a Treble clef for the top staff and a Bass clef for the bottom staff used for piano notation. (page 2)
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| Half Step - | The smallest pitch increment in western music. There are 12 half steps in an octave. The 12 half steps comprise the Chromatic Scale. |
| Key - | See page 8 |
| Key Signature - | See page 8 |
| Ledger Lines - | Lines added above or below the staff to accommodate musical passages that would otherwise be too high or too low. See page 3 |
| Major Scale - | See page 5 |
| Natural - | A symbol used in music to cancel a Sharp or Flat in a key signature or set a note to its natural (not sharped or flatted) state. |
| Sharp - | A musical symbol used to raise a pitch by 1/2 step
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| Spelling - | Whether one chooses Flats or Sharps to write a musical passage. (i.e. spelled in sharps or spelled in flats |
| Treble Clef - | A clef that sets the 2nd line of the staff to G above middle C. (page 2)
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| Whole Step - | 2 half steps (i.e. the distance between the notes C and D). |