| A | B |
|---|
 | Staff |
 | Bar Line |
| Organized Patterns of Sound and Silence | Music |
 | Measure |
| Double Bar Line |
 | Ledger Lines |
 | Clef Signs |
| Rule #1 | Always think and count from the bottom up |
| The location of a note tells its pitch | Rule #2 |
| The shape of a note tells its duration. | Rule #2 |
| Pitch | How high or low a sound is |
| Duration | How long a sound will last |
| Intensity | How loud or soft a sound is |
| Timbre | The identifying quality of a sound |
| The lines of the Treble Clef | EGBDF |
| The spaces of the Treble Clef | FACE |
| The lines of the Bass Clef | GBDFA |
| The spaces of the Bass Cleff | ACEG |
| The Musical Alphabet | ABCDEFG |
