| A | B |
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| Treble Clef | The symbol that begins the staff for higher-pitched instruments. |
| Bass Clef | The symbol that begins the staff for lower-pitched instruments. |
| Dynamics | The loudness or softness of the musical sound. |
| mp | Medium soft |
| mf | Medium loud |
| f | Loud |
| Half note | Commonly receives two beats. |
| Quarter note | Commonly receives one beat. |
| Whole note | Commonly receives four beats. |
| Measure | The sections of the staff defined by the number of beats in the time signature. |
| Bar line | The lines that separate the notation into groups of beats. |
| Rossini | Composer of William Tell Overture. |
| W. A. Mozart | Famous composer of the Classical Era. |
| Half rest | Two beats of silence. |
| Whole rest | Four beats of silence. |
| Quarter rest | One beat of silence. |
| Tie | Joins two notes of the same pitch. |
| Dotted half note | Commonly receives 3 beats. |
| Dot | Adds one half the value of the note to the note. |
| Fermata | Hold the tone until the conductor gives the stop signal. |
