Reading Choral Music 

Music TermsStaff-An organization of five lines in which notations  are

placed to indicate timing and range of the music.  A staff always consists of five lines and four spaces between the lines.

Grand Staff-When two staffs are connected by a brace, they are together known as the Grand Staff, usually consisting of a treble clef on the top staff and a bass clef on the bottom staff.

Clef-The clefs in the beginning of the staff indicate the range of the music.  A treble clef staff line is usually followed by sopranos and altos.  A bass clef staff line are read by tenors and basses.

Key Signature-A set of flats or sharps to indicate what key a song is in.  For singers, the key signature indicates what the solfege syllabus each notation is.

Music TermsTime Signature-A set of numbers that indicates two things:

How many beats each measure has.Which Rhythm notation is given the one beat

Measure(Bar)-Organizes music by bar lines to indicate sections of a score/octavo.

Double Barline-Indicates the end of a song.Repeated Lines-Indicates when a section of music is

repeated.Octavo(Score)-Reading material for musicians to identify

pitches, timing, speed, range, and ensemble.

Measure

Clef

Key Signature

Time Signature

Double Bar line

Staff

Repeat Sign

Repeat Sign

Grand Staff