Vocabulary
Various arrangements of durations made up of notes and rests within a time signature
What is Rhythm?
A unit of duration signified by a solid note head with a stem and two flags on the stem
What is Sixteenth note?
The first degree of a Major scale
What is Tonic?
The major key with no accidentals
What is C major?
The musical distance between two pitches
What is Interval?
These additional lines (and the spaces they form) indicate pitches above or below the staff
What are Ledger or Leger lines?
This symbol raises a note by two half steps
What is Double sharp?
The sixth degree of a Major scale
What is Submediant?
The minor key with 4 flats
What is F minor?
Determined by the arithmetic distance and half-step count
What is Interval Quality?
The Dynamic indicating a gradual increase in volume
What is Crescendo?
Used with eighth notes, sixteenth notes, and smaller notes to create groupings to the pulse of the music
What is Beaming notes?
The form of a minor scale that raises the 7th degree of the scale one half-step
What is Harmonic or Harmonic minor?
When a major and minor key share the same starting note but not the same key signature
What is Parallel keys?
Number of half-steps shared between an perfect 4th and an augmented 3rd
What is 5 half-steps?
This Articulation mark indicates that the note should be played shorter than notated, usually half the value, leaving the rest of the metric value silent
What is staccato?
The two dots inside a double bar to signify going back to repeat the phrase or section
What is Repeat sign?
A scale with 5 notes per scale
What is Pentatonic?
The enharmonic key of Ab minor
What is G# minor?
The position of any triad spaced further apart or in another order of notes other than root position
What is Open position?
A rapid alternation between the specified note and the next higher note (determined by key signature) within its duration
What is Trill?
A continuous, uninterrupted glide from one note to the next that includes the pitches between
What is Glissando or Portamento?
A scale of six pitches equidistant apart by the interval of a whole step
What is Whole note scale?
The amount of sharps that the enharmonic key of Db major has
What is 7?
Uses four notes of three superimposed intervals of a third
What is Dominant 7th chord?