This time signature has three eighth notes in each measure.
What is 3/8 time?
100
"Sit Down, Sister" is an example of this style of American music.
What is Black American spirituals?
100
The only note that is different between natural minor and harmonic minor. (solfage or numeric)
What is ti/te/7th?
200
The term meaning to get softer.
What is decrescendo?
200
The musical term for speeding up.
What is accelerando?
200
There are two ways to count this compound duple meter. We discussed both ways while playing Two-Minute Nutcracker.
What is 6/8 time?
200
Claude Debussy, Gabriel Faure, Erik Satie, Cesar Franck, and Camille Saint-Saens were all important composers of the late 19th century from this country.
What is France?
200
A group of notes played one after the other outlining the chord.
What is an arpeggio?
300
The sound that is forbidden, especially for the trumpets and trombones.
What is blasting?
300
The musical abbreviation "sfz" stands for this.
What is sforzando?
300
Three notes over two beats.
What is a quarter note triplet?
300
The shakuhachi is a bamboo flute native to this country.
What is Japan?
300
A scale in which all notes are played in a row in half steps.
What is the chromatic scale?
400
The musical term for starting a note loud, but getting immediately soft. It is often followed by a crescendo.
What is forte piano?
400
A small note (or notes) which is played on, or slightly before the beat.
What is a grace note?
400
Figure A on the board.
What is 1 &3 4 6
400
Jibuli (The Rabbit's Song) is a folk song native to this continent.
What is Africa? (Tanzania)
400
These major and minor keys have 5 sharps in the key signature.
What are B major and G# minor?
500
The term for "suddenly soft."
What is "subito piano"?
500
A clear and distinct musical phrase that is repeated persistently.
What is an ostinato?
500
Figure B on the board.
What is 1 a2& 3e 4 a
500
Edvard Grieg based much of his music on the folk songs and dances of his native country, Norway. Using melodies from one's native land is and example of this compositional trend.
What is nationalism?
500
These major and minor keys have four flats in the key signature.