Notes and Clefs
What is the musical alphabet
ABCDEFG
What does a flat do to a note?
Lowers it by a half step
The speed of music is?
Tempo
Describe an apreggio
a broken chord (1, 3, 5, and 8 notes of a scale)
If a key has a Bb, Eb, and Ab, what key is it in?
Key of Eb
FACE represents what?
Spaces of the treble clef
What does a sharp do to a note?
It raises it a half step
What is the beat
Steady pulse of the music
Describe what an interval is
The distance between two pitches
What is the word that describes two notes that look and sound the same, but are written differently?
Enharmonic
What are the lines of the bass clef?
GCBDFA
What does a natural do?
Cancels out a sharp or flat
What tells you to hold out the note longer than normal
Fermata
Decrescendo tells you to do what
Gradually get softer
This tells you to go back to the beginning, and play until the Fine
D.C. al Fine
What are the lines of the treble clef?
EGBDF
What is the order of flats?
BEADGCF
gradually get louder
What tells you how many beats are in a measure and what note gets the beat?
Time signature
This tells you to go back to the sign, then go to the coda.
D. S. al Coda
What are the spaces for the bass clef?
ACEG
What is the order of sharps?
FCGDAEB
Connects notes of different pitches
Slur
Key signataure
What is the purpose of a coda?
Provides a separate ending section that the performer jumps to when directed