Rhythm & Meter
This note value usually receives one beat in 4/4 time.
What is a quarter note?
This clef is also called the G clef.
What is the treble clef?
This major scale has no sharps or flats.
What is C major?
This is the distance between two notes.
What is an interval?
This symbol tells musicians to play loudly.
What is forte?
This time signature has four beats per measure, and the quarter note gets the beat.
What is 4/4 time?
This clef is also called the F clef.
What is the bass clef?
This minor scale has no sharps or flats.
What is A minor?
This chord has three notes.
What is a triad?
This symbol tells musicians to play softly.
What is piano?
This note value is equal to two quarter notes.
What is a half note?
These are the seven letter names used in music.
What are A, B, C, D, E, F, and G?
This pattern of whole and half steps creates a major scale: W-W-H-W-W-W-H.
What is the major scale pattern?
In C major, the I chord contains these three notes.
What are C, E, and G?
This marking means to gradually get louder.
What is crescendo?
This symbol adds half of a note’s original value to the note.
What is a dot?
In treble clef, the lines spell this phrase: E, G, B, D, F.
What is Every Good Boy Does Fine?
This is the distance from one note to the next closest note on the piano.
What is a half step?
In a major triad, the interval from the root to the third is this quality.
What is a major third?
his symbol tells musicians to repeat a section of music.
What is a repeat sign?
This type of meter divides the beat into groups of three.
What is compound meter?
This symbol cancels a sharp or flat.
What is a natural?
This term means a scale is built from the same notes as another key signature but begins on a different tonic.
What is a relative key?
In C major, the V chord is built on this note.
What is G?
his symbol connects notes of different pitches and tells the performer to play them smoothly.
What is a slur?