Scales
Tonic, supertonic, mediant, subdominant, dominant, submediant,leading tone, tonic
What are scale degree names?
The difference in pitch between two sounds
What is an interval?
At least three pitches played simultaneously.
What is a chord?
These clefs that make up the grand staff
What are treble and bass clefs?
Sharps and flats in music
What are accidentals?
A major scale with no sharps or flats.
What is C major?
Two pitches being played simultaneously.
What are harmonic intervals
From bottom to top: root, third, fifth
What is the structure of a triad?
A segment of music
What is a measure?
Do,re,me,fa,so,la,ti,do
What is solfege?
A scale with 5 notes
What is a pentatonic scale?
Unisons, 4ths, 5ths, Octaves
What are perfect intervals
Major, Minor, Augmented, and Diminished
What are the types of triads?
Identifies how many beats are played per measure.
What is a time signature?
A pitch that can have two different names but not change in sound.
What are enharmonic pitches
A minor scale in which the 7th note is raised one half step.
What is a harmonic minor scale?
2nds, 3rds, 6ths, 7ths
What are Major and Minor intervals
A triad with the "third"of the chord being the bottom note
What is the first inversion?
The note that ties together the treble and bass clef therefore creating the grand staff
What is middle C
The rate that chords change in music
What is harmonic rhythm?
A minor scale with the 6th and 7th notes a half step up while ascending and the same notes return to the natural form while descending
What is a melodic minor scale?
First count all pitches between two notes, then count the half steps between the same pitches
What are the steps to identify an interval?
A triad with the "fifth" of the chord being the bottom note.
What is the second inversion?
The lines that appear above or below the staff
What are ledger lines?
A two-chord progression at the end of a phrase
What is a cadence?