The Basics Of Music
The Keyboard
Simple Meter
Pitches
Major Scales
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A note

What is used to identify pitches? 

100

Two half steps

How many half steps are in a whole step?

100
4 quarter notes

A whole note equals how many quarter notes?

100

the distance between any note and the next note of the same name

What is an octave?

100

A group of pitches 

What is a scale?

200

A section that divides up written music

What is a measure?

200

Natural pitches

What do white key represent?

200

The value plus half the original value

A dot adds what to a note?

200

C to C

Octaves are typically identified on a keyboard by what keys?

200

The major and minor scales 

What are the two most important scales?

300

How music flows through time

What is rhythm?

300

Pitches above and pitches below the natural pitches 

What do black keys represent?

300

A connection of flags for same notes placed next to each other 

What is a beam?

300

Short lines added above or below the staff, extending the staff

What are ledger lines?

300

The first and last degree of a scale

What is the tonic?

400

The pace of music

What is a pulse?

400

Alter the pitch of a note chromatically 

What do accidentals do?

400

When two different letter names identify the same pitch

What is an enharmonic pitch?

400

The third degree of a scale

What is the mediant? 

500

The combination of strong and week pulses

What is a meter?

500

The distance between two pitches 

What is an interval?

500

At the beginning of a piece after the clef

Where do we find the time signature?

500

Very soft

What does pianissimo mean?

500

When the octave is divided into 12 equal half steps

What is the chromatic scale?

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