Musical Symbols
Vocab 1.
Intervals
Non-Chord Tones
100


a clef placing F below middle C on the second-highest line of the staff, usually instruments such as tuba or trombone follow this 


What is a Bass Clef ?

100

The Distance between two notes or pitches

What is an Interval ? 

100

A Diminished 5th has this number of Semitones.

What is 6 ?

100

This non chord tone is approached by step, and  resolved by step in the same direction.

What is a Passing Tone ?

200

a clef placing G above middle C on the second-lowest line of the staff, instruments such as clarinet and flute follow this.

What is a Treble Clef ?

200

When two notes are being played simultaneously , it is called this.

What is Unison ?

200

A Perfect 8th has this number of Semitones.

What is 12 ? 

200

This is approached by sustaining a note from the previous chord, then resolved down by step.

What is Suspension ? 

300

This symbol takes a note and raises it one half-step (semitone) higher than its natural pitch

What is a Sharp ?

300

Number of steps the interval contains on the staff represented on the staff.

What is Interval Size ?

300

A Perfect 4th has this many whole tones 

what is 2 1/2 ?


300

Also called a neighboring group or a cambiata, this is a pair of notes: one upper neighboring tone and one lower neighboring tone.

What is a Changing tone ?

400

 A rhythmic notation that changes the rhythmic value of a note. For example  a _______ half note will be three beats long instead of 2 beats long like the standard half note .

What is the rhythm dot or Dotted ?

400

Number of Semitones between two notes

What is Interval Quality

400

A Minor 2nd has this number of whole tones. 

What is 1/2 ?

400

the temporal opposite of a suspension. In an ANT, one voice resolves early to the note it has in the next chord. This often happens at the final cadence of a chorale, in an inner voice.

What is the Anticipation Tone ? 

500


This symbol marks a pause of unspecified length on a note or rest.



What is a Fermata ?

500

how many semitones are in a augmented 5th

What is 8 ?

500

approached by leap, resolved by step (usually in the opposite direction). The____ is usually accented (occurs on the beat).

What is an Appoggiatura ?

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