Scaley Keys
A Chord-al Invitation
Form
Terminology
The Mysterious Music Box
100

The scale found by starting on the 6th note of a major scale.

What is the relative minor?

100

The inversion where the 5th of the chord is in the bass.

What is 2nd inversion?

100

The form of a piece of music with 2 sections: A & B.

What is binary form?

100

The symbol above meaning force.

What is sforzando?

100

A small, ornamental note played quickly.

What is a grace note?

200

The type of minor scale that shares the same notes as its relative major.

What is natural minor?

200

The right hand fingers used to play a 1st inversion chord.

What is fingers 1, 2, 5?

200

The form of a piece with 3 equal sections: A, B, A.

What is ternary form?

200

The umbrella term for the different types of touch used to play an instrument. (100 bonus points if you can give 3 examples!)

What is articulation? (legato, staccato, tenuto, and accents)

200

A bass part in 4/4 time in which a note is played on each beat of the bar and which typically moves up and down the scale in small steps.

What is walking bass?

300

The type of minor scale that lowers 3 & 6, but keeps 7 raised for use of the leading tone.

What is harmonic minor?

300

The name and quality of this chord.

What is f# minor?

300

A form of music notation with a melody line and chord symbols above.

What is a lead sheet?

300

The type of rhythm based on triplets that creates a long short rhythm for 8th notes.

What is swing rhythm?

300
A major 3rd above B.

What is D#?

400

The type of scale with scale degree 3 lowered on the ascent, but changes to natural minor on the descent.

What is melodic minor?

400

The primary chord that is always major in both major and minor keys?

What is V?

400

The following chord progression used in a certain type of music: I | I | I | I | IV | IV | I | I | V | IV | I | I |

What is the 12-bar blues?

400

A short musical pattern that is repeated on another pitch, sequencing higher or lower.

What is motive & sequence?

400

The "phone number" used to name chord inversions.

What is (664) 765-4342?

500

The names of scale degrees 1, 5, and 7.

What is tonic, dominant, and leading tone?

500

The inversion of the common V7 chord.

What is first inversion?

500

A musical form where the A section returns within the B section.

What is rounded binary?

500

A musical pattern repeated over and over throughout a piece or section of a piece.

What is an ostinato?

500

In order, the notes included in a D#m chord in 2nd inversion.

What is A, D, F#?

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