Scaley Keys
A Chord-al Invitation
Inversions & Shtuff
Terminology
Mysterious Music Box
100
The tonic, dominant, and leading tone notes in the key of A.
What is A, E, and G#?
100
The scale degree a I chord and IV chord have in common.
What is scale degree 1?
100
The bass note of a 2nd inversion Em chord.
What is B?
100
A rapid alternation between two neighboring notes.
What is a trill? 
100
The order of sharped notes in key signatures.
What is F, C, G, D, A, E, B?
200
The name of the 2 keys with 7 flats.
What is Cb-major and Ab-minor?
200
The lowest note of any chord.
What is the bass note?
200
When the notes of a chord are in root position and the stacked in thirds.
What is tertian order?
200
An Italian word meaning a little faster than andante.
What is andantino? (lesson pg. 27)
200
The order of flatted notes in key signatures.
What is B, E, A, D, G, C, F?
300
The distance between the leading tone and tonic.
What is a m2?
300
The type of chord that has a 3rd inversion.
What is a seventh chord? (a 4-note chord)
300
Order the following tempos from slowest to fastest: Allegretto, Moderato, Andante, Allegro, Lento.
What is Lento, Andante, Moderato, Allegretto, Allegro.
300
The word added to other musical terms meaning very. (Not the suffix!)
What is molto?
300
The ending section of a piece.
What is a coda?
400
The notes of E harmonic minor scale.
What is E F# G A B C D# E?
400
The left-hand fingering for an ascending, 2-octave, C arpeggio.
What is 5, 4, 2, 1, 4, 2, 1?
400
The 3 scale degrees used in the traditional inversion of a V7 chord. (The V7 chord we see in the books.)
What is scale degrees 7, 4, 5?
400
The symbol seen in lead sheets denoting there is no harmonization for the measure.
What is N.C. (no chord)?
400
A decorative passage played freely.
What is a cadenza?
500
The minor key with E7 as the V7 chord. (100 bonus points for naming all 4 notes of the E7 chord!)
What is A minor?
500
In order of lowest to highest (root position), what are the 4 notes of a V7 chord in the key of B?
What is F#, A#, C#, E#?
500
The name of the final chords of a section of piece.
What is a cadence?
500
Another term for "as written" to indicate the passage is no longer in a different octave.
What is loco?
500
The 2 types of answers to a musical question. (100 bonus points if you correctly describe both!)
What is parallel and contrasting answers?