Enharomics
Two notes that sound the same but have different names
Enharmonic Notes
What a key signature tells us about a piece of music
What sharps or flats are used in the music?
A symbol that changes the pitch of a note
What is an accidental?
Beats in a quarter note
What is 1 beat?
What a dot does to a note
It adds half of the note’s value
A sharp does this to a note
What is raise the pitch?
What is the enharmonic equivalent of C#
Db
Where the key signature is found on the staff
After the clef at the beginning of each staff
The three most common accidentals
What are sharp, flat, and natural?
Beats in a half note
What are 2 beats?
Beats added by a dot on a quarter note
What is ½ beat?
A flat does this to a note
What is lower the pitch?
E
Number of sharps in the key of G major
What is 1?
How long an accidental lasts
For the rest of the measure
Beats in an eighth note
What is ½ beat?
Total beats in a dotted half note
What are 3 beats?
A natural does this to a note
What is cancel an accidental?
True
Number of flats in the key of B♭ major
What is 2?
True or False: Accidentals affect all octaves of the note in a measure
What is false?
Number of eighth notes in one quarter note
What are 2?
True or False: A dot always adds one beat
What is false?
The accidental that cancels a sharp
What is a natural?
Name one harmonic pair that includes a sharp and a flat
C♯/D♭, D♯/E♭, F♯/G♭, G♯/A♭, or A♯/B♭?
The key that usually has no sharps or flats
What is C major (or A minor)?
The accidental that cancels a sharp or flat
What is a natural?
Number of quarter notes in a whole note
What are 4?
Total beats in a dotted quarter note
What is 1½ beats?
If a note was flat and then has a natural sign, what happens?
It returns to its natural pitch