9th Grade Music Tech

Music Theory

100

How many beats are in a whole note?

4

200

4/4 and 3/4 are examples of

Time Signatures

300

How many beats are in 8 bars?

32 

400

What is a Key?

A group of notes that work well with each other?

500

What is a Scale?

A pattern of notes that work well together

Beat Making

100

What does BPM stand for?

Beats Per Minute

200

808s belong to what category of sound?

Bass/Synth Bass

300

How do we align notes to the grid?

Quantize

400

What is a software instrument?

A digital instrument 

500

What are the main elements in a fully completed beat?

Drums, Bass, Pad, Lead, Perc, SFX

DAWs

100

What production software do we use?

Logic Pro

200

What software has a fruit in the Logo?

Fruity Loops or FL

300

What is the name of the section in Logic that has all the plugins and software instruments?

Library

400

What is MIDI?

Instruction for sound (or a sound)

500

What color is an Audio clip or region in Logic Pro?

Blue

Instruments

100

Makes low musical notes

Bass Guitar

200

The thump in a drum kit

Kick

300

Can create Pads, and Leads

Synth

400

Can Play pads and leads

Keyboard

500

Mostly used for atmospheric sounds

Pads

Random

100

What online website do we use to find samples? 

Splice

200

Human hearing frequency range?

20Hz-20kHz

300

How to align notes to grid in key

Scale Quantize

400

Name a Key

C Major 

500

Name a software instrument in Logic

Retrosynth, ES2 etc.