Chord Building
Musical Terms and Symbols
Composers and Rep
Theory
Technique
100

Build a C Maj Chord

C - E - G

100

Hold a note for a really long time

fermata


100

German composer, organist, and violist of the late Baroque period. Song: Bourree in Em BWV 996

J. S. Bach

100

What Key has 4 Sharps

E maj

100

Two types of slurs/melismas

pulloffs/hammerons

200

Build a D7 Chord

D - F# - A - C

200

Hold the note for its full value (not short)

Tenuto

200

Brazilian composer, conductor, and multi-instrumentalist considered the "single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music." Song: Choro No 1

Heitor Villa-Lobos

200

What is the relative minor of F# Major?

D# min

200

Plucking the notes of a chord in a sequence rather than simultaneously

Arpeggios

300

Build a F Augmented chord

F - A - C#

300

a visual diagram that organizes the 12 musical keys based on the interval of a perfect fifth

Circle of Fifths


300

Spanish classical guitarist and composer of the late Classical and early Romantic periods, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the instrument. Song: Estudio in Bm

Fernando Sor

300

What type of rhythm has 7 notes in a beat

sextuplet

300

Name of the technique that involves PAMI in that order

Tremolo

400

Build an Amaj/min Chord

A - C - E - G#

400

return to the beginning

Del Capo

400

Spanish classical guitarist, composer, and arranger, widely regarded as a significant figure in the development of the modern classical guitar. He was a direct student of the renowned guitarist Francisco Tárrega and an early teacher of the famous Andrés Segovia. Song: Testament D'Amelia

Miguel Llobet

400

What is the dominant chord of D Major?

A Maj

400

a series of ringing, pure tones created by lightly touching a vibrating string at specific points, called nodes, instead of fretting it down

Harmonics

500

Spell a C#dim7

C#, E, G, Bb

500

Cuban composer, conductor, and classical guitarist. He is a Member of Honour of the International Music Council. Song: Dia de Noviembre

Leo Brouwer

500

What are the 7 modes?

Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian

500

Gliding audibly between two notes

Glissando


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