Classical Period
Key Signatures
Terms
Scales
Classical Music
100
This composer wrote the symphony with the Ode to Joy melody.
Who is Beethoven?
100
Name the 2 sharps in the key of D major.
What is F# and C#
100
This means "a little".
What is poco?
100
The right hand 4th finger note for the D Major scale.
What is C#?
100
This part of the piano was a new addition in the Classical Era.
What is the pedal?
200
This composer wrote "The Surprise Symphony"
Who is Haydn?
200
Name the 3 flats in the key of E-flat major.
What is B flat, E flat and A flat.
200
This means "a lot".
What is molto?
200
The RH 4th finger note for all the flat key Major scales.
What is B flat?
200
The developing piano allowed Classical composers to use more of these changes in sound for expression.
What are dynamics?
300
This composer wrote Fur Elise.
Who is Beethoven?
300
Name the 5 sharps of B major.
What is F#, C#, G#, D#, A#
300
This means to continue on the same way.
What is simile?
300
The left hand fingering for the scales B-flat, E-flat, A-flat and D-flat.
What is 3 2 1, 4 3 2 1, 3?
300
Classical melodies are often based around these musical elements.
What are scales and broken chords?
400
This composer is considered one of the greatest musical prodigies of all time.
Who is Mozart?
400
Name the relative minor of the key of B flat major.
What is g minor?
400
This means "dying away"
What is morendo?
400
The step of the scale that is raised in the Harmonic Form of a minor scale.
What is the 7th step?
400
This accompaniment pattern is common in Classical music.
What is Alberti bass?
500
This city was the musical center of Europe during the Classical Era.
What is Vienna, Austria?
500
Name the Relative Major of c minor.
What is E flat Major?
500
This means "fast and lively".
What is Vivace?
500
The name of the minor scale form that follows the key signature without alterations.
What is the Natural Form?
500
This form is increasingly popular in Classical piano pieces.
What is Ternary form (ABA)?
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