Notes
A note that equals one beat.
What is a Quarter Note?
A minor scale with no sharps or flats.
What is the Am scale?
A major interval followed by a major interval.
What is a Major triad?
A dynamic marking that means “inaudible.”
What is Niente?
Any cadence ending on V.
What is a half cadence?
A rest that lasts for half a beat.
What is an Eighth Rest?
A major scale with five flats.
What is the Db major?
A minor interval followed by a minor interval.
What is a Diminished triad?
An articulation marker that plays an octave higher or lower.
What is All’ Ottava?
A cadence from V-I.
What is an authentic cadence?
Extends the note by half its original value.
What is an Augmentation Dot?
A scale whose notes are separated by the interval of a whole tone.
What is a whole tone scale?
A triad built on the fourth note.
What is a subdominant triad?
A dynamic marking that means to gradually increase in volume.
What is Crescendo?
A two part form A-B.
What is Binary (AB)?
Connects two notes to create a single, extended sound.
What is a Tie(s)?
A scale with a W-H-W-W-H-A2-H pattern.
What is a Harmonic Minor Scale?
A triad referred to by the roman numeral “V”.
What is a dominant triad?
An articulation marking that rapidly alternates two adjacent notes.
What is a Trill?
When melody, harmony, and rhythm stay the same verse after verse.
What is a Strophic (32 bar blues)?
Makes a note prolonged beyond normally indicated.
What is a Fermata?
A scale that is sung as La-Ti-Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La.
What is a natural minor scale?
A chord primarily built from seconds.
What is a secundal chord?
A group of notes sung on a single syllable.
What is Melisma?
A cadence that follows a V-vi (V-VI) pattern.
What is a deceptive cadence?