The Basics of Music
The constant and regular beat or rhythm of a song.
What is the pulse?
The standard piano has 88 of these.
What are piano keys?
A, B, C, D, E, F and G
What are the letters of the musical alphabet?
A group of pitches
What is a scale?
If you change a note in this scale, it is not destroyed, but sounds more interesting.
What is a minor scale?
The combination of strong and weak pulses in a song.
What is the meter?
52
What is the number of white keys on a standard piano?
8va + 8 Bassa
What are the octave signs?
The first note of any scale
Contains 5 whole steps.
What is a natural minor scale?
The part of a musical note that is rounded and usually has a stem emerging from it.
What is the note head?
36
What is the number of black keys on a standard piano?
A# and Bb
What are enharmonic pitches?
The last note of any scale before it is repeated.
What is the leading tone?
Natural, harmonic, and melodic
What are the 3 forms of minor scales?
This is a symbol that represents a pause for half of a measure.
What is a half rest?
The distance from one key to the next key immediately above or below it.
What is a half step?
Short lines that go above or below the standard 10 lines of the great staff to notate a note that is out of their bounds.
What are ledger lines?
C, D, E, F, G, A, B
What is the C major scale?
A, B, C, D, E, F, G
What is the A natural minor scale?
The frequency of the sound waves generated by a note.
What is the pitch?
This consists of two half steps.
What is a whole step?
pianissimo
What is the very soft dynamic?
Db, Eb, F, Gb, Ab, Bb, C
What is the Db major scale?
C, D, Eb, F, G, Ab, Bb
What is the C natural minor scale?