Notes & Rhythms
Pitches
Musical Eras
Terms
Other Terms
100
This time signature has four quarter notes in each measure
What is 4/4 time?
100
This note is on the bottom line of the treble clef staff.
What is E?
100
This musical era featured basso continuo and oratorios.
What is the Baroque era?
100
This means to gradually get quieter.
What is decrescendo?
100
These are the two clefs we studied
What are the bass and treble clefs?
200
This time signature has three quarter notes in each measure.
What is 3/4 time?
200
This raises a note by a 1/2 step.
What is a sharp?
200
This musical era was a time of rebirth, featuring madrigals and Palestrina.
What is the Renaissance era?
200
This means to gradually slow down the music.
What is ritardando?
200
A combination of two or more notes
What is a chord?
300
This time signature has 6 eighth notes in each measure.
What is 6/8 time?
300
This cancels out all sharps or flats on a note.
What is a natural?
300
This musical era featured Mozart.
What is the Classical era?
300
Little lines placed above or below a staff to extend it higher or lower.
What are ledger lines?
300
A combination of notes that sound unpleasant to most people
What is dissonance?
400
This time signature has one half note in each measure.
What is 2/4 time?
400
This lowers a note by a 1/2 step.
What is a flat?
400
This musical era was one of restraint, order, structure, and simple yet pleasant music.
What is the Classical era?
400
Place this next to a note to increase its value by 1.5 times.
What is a dot?
400
A curved line connecting two or more notes of different pitches
What is a slur?
500
This time signature has 12 sixteenth notes in each measure.
What is 6/8 time?
500
This note is on the first ledger line above the bass clef staff.
What is C?
500
This musical era featured Johann Sebastian Bach.
What is the Baroque era?
500
This innovation made it possible for different instruments to play in tune together and to play any song in any key.
What is equal temperament?
500
Musical gravity
What is harmonic progression?
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