Intervals
The distance between C and E.
What is a major third?
This time signature has two beats per measure, and each beat is a quarter note.
What is 2/4?
This note is worth one beat in a 4/4 time signature.
What is a quarter note?
The interval between two notes that are the same pitch but one is higher than the other by 12 semitones.
What is an octave?
The regular pulse in music by which the tempo of a composition is measured.
What is pulse?
The interval between a note and itself one octave higher.
What is an octave?
This time signature has three beats per measure, with each beat a quarter note.
What is 3/4?
This note is worth two beats in a 4/4 time signature.
What is a half note?
This note is one octave higher than middle C.
What is C5?
This describes how the beats are divided into groups of two or three.
What is a meter?
This interval is 5 semitones above F.
What is a perfect fourth?
This time signature has four beats per measure, with each beat a quarter note.
What is 4/4?
This note is worth one-half of a beat in a 4/4 time signature.
What is an eighth note?
This note is one octave lower than middle C.
What is C3?
A meter that has two beats in a measure.
What is a duple meter?
The interval between B and G.
What is a minor sixth?
This time signature has six beats per measure and each beat is an eighth note.
What is 6/8?
This note is worth one-sixteenth of a beat in a 4/4 time signature.
What is a sixteenth note?
A full octave contains this many semitones.
What is 12 semitones?
This mark above or below a notehead that indicates it should be played with emphasis or stress.
What is an accent mark?
The interval that spans 9 semitones from C to G#.
What is a major sixth?
In this time signature, there is five beats in a measure and each beat is a quarter note.
What is 5/4?
This note has no duration and is used to indicate silence."
What is a whole rest?
This is the note that falls exactly half between two octaves.
What is middle C?
The musical division of time is marked by bar lines where the first beat in the measure is emphasized.
What is a measure?