Ra-hythm
Pitch
Terms & Symbols
Odds & Ends
Sight Singing
100
a symbol that increases the length of a given note by half its value
What is a dot?
100
a chord built on the home tone, or key note, of a scale
What is a tonic chord?
100
a set of two barlines that indicate the end of a piece of music or section of music
What is a double barline?
100
a way of organizing rhythm
What is a meter?
100
The note before So
What is Fa?
200
a technique in which the time signature or meter changes frequently within a piece of music
What is a mixed meter?
200
a minor scale that starts and ends on D
What is D minor scale?
200
a vertical line that groups notes and rests together
What is a barline?
200
the set of numbers at the beginning of a piece of music
What is time signature?
200
the note after La
What is Ti?
300
any meter in which the quarter note receives the beat, and the division of the beat is based on two eighth notes
What is a simple meter?
300
a series of five horizontal lines and four spaces on which notes are written
What is a staff?
300
a space between two barlines
What is a measure?
300
a staff created when two staves are joined together
What is a grand staff?
300
One note up from G
What is A?
400
a note that represents four beats of sound when the quarter note receives the beat
What is a whole note?
400
a specific arrangement of whole steps and half steps
What is a major scale?
400
symbols in music used to indicate how loud or soft to sing
What are dynamics?
400
a rest that represents half a beat of silence when the quarter note recieves the beat
What is an eighth rest?
400
the note on the bottom line of a staff
What is E?
500
the steady pulse of all music
What is the beat?
500
a symbol that lowers the pitch of a given note one half step
What is a flat?
500
a symbol placed above or below a given note that indicates the note should receive extra emphasis or stress
What is an accent?
500
a group of pitches which are sung or played in succession and are based on particular home tone or key note
What is a scale?
500
one note below D
What is C?
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