A musical sign used to indicate a specific duration of silence.
What is a rest?
The major key signature with 1 sharp.
What is G# major?
The minor key signature with 3 sharps.
What is F-sharp minor?
This type of interval only includes Unisons, 4ths, 5ths, Octaves.
What is a Perfect Interval?
The three notes of the triad in order bottom to top.
What are root, third, fifth?
The lines and spaces above or below a staff to extend the notation higher or lower.
What are ledger lines?
The tonic of the D major scale.
What is D?
The subtonic of the A natural minor scale.
What is G?
The interval between E and F.
What is a minor 2nd?
This type of chord name uses the superscript 0.
What is a diminished chord?
A tempo marking that indicates a fast pace (comes from the Italian word for "cheerful").
What is allegro?
The major key signature with 4 flats.
What is A-flat major?
The minor key signature that contains the following flats: Eb, Ab, and Bb.
What is C minor?
The number of half steps in a Major 3rd.
What is 4 half steps?
In this type of inversion, the "fifth" of the chord is the bottom note and the root of the chord is the middle note.
What is a second inversion?
Symbols (sharp, flat, natural, double sharp, double flat) that alter the pitch of a note by raising or lowering it.
What is an accidental?
The major key signature that contains the following sharps: F#, G#, C#, and D#.
What is E major?
This form of the minor scale raises the 7th degree of the scale one half-step.
Scale Pattern: W-H-W-W-H-A2-H
What is Harmonic Minor?
The number of half steps in a diminished 7th.
What is 9 half steps?
The third inversion of Edom7.
What is D, E, G#, B?
Half-steps have two different note names such as B-C or E-F.
What is a diatonic half-step?
The submediant of the B-flat major scale.
What is G?
This form of the minor scale raises the 6th and 7th degrees of the scale one half-step when ascending, and lowers them to the natural form descending.
Scale pattern:
W-H-W-W-W-W-H ascending
W-W-H-W-W-H-W descending
What is Melodic Minor?
The interval between C and G#.
What is an Augmented 5th?
The Roman numeral corresponding to the B minor chord in a D major scale.
What is vi?