Vocabulary
The frequency at which a sound vibrates
What is pitch?
The number of keys on a standard piano keyboard
What is 88?
An interval denoted with “+” has this quality
What is augmented?
A scale whose pattern is W-W-H-W-W-W-H
What is a major scale?
A chord whose fourth note is a seventh above the root
What is a seventh chord?
The steady, consistent, “heartbeat” of the music
What is pulse?
The location of natural notes, such as A, B, and C
The perfect interval consisting of 12 half steps
What is a perfect octave?
The first and last scale degree
What is the tonic?
The chord progression with the pattern I-I-I-I-IV-IV-I-I-V-I-I
What is twelve bar blues?
The pattern of weak and strong pulses in a piece of music
What is meter?
The location of sharp and flat notes, such as A#, Bb, and C#
What are black keys?
An interval in which two pitches are sounded at the same time
What is a harmonic interval?
The fifth scale degree
What is the dominant?
A triad consisting of two major thirds
What is an augmented triad?
The divisions of a piece of music, separated by bar lines
What are measures?
The smallest interval, occurring on adjacent keys
What is a half step?
An interval larger than one octave
What is a compound interval?
A scale whose pattern is W-H-W-W-H-W-W
What is a natural minor scale?
The inversion in which the fifth is the lowest pitch
What is the second inversion?
The “flow” of the music, comprised of pulse, meter, measure, and pitch
What is rhythm?
An interval of pitches with one pitch between them
A minor interval reduced by one half step has this quality
What is diminished?
A six note scale that blends African and European elements
What is a blues scale?
A cadence that moves from the fifth chord in a scale to the first
What is the authentic cadence?