The Basics
What is time signature?
Major key with 3 sharps
What is A major?
Interval greater than an octave
What is a compound interval?
Gradually getting slower
What is a Ritardando?
3 notes in order of root, third, fifth
What is a triad?
The vertical line separating music into measures to make it easier to read
What are bar lines?
The number of flats in F minor
What is 4 flats?
Two pitches of an interval are reversed
What is an inversion?
C clef with C as the middle line
What is alto clef?
Inversion when the "third" of the chord is the bottom note
What is first inversion?
Pitches can always have at least two different names
What are enharmonic pitches?
The name of the last note to become flat in Cb major
What is F?
Unisons, 4ths, 5ths, Octaves
What is a perfect interval?
Sharps, flats, double sharps, double flats, naturals not included in the key signature
What is an accidental?
A major triad plus a minor third above.
What is a dominant seventh chord?
The lines and spaces above or below a staff to extend the notation higher or lower
What are ledger lines?
Name of the scale consisting of the notes B, C#, D, F#, G
What is B minor pentatonic scale?
When a minor interval is decreased by a half step
What is diminished?
A quick and lively tempo
What is Vivace?
Chord name of Bb, Db, F
A partial measure with a single beat before the first measure in music
What is an upbeat?
What are the 3rd, 5th, and 7th pitches?
Number of half steps in a diminished 6th
What is 7?
The kind of half step from B-C or E-F
What is diatonic?
Name of the minor key dominant seventh with notes G, A, C#, E
What is AV4/2 (third inversion)?