Name That Scale Degree
Clef Conundrums
Fun with Forms
Tough Terms
Insane Instruments
200

The first note in a scale

Tonic

200

This clef denotes notes of the highest pitches

Treble Clef

200

This form goes: AB

Binary

200

a rhythmic device in music that involves shifting the pulse from three beats to two beats

Hemiola

200

A piano with stuff in it.

Prepared Piano

400

The third note in a scale

Mediant

400

This Clef denotes notes of the lowest pitch

Bass Clef

400

This form goes as follows: ABA

Ternary Form

400

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Ostinato

400

An electric piano that is made for sampling tones instead of playing notes itself

mellotron

600

The fifth note in a scale

Dominant

600

One lower than treble, this clef denotes notes of medium-high pitch

Alto Clef

600

A song structure that alternates between two main sections popular with radio hits

Verse-Chorus or Song Form

600

The resonance by which the ear recognizes and identifies a voiced speech sound

Tambre

600

An open-ended, hollow gourd with notches cut in one side

guiro

800

The seventh note in a scale

Leading-Tone

800

One higher than bass, this clef denotes pitches of medium-low notes

Tenor Clef

800

ABACADA

Rondo

800

With mute in Italian

Con Sordino

800

An irish frame drum consisting of a circular frame covered with a head on one side

Bodhran

1000

The fourth note in a scale

Sub-mediant

1000

This clef denotes notes of medium-pitch

Soprano Clef

1000
Exposition, Development, Recapitulation

Sonata Form

1000

A musical technique that involves playing a note or notes quickly and repeatedly, creating a trembling effect

Tremolo

1000

A strange musical block that was stolen in this song

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