The Keyboard
The seven letter names for the white keys
What are C-D-E-F-G-A-B
The major key with no sharps or flats
What is the key of C?
The interval when two pitches are sounded simultaneously
What is a harmonic interval?
The three notes of a triad in closed position in order from lowest pitch to highest pitch
What are root, third, fifth
A treble clef staff and a bass clef staff joined together with a vertical line and a brace
What is the Great Staff or Grand Staff?
The Black keys use this music notation either ascending or descending through the octave
What are accidentals?
The minor key signature with 7 flats
What is C flat?
The unison, the fourth, the fifth, and the octave
What are perfect intervals?
The type of triad consisting of a major third and a major third
What is augmented?
Two vertical lines used in written music to signify the end of a work
What are double bar lines?
The smallest interval in the Western music notation system
What is a half-step or semi-tone?
The major key and the minor key with the same key signature but different tonics
What are related keys?
The major interval with 11 half steps
What is a Major 7th?
The chord consists of a major triad plus a minor third above
What is a dominant seventh chord?
The use of two different letter names for the same pitch
What is enharmonic pitches?
The accidental placement when using a letter name for the pitch
What is after the letter name?
The visual tool which helps to grasp key relationships among diatonic scales
What is the circle of fifths?
The intervals which are larger than an octave
What are compound intervals?
The triad with intervals of a third and a sixth above the lowest-sounding pitch
What is a first inversion triad?
The scale formed by the division of the octave into 12 half steps
What is Chromatic scale?
Two different pitches expressed in music notation
What is a diatonic interval?
The enharmonic major key C sharp sounds like
What is D flat major?
The sum of a interval plus its inversion
What is nine?
The preferred method when labeling triads in music theory
What is roman numeral analysis?
The basic chord in tonal music consisting of a three-note chord constructed with two superimposed thirds
What is a triad?