Notation & Symbols
The clef used for higher-pitched instruments such as violin and flute.
What is the treble clef ?
How many beats are in one measure of 4/4 time.
What is four?
The major key with one sharp in the key signature.
What is G major?
The interval between C and C.
What is a perfect unison?
The triad built on scale degree 1 in a major key.
What is the tonic (I) triad?
The symbol that raises a note by one half step.
What is a sharp ?
The note value that receives one beat in 4/4 time.
What is a quarter note?
The relative minor of C major.
What is A minor?
The interval from C to G.
What is a perfect fifth?
A triad containing a minor third and a perfect fifth.
What is a minor triad?
The note located on the second line of the treble staff.
What is G?
The time signature with three beats per measure and the quarter note as the beat unit.
What is 3/4?
The major key that contains exactly three flats.
What is E-flat major?
The interval from A to C.
What is a minor third?
The quality of the dominant triad in a major key.
What is a major triad?
The musical marking that means to play gradually louder.
What is a crescendo?
The type of meter in which each beat divides into three equal parts.
What is compound meter?
The minor key with four flats in the key signature.
What is F minor?
The interval created when a perfect fifth is raised by one half step.
What is an augmented fifth?
A triad spelled F–A♭–C♭.
What is an F diminished triad?
The two staves connected by a brace used for keyboard music.
What is the grand staff?
A note held for three beats in 4/4 time.
What is a dotted half note?
The pattern: W–W–H–W–W–W–H
What is the major scale pattern?
The interval between F# and G (also spelled enharmonically as A♭♭ to A♭).
What is a minor second?
The inversion of a D-major triad when A is the bass note.
What is second inversion?