Chapter 1
A brief pause in music
What is a rest?
4/4
What is common time?
Lines on the staff
What is a ledger line?
Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do
What is Solfrege?
12 Major scales
How many major scales are there?
The distance in pitch between two tones.
What is an interval?
2/4
What is cut time?
A note played an octave higher.
What is 8va?
A note four times faster than common time.
What is a sixteenth note?
Fb and E.
What is a relative pitch?
a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.
What is rhythm?
Music gradually gets louder.
What is crescendo?
A note played an octave lower.
What is 8vb?
B flat Major
What major key has 2 flats?
Three Major pairs and three minor pairs
How many enharmonic scales are there?
Acronym used to remember line spacing in treble clef
What is E.G.B.D.F?
A note with its original value, plus half of itself.
What is a dotted note?
Skip to the end of the piece when indicated.
What is da capo al fine?
G# minor
What minor key has 5 sharps?
A scale with 5 whole steps and 2 half steps.
What is diatonic scale?
Acronym used to remember line spacing in bass clef
What is A.C.E.G?
When music gradually gets faster
What is accelerando?
when the weak beats are emphasized.
what is syncopation?
Notes that are four intervals away from each other.
What is a perfect fourth?
The sixth scale degree in a major scale.
What is a Major sixth?