Rhythm
Terms and Symbols
Pitch
Sight Singing
Odds and Ends
100
Steady pulse of all music
What is a beat?
100
A set of two barlines that indicate the end of a piece or section of music.
What is a double bar line.
100
a chord built on the home tone, or keynote, of a scale.
What is a tonic chord
100
the combination of three or more notes played or sung at the same time.
What is a chord
100
any meter in which the quarter note receives the beat and the division of the beat is based on two eighth notes.
What is a simple meter
200
a note with one beat of sound
What is a quarter note?
200
A symbol that indicates that a section of music should be repeated.
What is a repeat sign?
200
a chord built on the fifth note of a scale.
What is a dominant chord.
200
a curved line used to connect two or more notes of the same pitch i orger to make one longer note.
What is a tie
200
a time signature in which there are three beats per measure and the eigth note recieves the beat.
What is 3/8 time.
300
a note with one beat of silence
What is a quarter rest.
300
another name for 2/2 meter.
What is cut time?
300
a series of five horizontal lines and four spaces on which notes are written.
What is a staff
300
a time signature in which there three beats per measure and the quarter note recieves the beat
What is 3/4 time
300
any sharp, flat or natural that is not included in the key signature of a piece of music.
What is an accidental.
400
time signature in which there are four beats per measure and the quarter note receives one beat.
What is a 4/4 meter
400
A vertical line that groups notes and rests together.
What is a barline
400
the symbol at the beginning of a staff that indicates which lines and spaces represent which notes.
What is a clef
400
any meter in hwich the dotted quarter note receives the beat, and he division of the beat is based on three eighth notes.
What is a compound meter
400
an interval of two pitches that are five notes apart on the staff.
What is a perfect fifth.
500
A note that represents three beats of sound when the quarter note recieves the beat.
What is a dotted half note.
500
the space between two barlines
What is a measure
500
a clef that generally indicates notes that sound lower than middle C.
What is a bass clef
500
a symbol placed above or below a given note that indicates the note should receive extra emphasis or stress
What is an accent
500
DAILY DOUBLE occurs when the accent is placed on notes that normally do not recieve extra emphasis or stress
What is a syncopation
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