Modules 1-2
Various arrangements of durations made up of notes and rests within a time signature.
What is rhythm?
The lines and spaces above or below a staff to extend the notation higher or lower.
What are ledger lines?
It starts with top (C major) go to the right, each new key picks up one sharp five notes away
What is the Circle of Fifths?
When a major and minor key share the same starting note but not the same key signature.
What is a parallel key?
In root position it is constructed of two superimposed intervals of a third.
What is the structure of a triad?
It consists of the treble and bass clef staves joined together by a vertical line and brace. It is often used for instruments that requires an extended range of pitches like a piano or organ.
What does the Grand Staff Consist of?
A partial measure with a single beat before the first measure in music sometimes also called an anacrusis.
What is an upbeat?
The major key that has no accidentals in its key signature.
What is C major?
G minor is its relative minor.
What is B flat’s relative minor?
Three or more pitches sounding simultaneously.
What is a chord?
The smallest interval in tonal music. On a keyboard, two adjacent keys. Also called a semitone.
What is a half step?
Tonic
Which is the first note of a scale?
The major key that has 4 sharps in its key signature.
What is E major?
Scale Pattern: W-H-W-W-H-A2-H (The submediant to leading tone interval is 3 half steps)
What is the harmonic minor?
Three-part form where the first part returns at the end (A-B-A).
What is a ternary?
All 12 equal half steps in a row. Example: C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#, A, A#, B, C.
What makes up a chromatic scale?
The minor key that has 3 sharps in its key signature.
What is F# minor?
It has 5 notes per scale and is the basis for lots of folk songs.
What is the pentatonic scale?
Authentic, plagal, half and deceptive.
What are the 4 types of cadences?
The number of pitches inclusive of the named pitches.
What is the Arithmetic distance of an interval?
A merger between pentatonic and major-minor tonalities with African elements that is still prevalent in many aspects of pop and jazz music of today.
What is a blues scale?
They are built by four-note chords.
What are 7th chords?