Music Theory
What are the lines AND spaces of the staff with a TREBLE CLEF?
EGBDF and FACE
What is the tool that we use to identify key signatures called?
Circle of Fifths
What was the name of our composer of the month?
Sergei Rachmaninoff
What is tempo?
How fast or slow a piece of music is played or sung
What is a dynamic?
The volume of a piece of music
What are the lines AND spaces of the staff with a BASS CLEF?
GBDFA and ACEG
How many sharps does the key of G have?
1#
What was his Nationality?
Russian
Largo
very slow tempo
P
Piano - soft
What are all our solfege syllables IN ORDER
Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
How many flats does the key of F have?
1b
how old was he when he started playing the piano?
4 years old
Andante
Moderately Slow, Medium tempo
F
Forte - loud
What are our three accidentals?
sharp, flat and natural
How many sharps does the key of B have?
5#
How old was he when him and his family moved to the United States?
45 years old
Presto
Very, very fast
What does a crescendo do?
starts soft and gradually gets louder
A combination of whole steps and half steps help us identify what?
Scale
How many flats does the key of Cb have?
7b
what caused him to enter into a four year long depression?
he received a negative review of one of his first pieces he wrote after graduating school
Prestissimo
Extremely fast
What does a decrescendo do?
starts loud and gradually gets softer