VOCABULARY
INTERVALS OF MAJOR SCALE
ITALIAN TERMS IN MUSIC
SCALES
MAJOR KEYS
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the primary pulse of a piece of music
What is a beat?
100
contains 0 half steps.
What is a Perfect unison?
100

the term meaning fast tempo.

What is Allegro?

100
5 tones per octave, may be the first scale ever used and basis for lots of folk songs.
What is a pentatonic scale?
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this major key has 3 flats

What is Eb major?

200

a symbol that indicates that the note above or below it receives more stress than the surrounding notes.

What is an accent mark?

200
contains 2 half steps.
What is a Major 2nd?
200

a term used to play a piece of music in a quick and lively way.

What is Vivace?

200

a scale containing all 12 pitches in one octave

What is a chromatic scale?

200

the number of sharps in A major

What is 3?

300

a device invented in the early 1800s that produces a certain number of clicks per minute.

What is a metronome?

300
contains 5 half steps.
What is a Perfect 4th?
300

a term used to play a piece of music in a very fast tempo.

What is presto?

300
only version of a minor scale that has one interval pattern when ascending and another when descending.
What is melodic minor scale?
300

the relative major key of E minor

What is G major?

400

a pause of unspecified length on a note or rest.

What is a fermata?

400
contains 9 half steps.
What is a Major 6th?
400

a term used to indicate a change in tempo that is gradually becoming slower

What is ritardando?

400
a six note scale that is a merger of African and European elements.
What is a blues scale?
400

this major key has 5 sharps

What is B major?

500

symbols that show how to perform specific notes.

What is articulation?

500
contains 11 half steps.
What is a Major 7th.
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a term used to indicate a tempo gradually becoming faster.
What is accelerando?
500
a scale of alternating whole and half steps
What is an octatonic scale?
500

the number of flats in Db major

What is 5?

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