Rhythm and Meter
Pitch
MAJOR
Symbols
minor
Listening
100
Complete this sentence:
simple meter divides the beat by ____ and compound divides by _____.
simple = 2
compound = 3
100
What is the en-harmonic for E?
Fb
100
What is the step pattern for the Major Scale?
WWHWWWH
100
Identify and define:
3/4
Time signature tells the meter.
Top number tells the number of beats per measure
Bottom number tells which note gets one beat
100
What do RELATIVE Major and minor have in common?
Same key signature
100
What scale is this?
Chromatic
200
What is the meter?
6/8
200
Same note. What is the note?
200
What is a tetrachord?
The first 4 notes of the major scale
200
Define Bar line and Double bar line
Bar line cuts the staff into measures.
Double bar line means the end.
200
What do I do to find a relative MAJOR from the minor?
Go UP 3 half-steps
200
What scale is this?
Harmonic minor
300
What is the meter for cut time?
Simple duple
300
What are the lines and spaces for Treble clef
EGBDF
FACE
300
Which Major scale has 3 #'s?
A Major
300
Give the other names for these clefs:
Treble
Bass
Alto/Tenor
Treble = G
Bass = F
Alto/Tenor = C/Moveable
300
What do the PARALLEL major and minor share?
Same name (starting and ending pitch/note)
300
Whole or half step?
Whole
400
How many beats does a quarter note get in
cut time =
simple meter =
compound meter=
cut time = 1/2
simple =1
compound =2
400
What is the note?
E
400
Which Major scale has 5 b's?
Db Major
400
Decode the symbols to tell the meter:
>UU >UU >UU
Compound Triple
400
What scale degrees do you lower to change a Major scale to minor?
3rd 6th and 7th
400
Write this measure in 4/4
quarter, eighth/2sixteents, quarter rest, triplet
500
What does a dot next to the note do?
Adds half the value of the note it's next to.
500
What are the lines for Bass clef
AND Alto Clef?GBDFA
andFACEG
500
What is the order of Sharps AND Flats?
# = FCGDAEB
b = BEADGCF
500
Draw and name the parts of an eighth note
Note head
Note stem
Flag/Beam
500
Name the 3 minor scales and the characteristics of each.
natural minor (leave it alone, same key signature as the relative Major)
harmonic minor (raise the 7th scale degree)
melodic minor (raise the 6th and 7th scale degree ascending, and restore them descending)
500
Name the meter in this listening example.
(play on device)
Compound Duple