Fundamentals
A line that extends a staff.
What is a ledger line?
A G cleff
What is a Treble Clef?
Each beat can be broken into two notes
What is simple meter?
The distance from one note to another
What is an interval?
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A theoretical staff consisting of 11 lines, that is now used as a staff with 10 lines, with an open space or ledger line between sections of the stave.
What is a Grand Staff?
An F cleff
What is a Bass Clef?
Each beat can be broken into 3 notes
What is compound meter?
A word that describes completely consonant intervals
What is "Perfect"
The only country artist to have a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for six straight decades
Who is Dolly Parton?
A symbol that instructs a performer to extend a note by 50% of that note's value.
What is an augmentation dot? (just "dot" or "dotted" counts)
The two clefs that are C clefs.
What are Alto and Tenor Clefs?
3 different time signatures that can be described as Duple
What are: 2/2, 2/4, 2/8, 2/16, 6/8, 6/16?
A word that describes intervals such as M2 and M7, in which the two pitches do not create stable soundwaves
What is Dissonant?
Moon and John Entwistle of The Who are said to have inspired the name of which other classic rock band
Who is Led Zeppelin?
What marking, besides augmentation dots, is used to extend (or augment) a note's duration.
What is a tie?
A scale constructed using this formula: WWHWWWH
What is a Major Scale?
3 different time signatures that can be defined as Triple
3/2, 3/4, 3/8, 3/16, 9/8, 9/16
Name this Interval
P5
The first woman ever inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Who is Aretha Franklin
Defines the amount and type of notes that each measure contains
What is a Time Signature?
A key signature with 2 flats
What is B-Flat Major?
The time signature of this song:
What is 7/8?
Name this interval
M3
Freddie Mercury‘s real name
Who is Farrokh Bulsara?
When a pitch has multiple names
Enharmonic Spelling
A key signature with 7 sharps
What is C-Sharp Major?
The time signature of this song:
What is 11/8?
Name this Interval
M6
This Super Bowl Halftime Show performer was upstaged by a dancing shark
Who is Katy Perry?