Pitch Basics
Also known as the G clef, this clef wraps around the second line of the staff.
What is the treble clef?
In 4/4 time, this note value receives exactly one beat.
What is a quarter note?
W-W-H-W-W-W-H is the whole- and half-step pattern that builds this type of scale.
What is a major scale?
The name for the first degree of a scale — its home note.
What is the tonic?
A triad is a chord made of this many notes.
What is three?
The set of five lines and four spaces where music is written.
What is the staff?
A dot written after a note adds this much to the note's value.
What is half of its original value?
This major key's signature contains exactly one sharp, F-sharp.
What is G major?
The fifth scale degree goes by this name.
What is the dominant?
In root position, this note sits at the bottom of the triad and gives the chord its name.
What is the root?
Placed before a note, this symbol raises the pitch by one half step.
What is a sharp?
In a time signature, the top number tells you this.
What is the number of beats in one measure?
In the standard order of sharps, this sharp always comes right after F-sharp.
What is C-sharp?
The interval from C up to G is this perfect interval.
What is a perfect fifth?
A major third stacked below a minor third gives a triad this quality.
What is major?
F-sharp and G-flat are this — two written notes that sound exactly the same.
What are enharmonic equivalents?
Meters like 6/8 and 9/8, whose beats divide into three equal parts.
What is compound meter?
This major key has three flats: B-flat, E-flat, and A-flat.
What is E-flat major?
Measured by letter names, D up to F spans this interval size.
What is a third?
A minor third stacked below a major third gives a triad this quality.
What is minor?
The interval from a note up to the next note with the same letter name.
What is an octave?
In 6/8 time, when the dotted quarter note gets the beat, each measure contains this many beats.
What is two?
A minor is the relative minor of this major key.
What is C major?
Moving a whole melody to a new key while keeping every interval the same is called this.
What is transposition?
B-D-F, built from two stacked minor thirds, is this quality of triad.
What is diminished?