Rhythm
Notation
Intervals
Chords
Keys
100

What note value receives "1 beat" in a measure of 4/4?

What is a quarter note?

100

What is the name of the note to the left of the 2 black keys on a keyboard?

What is C?

100

What are the 2 components of an interval?

What are the numeric distance and the quality?

100

What generic interval is used to build triads?

What are 3rds?

100

What key has 1 flat?

What is F?

200

How many sixteenth notes are equal to 1 quarter note?

What is 4?

200

The top line in bass clef represents which note?

What is A?

200

What is the typical quality of a 5th?

What is perfect?

200

What are the notes needed to build a major chord from the note D?

What are D, F#, and A?

200

What is the order of sharps?

What is FCGDAEB?

300

An eighth note triplet takes up the same amount of space as what kind of note?

What is a quarter note?

300

The 1st ledger line below the treble clef represents which note?

What is C?

300

What interval numbers can be major or minor?

What are 2nds, 3rds, 6ths, and 7ths?

300

What are the 4 types of triads?

What are major, minor, diminished, and augmented?

300

The final sharp in a key signature is always which note is the key?

What is the leading tone (7th note)?

400

How many dotted quarter notes fit in a bar of 12/8?

What is a 4?

400

What note value is represented by a notehead with 3 flags or stems on it?

What is a thirty-secondth note?

400

If you invert a minor 7th, what interval would you get?

What is a major 2nd?

400

What does it mean when a chord is in root position?

What is the lowest note is the root of the chord?

400

How can you tell what the tonic of a flat key is based on its key signature?

What is because it is 2nd to last flat in the key signature? (unless it's F)

500

What do you call it when you have 2 different groupings of rhythms that happen simultaneously?
(e.g. 2 against 3 or 4 against 5)

What is a polyrhythm?

500

When applying accidentals to notes in a passage of music, which side of the note does the accidental go on?

What is the left?

500

What is the distance in 1/2 steps to make a Tritone?

What is 6?

500

Treat G# as the lowest note in a 1st inversion triad. What is the chord, and what are the other notes?

What is E major, E, and B?

500

If you transpose a key up a major 2nd, how many notes change?

What is 2?

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