Spelling & Fingering
The notes in a E Major root position triad.
What is E G# B?
A triad in root position looks like this.
What is a snowman?
The distance between two notes that are right next to each other.
What is a half step?
The proper place to write counting on the grand staff.
What is in the middle of the staves?
The first scale degree in a major or minor scale is called this.
What is the tonic?
A half step that is spelled with two different letters.
What is a diatonic half step?
The distance between the notes in a root position triad.
What is a third interval?
The three things one looks for at the very beginning of a piece of music before starting to play.
What is the key signature, time signature, and clef?
The whole step/half step pattern for a major scale.
What is whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half step?
The left hand fingering for an A Major arpeggio.
What is 5 3 2 1 3 2 1?
A triad with the notes rearranged (not in root position).
What is an inversion?
Accidentals go on this side of a note on the staff.
What is the left side?
The key signature for E Major.
What are F#, G#, C# and D#?
The notes (from bottom to top) of a one-octave D Major scale.
What is D E F# G A B C# D?
The top note of a triad in root position is called this.
What is the 5th?
A scale made up entirely of whole steps.
What is a whole tone scale?
The number of half steps between the root and the 3rd of a minor triad.
What is three?
Sharp, flat, and natural signs are called this when they occur in a piece of music and not in the key signature.
What are accidentals?
The 4th scale degree in a major or minor scale is called this.