Rhythm
This note is worth one beat in 4/4 time.
What is a Quarter Note?
These are the notes in a G major chord.
What are G, B, and D?
This symbol informs the reader that all notes will be played in the upper range of the keyboard.
What is the treble clef?
The distance between a pair of notes.
What is an interval?
This instrument creates sound when a pressed key triggers a hammer to strike a string(s)
What is a Piano?
This symbol signifies half a beat of silence.
What is an eighth rest?
These are the notes in an F minor chord.
What are F, Ab, and C?
These symbols convey volume information to the performer (p, mp, mf, f)
What are dynamics?
This symbol informs the reader that all notes will be played in the lower range of the keyboard.
What is the bass clef?
This pedal allows notes to sustain without the need for a key to be held down
What is a damper pedal?
In this meter, the beat is divided into subdivisions of 2.
What is Duple Meter?
These are the notes in an A major 7 chord.
What are A, C#, E, and G#?
What is a major scale?
The placement of musical notes in time.
What is Rhythm?
This instrument creates sound when a pressed key triggers a hammer to strike a string(s), and the vibration of those strings is transferred via a pickup into an amplifier
What is an electric piano?
This symbol multiplies the rhythmic value of a note by 1.5.
What is a dot?
These are the notes in an F# dominant 7th chord.
What are F#, A#, C#, and E?
The "sound" of an instrument determined by the amplitude of its overtones, often described using adjectives like "percussive" or "bright"
What is timbre?
A list of the sections of a song, written in the order in which they occur.
What is a song map?
This instrument creates sound via running air through a network of pipes, triggered by the pressing of a key and the pulling of stops
What is a pipe organ?
In this meter, the beat is divided into subdivisions of 3.
What is Triple Meter?
These are the notes in a G# minor chord.
What are G#, B, D#, and F#
The perceived "highness/lowness" of a note, determined by the nervous system's interpretation of frequencies striking the timpanic membrane.
What is pitch?
A collection of notes sounding at the same time
What is a chord?
This instrument creates sound via oscillators, devices which generate an electronic signal, as well as using various filters and envelope generators to shape the timbre
What is a synthesizer?