Scales
The fifth degree of a scale.
What is the dominant?
When 2 pitches of an interval are reversed. The sum of both intervals always equals 9.
What is an inversion?
Used to make scales and consists of 2 half-steps.
What is the Tone or Whole Step?
Identified by 2 numbers. The top number represents how many notes. The bottom number represents what note.
What is time signature?
A valuable tool for identifying major and minor key signatures.
What is the circle of fifths?
The following patterns describe what?
T-T-S-T-T-T-S or W-W-H-W-W-W-H
What is the pattern of whole steps and half steps on a major scale?
Intervals that are only unisons, 4ths, 5ths, and octaves.
What is a Perfect Interval?
The highness or lowness of a sound.
What is pitch?
A term used to describe the simple meter 4/4.
What is common time?
The minor key signature which consists of 7 sharps.
What is A# minor?
The scale that has 5 notes per scale and is the basis for lots of folk songs.
What is a pentatonic scale?
A 3-note chord that consists of a root note, a third note, and a fifth note.
What is a triad?
Commonly called a semiquaver outside of the United States and is one quarter of a quarter note.
What is a 16th note?
A device that measures beats per minute and helps musicians practice in time.
What is a metronome?
The term used to define the relationship between C major and A minor.
What are related keys?
This is indicated by the 6th degree (submediant) of any major scale.
What is the relative natural minor scale?
What is the dominant triad of the C major scale?
Commonly used for viola or alto trombone. Middle C is located on the third line of the staff.
What is the Alto Clef (C-Clef?)
A tempo marking that indicates a gradual increase of speed.
What is accelerando.
The number of accidentals and type of accidental found in the parallel key of D major.
What is one flat?
Name the type of scale that eliminates the 2nd and 6th pitches and adds either a raised 4th or lowered 5th note between the original 4th and 5th pitches.
What is a blues scale?
A dominant seventh chord where the root note is a 6th above the bottom note and the 7th of the chord is a 5th above the bottom note.
What is a dominant 7th first inversion. or V6/5
An interval that is smaller than a semi-tone.
What is a Micro-tone?
A time signature where the top number, divided by 3, will give you the number of beats in the measure and is often seen as 6/8, 9/8, or 12/8.
What is compound meter?
The enharmonic key signature of C# major.
What is Db minor?