Music Theory
What is the broadest definition of music?
Sound organized in time
What is pitch in music?
The highness or lowness of a sound
What does amplitude measure in music?
How loud the sound is
How many semitones are in an octave?
12
What is tempo?
The speed of the beat
What is a membranophone?
An instrument which produces sound by striking a stretched membrane
What is an Idiophone?
An instrument that produces sound when the body of the instrument itself is struck
How man semitones are in a perfect fifth
7
What does the top number in a time signature indicate?
How many beats are in a measure
What does the bottom number in a time signature indicate?
What type of note is considered 1 beat in a measure
What is a tonic pitch?
The pitch which is the first scale degree in any major or minor scale
How many semitones are in a augmented 4th?
6
How do you construct a major scale with whole and half steps?
Whole-step, whole-step, half-step, whole-step, whole-step, whole-step, half-step
Which scale degree is the dominant tone?
fifth note
How many sharps are in an A major scale?
3
How do you turn a natural minor scale into a harmonic minor scale?
By raising the 7th scale degree up by a half-step
What is the circle of fifths?
A way of organizing the keys as a sequence of perfect fifths.
What is Rubato?
When a beat is slowed down and speeds up for expressive effect
What is the enharmonic pitch for C#?
Db
What is a eight note triplet?
Three eighth notes in the space normally occupied by two eighth notes or a single quarter note.
If you were in the key of E Major and wanted to create a major tritone progression (I-#IV), what notes would be in the #IV chord?
A#, D, F (Also could be written as A#, C##, E#)
What Notes are in a 1st inversion minor dominant 7th chord in in order from lowest to highest note if you're in the key of A minor?
G, B, D, E
What notes are in a 2nd inversion augmented D# chord in order from lowest to highest pitch?
B, D#, G (Can also be written as A##, D#, F##)
In a minor circle of fifths built from A minor, how many sharps would be in the 4th scale going through the circle clockwise, and which notes would be sharp?
4 would be sharp. C#, D#, F#, G#
In 17/16 time (17 on top, 16 on bottom), how many eighth notes would fit in two measures?
17