The Basics Of Music
A note
What is used to identify pitches?
Two half steps
How many half steps are in a whole step?
A whole note equals how many quarter notes?
the distance between any note and the next note of the same name
What is an octave?
A group of pitches
What is a scale?
A section that divides up written music
What is a measure?
Natural pitches
What do white key represent?
The value plus half the original value
A dot adds what to a note?
C to C
Octaves are typically identified on a keyboard by what keys?
The major and minor scales
What are the two most important scales?
How music flows through time
What is rhythm?
Pitches above and pitches below the natural pitches
What do black keys represent?
A connection of flags for same notes placed next to each other
What is a beam?
Short lines added above or below the staff, extending the staff
What are ledger lines?
The first and last degree of a scale
What is the tonic?
The pace of music
What is a pulse?
Alter the pitch of a note chromatically
What do accidentals do?
When two different letter names identify the same pitch
What is an enharmonic pitch?
The third degree of a scale
What is the mediant?
The combination of strong and week pulses
What is a meter?
The distance between two pitches
What is an interval?
At the beginning of a piece after the clef
Where do we find the time signature?
Very soft
What does pianissimo mean?
When the octave is divided into 12 equal half steps
What is the chromatic scale?