Italian
Scales
Theory
Vocabulary
Fun Facts
100

To play the notes of a chord one after another going up/down the keyboard. Also is the Italian word for "Harp"

What is an Arpeggio?

100

This is shown at the beginning of each staff and tells us what key or scale the song will be played in

What is a Key Signature?

100

This spans across 6 keys often causing a "space" between fingers 1 and 2

What is a 6th Interval?

100

To hold a note longer than usual

What is a Fermata?

100

This is a Spanish Horseman

What is a Caballero?

200

This is the speed of a piece, sometimes set by a metronome

What is "tempo"?

200

This scale has no sharps/flats

What is C Scale?

200

A short line added above or below the staff

What is a Ledger Line?

200

Playing the same music in a different key

What is transposition?

200

This is the name of the largest bell inside the great clock in London, England

Who is Big Ben?

300

To return to the original speed/tempo

What is "a tempo"?

300

This scale has 1 sharp

What is G Scale? (F Sharp)

300

Flats or sharps that are written in the music but not in the key signature

What are Accidentals?

300

The amount of kids Ms. Karissa has and their gender

What is two girls?

300

The pedal on the right

What is the Damper Pedal?

400

To return to the beginning of a piece and play to Fine

What is Da Capo al Fine or D.C. al Fine?

400

This scale has 1 Flat

What is F scale? (B Flat)

400

This rest gets 0.5 beats per measure

What is an Eighth Rest?

400

A way of organizing or structuring music, sometimes labeling sections as "A" or "B" 

What is Musical Form?

400

A left hand chord pattern playing the bottom note once followed by the top half played twice resulting in a "down, up, up" feel to the song

What is the Waltz Chord Pattern?

500

This means to play very soft

What is pianissimo?

500

This is the 7th tone in a scale, often needs resolution after playing

What is the Leading Tone?

500

This note gets 1.5 beats per measure

What is a Dotted Quarter Note?

500

The melody only with chord symbols written above the staff

What is a Lead Sheet?

500

These are the 3 primary chords

What is I Chord, IV Chord, and V7 Chord?