Indoors/Outdoors
The Italian word for scale, scala, literally translates to this; you might use it to add holiday decorations to your home outdoors
What is a ladder?
This opens the front door; in music theory it determines the tonic pitch
What is the key?
When a pitch is raised not once but twice you will use one of these
What is a double-sharp?
how many in a minor second
What is one half step?
A triad with a major third on the bottom and a minor third on top
What is a major triad?
This form of the minor scale uses the accidentals in the key signature but makes no alterations of pitch
What is natural?
What is a chord?
A note of a particular alphabet letter from any octave could be represented by this term
What is pitch class?
the smallest compound interval
What is a ninth?
the type of seventh in a dominant seventh
What is minor seventh?
This word might distinguish one type of bird from another among ornithologists; in music theory is distinguishes among counterpoint types
What is species?
At a restaurant this word describes how good the fare is; in music theory it is used to distinguish intervals or triads from one another
What is quality?
When two pitches sound the name but have different names
What is enharmonic?
Not to spill the "tea," but this scale degree is raised by a half step in the minor mode
What is seven?
the solfege syllable for the sixth scale degree in a minor key
What is "le?"
In the backyard you might do this in a hammock or on a chaise; in music theory it helps to organize sound and silence
What is a rest?
Spreading shade might do this to someone's ego; in music theory it reduces a minor interval by one half step
What is diminish?
When in an upper voice, this interval is considered a dissonance; in a melody it is not
What is a Perfect 4th?
This type of number, when placed below a chord, gives the quality of the triad or seventh chord as well as the scale degree of its root
What is Roman numeral?
A chord that combines a diminished triad with a minor seventh
What is a half-diminished seventh?
This word describes how you get from the bottom of Mount Everest to its peak; in music theory it is a basic element of music
What is scale?
At a bank, this is how interest makes our money grow; in music theory this type of meter divides in threes
What is compound?
When you gather up the alphabet names of the notes in a musical excerpt, you have one of these
What is pitch-class collection?
This system, when used below chords in harmonic progression, tells the keyboard player what chords to play to support a soloist or a small group of players
What is Figured Bass?
Even when the root is not on the bottom of these chords, the quality stays the same
What is an inversion?