Definitions
The pulse.
What is beat?
This note has a value of 4 beats.
What is a whole note?
This type of chord is typically characterized with the words "happy," "bright," or "simple."
What is a major chord?
If we are in the key of C Major, this is the 2nd note in the scale.
This time signature has 4 beats in each beat is made up of quarter notes.
What is 4/4?
The first beat of a measure.
What is a downbeat?
This note has a value of 2 beats.
What is a half note?
A set of three or more notes played together.
What is a chord?
This note is found between B and Db.
What is C?
This time signature has 3 beats in each beat is made up of quarter notes.
A segment of time in music that contains a specific number of beats played at a particular tempo.
What is a measure?
This note has a value of 1 beat.
What is a quarter note?
This is how many notes away an octave is from one note.
What is eight?
This note is found in-between G# and Bb.
This time signature has 6 beats in each beat is made up of quarter notes.
What is 6/4?
What BPM stands for.
What is beats per measure?
This note has a value of 1/2 of a beat.
What is an eighth note?
This is how many notes are in a scale, not including the octave.
What is seven?
If we are in the key of C major, this note is the fifth.
What is G?
This time signature has 5 beats in each beat is made up of eighth notes.
What is 5/8?
The speed at which a piece of music is played, usually measured in beats per minute.
What is tempo?
This note has a value of 1/4th of a beat.
What is a sixteenth note?
This is the "secret formula" in which a major scale will follow, starting from the bottom to the top of the scale. This is how you can play any major key starting with any note on the piano.
What is W W H W W W H (whole whole half whole whole whole half)?
This is how many notes are in a chromatic scale.
What is 12?
This time signature has 2 beats in each beat is made up of half notes.