Note Values & Rhythms
The note that lasts for one beat in 4/4 time.
What is a quarter note?
The major key with one sharp.
What is G major?
The distance from C to D.
What is a major second?
A triad made of a root, major third, and perfect fifth.
What is a major triad?
This symbol means to hold a note longer than its normal value.
What is a fermata?
The note that gets half a beat in 4/4 time.
What is an eighth note?
The major key with two flats.
What is Bb major?
The interval from G to B.
What is a major third?
A triad made of a root, minor third, and diminished fifth.
What is a diminished triad?
This symbol raises a note by a half step.
What is a sharp?
A note that lasts for four beats in 4/4 time.
What is a whole note?
The minor key with three sharps.
What is F# minor?
The interval from E to C.
What is a minor sixth?
The root of the chord built on the 5th degree of the C major scale.
What is G?
This symbol lowers a note by a whole step (double flat).
What is bb?
This dotted note is equal to 3 beats in 4/4 time.
What is a dotted half note?
The relative minor of C major.
What is A minor?
The name of the interval from F to F#.
What is an augmented unison?
The name of the chord: F–A♭–C.
What is F minor?
This symbol indicates to return to the beginning of the piece.
What is a repeat sign?
This combination of notes adds up to one beat in 4/4: two sixteenth notes and one eighth note.
What is 1 beat?
The major key with six sharps.
What is F# major?
The interval between A and E.
What is a perfect fifth?
The inversion of a chord where the fifth is in the bass.
What is second inversion?
This Italian term means “gradually get louder”.
What is crescendo?