Composers
The most famous composer of the Baroque era
Who is J.S. Bach?
These are the dates of the Baroque Period
What is 1600-1750?
This triad has a major 3rd on the bottom and a minor 3rd on top.
What is a Major Triad?
The major scale that is placed at the top of the Circle of 5ths.
What is C major?
This keyboard instrument preceded the piano and was popular during the Baroque period.
What is the Harpsichord?
This composer ended his career almost completely deaf.
Who is Beethoven?
This stylistic period goes from 1900 until the Present.
What is the Modern or Contemporary period?
This triad has a minor 3rd on the bottom and a Major 3rd on top.
What is a minor triad?
This kind of step occurs between the 3rd and 4th notes, and between the 7th and 8th notes of a major scale.
What is a half step?
This tempo marking means "Walking tempo."
What is Andante?
This Polish composer is known for composing Mazurkas, Polonaises and Waltzes for the piano.
Who is Chopin?
This Stylistic period went from 1820 until 1900.
What is the Romantic period?
The figured bass 6/4 refers to this inversion of a triad.
What is 2nd inversion?
This is the interval distance between the tonic notes of relative major and minor scales.
What is a Major 6th (or minor 3rd)?
These numerical intervals can be Perfect, diminished or augmented.
What are 4ths, 5ths, and octaves?
This composer had a wife, Clara, who was also a notable composer/pianist in her own right.
Who is Robert Schumann?
This is the order of Musical style periods from 1600 to the present.
What is Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern/Contemporary?
This interval is the distance from the root to the 5th of an Augmented triad
What is the Augmented 5th?
The form of the minor scale has one version going up and another version going down.
What is the melodic minor scale?
This time signature can be referred to as "Alla Breve."
What is 2/2 time?
This French composer, who was born 150 years ago, wrote a Piano Concerto for the Left Hand only.
Who is Maurice Ravel?
These are the dates of the Classical period.
What is 1750 to 1820?
This chord has 4 notes and is built on the 5th note of a scale.
What is the dominant 7th (or V7) chord?
This scale has no half steps at all.
What is the Whole-Tone scale?
This word describes two scales that sound the same but are written differently.
What is Enharmonic?