Composers
Johann Christian and Carl Phillip Emanuel were both sons of this famous Baroque composer.
Who is J.S. Bach?
The composers Aaron Copland, William Grant Still and Philip Glass composed during this period.
What is the Modern or Contemporary perios?
This triad has a minor 3rd on the bottom and a major 3rd on top.
What is a Minor Triad?
The major scale that is placed immediately to the right of C major in the circle of 5ths.
What is G major?
Not running, the tempo "Andante" means this.
What is walking tempo?
The composer Chen Yi blends Western musical traditions with musical traditions from this country.
What is China?
The use of thematic contrast was a new idea in this style period, which went from 1750 to 1820.
What is the Classical period?
These are the kind of 3rds that are used for the Augmented triad.
What are major 3rds?
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?
The two enharmonic spellings of the black key directly to the right of F.
What are F sharp and G flat?
This Classical period composer wrote many Piano Sonatas and Symphonies, and was the teacher of Beethoven.
Who is Haydn?
This period happened between 1600 and 1750, and included the composer George Frideric Handel.
What is the Baroque period?
This is the Roman Numeral used for the chord built on the leading tone in any key.
What is vii? (bonus if you know the superscript)
This is the interval distance between the tonic notes of relative major and minor scales.
What is a Major 6th (or minor 3rd)?
These are the intervals that can be Major in quality.
What are 2nds, 3rds, 6ths, and 7ths?
This Impressionistic French composer sometimes used the whole-tone scale in his compositions.
Who is Claude Debussy?
This Style period happened between the Classical and Contemporary periods, and included the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg.
What is the Romantic period?
This chord has 4 notes and is built on the 5th note of a scale.
What is the dominant 7th (or V7) chord?
This 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 or Cut time?
The composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, composed during this style period.
What is the Classical Period?
This is the order of the four Musical style periods from 1600 to the present.
What is Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern/Contemporary?
This is the quality of the triad built on the dominant in a minor key.
What is Major?
This scale has no half steps at all.
What is the Whole-Tone scale?
This is the term used to refer to the soft pedal.
What is "una corda?"