Notes
Piano
Scales
Symbols
Vocabulary
100

The note below F

What is E
100

C major uses only these color keys

What is white keys

100

This scale has no sharps or flats

What is the C major scale

100

This symbol can be described as a squiggle and indicates a pause in music of 1 beat

What is a quarter rest

100

A specific pitch that is assigned with a letter

What is a note

200

F half a step up or G half a step down

What is F# or Gb

200

When going "upwards" on a piano this symbol is commonly used

What is a sharp

200

This scale raises the 7th note by a half step

What is the harmonic scale

200

This type of note has no stem and has four beats in it

What is a whole note

200

A combination of three notes played at the same time in harmony

What is a triad

300

There are this many notes in an octave 

What is 8 notes

300

The amount of notes from C4 to C5 (with C4 counted)

What is 8 notes

300

The diatonic scale has this many whole steps and half steps

What is 5 whole steps and 2 half steps

300

This symbol looks like the letter "b" and lowers the note by one semitone

What is a flat

300

The sign in the beginning of the staff that shows what the pitch will be on the lines and spaces

What is a clef

400

BX (double sharp) is the same as this note

What is C#

400

There are this many "black keys" in an octave

What is 5 black keys

400

This scale contains only a semitone difference between the 4th and 5th note

What is the blues scale

400

This symbol is a fraction which is used to indicate the timing of a song

What is a time signature 

400

A double bar line with two dots to the left of it at the end of measure

What is a repeat sign

500
In a treble clef these are the notes in each space between the black lines.

What is F, A, C, E

500

A piano has this many keys

What is 88 keys

500

This scale uses only flats

What is Eb minor pentatonic scale or Gb major pentatonic scale

500

This symbol looks like an upside down hat and is used to indicate a 4 beat pause

What is a whole rest

500

This is the name of the black horizontal lines in a measure

What is a ledger line