Music "101"
This note separates the treble clef from the bass clef on the grand staff.
What is middle C?
The first beat of the first measure of music.
What is the downbeat?
The degree name for the first note of a musical scale.
What is the tonic note?
A group of three or more pitches sounding simultaneously.
What is a chord?
This cadence is included at the end of a piece of music to make it sound very final.
What is a perfect cadence?
The name of the symbol that lowers a note by one semitone.
What is a flat?
The marking that specifies how many beats are in a measure and what note receives the beat.
What is the time signature or meter?
The type of scale with 12 equal half steps between each note.
What is the chromatic scale?
The term for an interval between two notes of the same pitch.
What is an octave?
This cadence provides a temporary stopping point in a piece of music.
What is the imperfect cadence?
The name of the symbol that raises a note by one semitone.
What is a sharp?
This is a term used to indicate that a piece of music should be played with gradually increasing speed.
What is accelerando?
The major key with no sharps or flats in the key signature.
What is C Major?
The note a perfect fifth (P5) above G natural.
What is D?
This cadence is sometimes referred to as the "hymn" or "church" cadence.
What is the plagal cadence?
The term for two notes with different names that sound the same.
What is enharmonic equivalence?
This note value represents one and a half beats in a measure of 4/4 time.
What is a dotted quarter note?
This mnemonic technique uses the syllables Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti, and Do.
What is Solfege?
The note a minor third (m3) below B flat.
What is G?
A method for identifying chord progression within a musical key.
What is Roman numeral analysis?
This dynamic marking instructs you to play loud or strong.
What is forte?
A division of notes into a group of three notes occupying the space of 1 beat.
What is a triplet?
Major and minor keys that share the same starting note but not the same key signature.
What are parallel keys?
The diatonic seventh chord built on the fifth scale degree
What is the dominant seventh?
The type of musical form where the melody, harmony, and rhythm are the same in each verse.
What is strophic or 12 bar blues?