Note values, rhythms and time signatures
The note value that lasts for one beat.
What is a crotchet?
What is C major.
A three note chord, where all notes are a third apart, stacked vertically on the stave.
What is a triad?
The clef we usually write music in, used for higher pitched instruments.
What is the treble clef?
The feature of music that means how fast or slow the music is.
What is the tempo?
The note value that lasts for a 1/4 beat.
What is a semiquaver?
The key signature with 1 #, F#.
What is G major?
It contains the notes C E and G.
What is the triad of C major?
The clef used for lower pitched instruments like the double bass or the left hand of the piano.
What is the bass clef?
How loud or soft the music is.
What are dynamics?
There are 3 beats in every bar, with crotchets used as the basis.
What does 3/4 time signature mean?
The key signature with one flat, Bb
What is F major?
It contains the notes F, A and C.
What is the triad of F major?
What is the 4th line of the treble clef called?
D
One melody and accompaniment.
What is homophonic texture?
The type of bar line that marks the end of a piece of music.
What is a double bar line?
Write the scale of G major.
Correct scale on the stave
A finished cadence, using the progression of chord V - I.
What is a perfect cadence?
What is the 4th space of the bass clef called?
G
The Italian term to ‘speed up’ a piece of music.
What is accelerando?
Write a bar of music in 6/8 time.
Any correct bar of rhythms.
The relative minor key of C major.
What is A minor?
An unfinished cadence, using the progression of chords V - vi.
What is an interrupted cadence?
What is the first ledger line note, that is on a line ABOVE the treble clef stave?
A
Ritornello form.
What is a the name of the form that has a returning section that is sometimes varied?