Terms
Notation of five lines and four spaces.
What is the staff?
The musical alphabet
What is A,B,C,D,E,F and G?
Steady pulse
What is a beat?
The note notated with only a head. Duration (4 counts)
What is a Whole Note?
When the last key of a mostly minor piece of music ends in a major chord, this is known as .
What is a Picardy Third?
Indicates where G is.
What is a Treble Clef?
The note succeeding G.
What is A?
Two stacked numbers which defines meter
What is a Time Signature?
The note notated with a filled in head and stem. Duration (1 count)
What is a quarter note?
4th scale degree
What is a subdominant?
Indicates where F is.
What is a Bass Clef?
Increases the duration by a half.
What is a dot? (Aug)
Indication of musical silence.
What is a rest?
Notated with a filled in head, stem and two flags. (1/4 of a count)
What is a sixteenth note?
This type of reflective song showcases feelings of characters in an opera and is known as:
What is an Aria?
The note in the middle of two clefs and the keyboard.
What is Middle "C"?
Merging of notes on the same pitch
What is a tie?
2/4 and 4/4
What is Simple Meter?
Notated by an empty note head and stem. Duration (2 counts)
What is a half note?
the simultaneous combination of two or more tones or melodic lines
What is polyphony?
A combination of the two clefs.
What is the Grand Staff?
Merging of notes on different pitches.
What is a slur?
6/8 and 9/8
What is Compound Meter?
Notated with a filled head, stem and a flag
Duration (1/2 count)
What is an Eighth Note?
Beautiful melodies and warm tones are typically sung by this type of soprano known as:
What is a Lyrical Soprano?