Symbols
Raise a note by a half step.
Sharp
How many beats in a whole note.
Four
This Major key signature has no flats or sharps.
C
The relative minor to A Major.
F sharp minor
The distance between one note to another, weather sounding successively or simultaneously.
Interval
This symbol cancels a sharp or flat.
Natural
A horizontal or diagonal line used to connect multiple consecutive notes.
Beam
The notes of the the scale are E, F♯, G♯, A, B, C♯, and D♯.
E Major
The second note of E minor.
F sharp
Intervals that are larger then one octave.
Compound Intervals
Shows the end of an interval on a staff.
Double bars
The speed or pace of a given piece.
Tempo
Fourth note of a C major
F
Another name for natural minor.
Aeolian mode
Derived from the harmonic series as the interval between the third and fourth harmonics.
Perfect Fourth
Used for lower voices, also know as the F clef.
Bass Clef
Slight changes in the tempo, up or down, to make music more expressive.
Rubato
This mode is also referred to as the major scale.
Ionian
A scale that has the same notes as the natural minor, except the seventh degree is raised by one semitone
The harmonic minor
Interval between two notes, in which one of the notes has a pitch that is exactly double the pitch of the other note.
Octave
Two or more notes of the same pitch, connected with a curved line, adds the time values together and play as one note
Tie
Lengthening a rhythm by doubling the notes values.
Augmentation
Four pitches with the ascending arrangement of W-W-H
Tetrachord
Minor scale with raised sixth and seventh scale degrees, but only when ascending
Melodic Minor
Intervals one half step smaller of perfect and minor intervals
Diminished Intervals