Song Structures
Music Technology
Lyrical Techniques
Chords
Recording Techniques
100

This song section occurs once in a song and has unique music & lyrics. 

Bridge.
100

The "M" in MIDI stands for this. 

Musical.

100

A figurative statement using "like" or "as" is known as this. 

A simile.

100

Triads are chords that contain this number of notes. 

3.

100

This is the name for a microphone cable. 

XLR. 

200

This song section directly precedes a chorus and has unchanging music & lyrics. 

Pre-chorus. 

200

This tool allows recorded MIDI data to be "snapped" to the steady beat. 

Quantisation. 

200

Repeating words or phrases in a song section is known as this. 

Internal Repetition.

200

Diatonic chords can be major, minor, or this other quality. 

Diminished.

200

This type of microphone requires phantom power. 

Condenser Microphone. 

300

This section has unchanging music, but different lyrics each time it happens. 

Verse. 
300

The drum machine in bandlab has each beat divided into this rhythm. 

Semiquavers. 

300
"Ooo," "Whoa!" and "Yeah!" are all examples of this. 

Vocalisations. 

300

A standard chord contains a root, a third and fifth. Which of these would a bass play?

Root.

300

"+48v" is also called this. 

Phantom Power. 

400

This section occurs at the very end of a song, and usually references hooks or lyrics from the chorus. 

Outro. 

400

The "M" in BPM stands for this. 

Minute.

400

This song section does not have to have lyrics that rhyme. 

A chorus.

400

The sequence of chord changes throughout a piece of music is known as this. 

A chord progression.

400

The word for the amount of electrical signal sent from the microphone to the audio interface. 

Gain. 

500

This technique, wherein the key moves up by a tone or semitone, can make a chorus seem fresh again. 

Modulation.

500

This audio effect can also be referred to as "Room Echo."

Reverb.
500

Repeating an incomplete statement throughout a section, then completing the idea in the last line is known as this. 

Idea Fragmentation. 

500

I, IV, V, and vi have this nickname. 

"The Big Four"
500

The ideal gain level for recording with a microphone. 

-10dB.