KEY SIGNATURES
THE GRAND STAFF
SCALES
TIME
CHORDS AND CADENCES
100
AMERICAN SONGWRITER ONCE CALLED THIS MAJOR KEY SIGNATURE, COMPLETE WITH NO FLATS OR SHARPS, "THE KEY OF STRENGTH, BUT ALSO THE KEY OF REGRET"
What is C major?
100
THE NAME OF THIS SYMBOL, USUALLY THE FIRST OBJECT ON THE "UPPER" STAFF:
What is the treble (or G) clef?
100
WITH TWELVE NOTES IN TOTAL, THIS SCALE (WITH EACH NOTE A SEMI-TONE AWAY FROM THE LAST) CONTAINS ALL POSSIBLE PITCHES - THERE IS ONLY ONE OF THESE SCALES
What is the chromatic (or twelve-tone) scale?
100
WITH A SOLID NOTE HEAD AND A FLAGLESS STEM, A NOTE THAT IS PLAYED FOR A QUARTER OF THE DURATION OF A WHOLE NOTE IS APTLY NAMED THIS
What is a quarter note?
100
THIS TYPE OF CHORD CONSISTS OF TWO SUPERIMPOSED INTERVALS OF A THIRD: IN TOTAL, THREE NOTES
What is a triad?
200
WITH ONLY TWO SHARPS, THIS MAJOR KEY SIGNATURE HAS BEEN SAID TO BE ESPECIALLY WELL-SUITED FOR VIOLIN MUSIC
What is D major?
200
FOUND ON THE "LOWER" STAFF, THIS SYMBOL IDENTIFIES THE PITCH OF EACH LINE ON THE STAFF:
What is the bass clef?
200
THIS TYPE OF SCALE HAS THREE PATTERNS - NATURAL, HARMONIC, AND MELODIC
What is a minor scale?
200
THIS TIME SIGNATURE CAN BE WRITTEN WITH MERELY A "C" BUT IS ALSO COMMONLY SHOWN AS "4/4"
What is common or imperfect time?
200
THERE ARE THREE PARTS OF A TRIAD, FROM TOP TO BOTTOM: THE FIFTH, THE THIRD, AND THIS
What is the root?
300
HELMHOLTZ ONCE DESCRIBED THIS MINOR KEY SIGNATURE, WITH FOUR FLATS, AS "HARROWING AND MELANCHOLY"
What is F minor?
300
THIS NOTE EXISTS DIRECTLY BETWEEN THE TWO STAVES ON THE GRAND STAFF
What is middle C?
300
THIS TYPE OF SCALE HAS ONLY 5 NOTES, AND IS A POPULAR CHOICE FOR FOLK SONGS
What is a pentatonic scale?
300
THESE "LITTLE" NOTES HAVE A SOLID NOTE HEAD AND TWO FLAGS ON THEIR STEMS
What is a sixteenth note?
300
THE CHORD "G7" IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS, USUALLY REFERRED TO AS THE "V7" CHORD OF A SPECIFIC KEY SIGNATURE (IN THE CASE OF G7, C)
What is a dominant seventh or major minor seventh chord?
400
WATCH YOUR FINGERS! WITH SEVEN SHARPS, THIS MAJOR KEY SIGNATURE IS THE "MOST SHARP" OF THEM ALL -- THAT IS, IT CONTAINS THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SHARPS POSSIBLE: 7
What is C-sharp major?
400
THE LINE THAT RUNS THROUGH A NOTE OFF THE STAFF, AS WELL AS USED TO DENOTE HOW FAR A NOTE "FLOATS" OFF THE STAFF, IS THIS
What is a ledger line?
400
WITH SIX PITCHES, THIS TYPE OF SCALE COMES IN ONLY TWO VERSIONS, WITH EACH NOTE AN EQUAL DISTANCE APART
What is a whole-tone scale?
400
SOME TIME SIGNATURES SUCH AS 9/8 OR 12/8 ARE KNOWN AS THIS TYPE OF TIME SIGNATURE, AND ARE PLAYED IN A MANNER IN WHICH A DOTTED NOTE LANDS ON EACH BEAT
What is a compound time signature (or compound meter)?
400
OF THE FOUR "PRIMARY" CADENCE CLASSIFICATIONS, THERE ARE AUTHENTIC CADENCES, HALF CADENCES, DECEPTIVE CADENCES, AND THIS TYPE OF CADENCE, IN WHICH THE CHORD PROGRESSION GOES FROM IV TO I
What is a Plagal cadence?
500
THE NOTES F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, and E♯ DENOTE THIS MINOR KEY SIGNATURE
What is D-sharp minor?
500
INCLUDING THE "HIDDEN" CENTER ONE, THE GRAND STAFF CONSISTS OF THIS MANY LINES
What is 11?
500
THIS MODE, ALSO CALLED THE "NATURAL MINOR" SCALE, CAN BE PLAYED ON ONLY "WHITE" NOTES ON A PIANO WHEN STARTED ON THE NOTE "A"
What is the Aeolian mode?
500
A LITTLE QUICKER, NOW: WRITTEN AS A C WITH A LINE THROUGH IT, OR AS 2/2, THE ITALIAN TERM FOR THIS TIME SIGNATURE: ALSO KNOWN AS "CUT TIME" OR "CUT COMMON TIME"
What is alla breve?
500
THIS RATHER LONG CHORD PROGRESSION HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT IN POPULAR MUSIC: I-I-I-I-IV-IV-I-I-V(V7)-V(OR IV)-I-I
What is the twelve-bar blues chord progression?