Modules 1-2
The tonic note of the C major scale.
What is C?
The constant regular beat in music.
What is basic pulse?
The musical distance between two pitches.
A major and minor key sharing the same starting note, but not key signature.
Three or more pitches sounding simultaneously.
What is a chord?
What is a half step.
Has two numbers, the bottom representing the type of note, the top representing the amount of notes in a single measure.
What is time signature?
B-E-A-D-G-C-F
No changes from the notes of the relative major.
What is a natural minor?
A chord using the root, third, and fifth.
What is a triad?
Various arrangements of durations made up of notes and rests within a time signature.
What is rhythm?
The first note of the major scale.
What is the circle of fifths?
Five notes per scale and the basis for lots of folk songs.
Has two superimposed thirds.
What is a closed position?
A symbol that negates a sharp or flat on the next occurrence of that same note.
What is a natural?
Musical term for very fast.
What is presto?
Determined by the arithmetic distance and half-step count.
What is interval quality?
Scale pattern of W-H-W-W-H-A2-H.
What is a harmonic minor?
Three-part form where the first part returns at the end.
Sharp, flat, double sharp, double flat, natural.
What is an accidental?
Adds half the value to the note.
What is a dotted note?
dd
What is double Diminished?
Created by lowering of the 3rd, 5th, 7th pitches by one half-step in a major scale.
V-I or V7-I chord pattern (V-i for minor keys).
What is an authentic cadence?