Music Theory I
This phrase is most commonly used to memorize the lines of the treble clef from bottom to top.
What is "Every Good Boy Does Fine"?
This visual tool arranges the 12 pitches of the chromatic scale in a sequence, showing the relationships between major and minor keys based on their sharp or flat count.
What is the Circle of Fifths?
If you get Rickrolled, you are forced to listen to this artist's 1987 pop track.
Who is Rick Astley?
The song "Let It Go" was featured in this 2013 Disney animated film.
What is Frozen?
This Queen rock masterpiece has an operatic middle section that mentions doing the Fandango.
What is Bohemian Rhapsody?
This term describes the distance in pitch between two notes, such as a "perfect fifth" or a "major third."
What is an interval?
What is a minor scale?
This 2012 pop song by PSY featured a signature "horse-riding" dance and became the first YouTube video to hit 1 billion views.
What is "Gangnam Style"?
The song "Sunflower" by post Malone and Swae Lee was the main track for this 2018 animated superhero film.
What is Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse?
This Billy Joel signature tells the story of a piano player observing regular bar patrons.
What is Piano Man?
In a standard 4/4 time signature, this specific type of note receives exactly half of a beat.
What is an eighth note?
This Italian term tells a music to play loudly, and is abbreviated as a double "ff" on sheet music.
What is Fortissimo?
This children's song produced by Pinkfong was immensely popular among children and entered the Billboard Hot 100 top 40.
What is "Baby Shark"?
This 2023 film featured massic soundtracks by Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, and Ryan Gosling.
What is Barbie?
This Michael Jackson is widely considered the ultimate Halloween song and anthem.
What is Thriller?
This basic three-note chord consists of a root, a third, and a perfect fifth.
What is a triad?
This is the term for a sequence of chords played in a row, like "I - V - vi - IV" sequence most commonly used in pop songs.
What is a chord progression?
This viral saxophonist meme from the 210 Eurovision Song Contest features a musician in sunglasses aggressively grooving and playing a catchy hook.
Who is Epic Sax Guy?
This ballad by Celine Dion was a main theme song for the movie Titanic.
What is My Heart Will Go On?
This song by the Eagles features a twin-guitar solo and the line, "You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave."
This musical term describes the speed of a song, usually in BPM.
What is tempo?
This term describes changing the key of an entire piece of music to make it higher or lower.
What is transposing / transposition?
This dramatic 2007 viral video features a cat wearing a blue shirt playing a tune on an electronic keyboard.
Who is Keyboard Cat?
This song by Harry Styles was featured in the emotional climax of Project Hail Mary.
What is "Sign of the Times"?
This Led Zeppelin classic is considered one of the greatest rock songs of all time, starting with a slow guitar intro and ending with a massic electric guitar solo.
What is Stairway to Heaven?