Music 1
What is the name of the 4th degree of a scale?
Subdominant
What are the lines on which musical notation is written called?
A staff or stave
How many lines are on a stave?
Five
Karla is playing a set of variations in fa mineur. What key is fa mineur in English?
F minor
Presto, largo, allegro - these terms, amongst many others, relate to what property of music?
Tempo
Most notations for piano music are in Italian, and that even includes the word 'piano' itself. What does 'piano' translate to in English?
Soft
What would you call an easy, strolling tempo?
Andante
On the Treble Clef staff, what is the note on the first line from the bottom called?
E
When you raise a note up one semitone what does it become?
sharp
What is another name for the Treble Clef?
The G Clef
What are the three notes in a D Major Triad?
D, F sharp, A
In the key of A major, which three notes are to be played or sung sharp?
F, C, G
What is the word for the speed of the music?
Tempo
What is the relative minor of F# Major?
D# Minor
How many notes are there in a heptatonic scale, the traditional scale in Western music?
Seven
When you are playing music and you see the word "mezzo forte" how must you play the music?
Moderately loud
What is the order of sharps?
F, C, G, D, A, E, B
What is another word for decrescendo?
diminuendo
What is the only note value that has a sharp scale with all notes being sharps and a flat scale with all notes being flats?
C# or Cb scales
B Minor Triad: B, D, what?
F sharp
How many notes are there (chromaticly) in an octave?
13
What are additional lines and spaces added on to a staff called?
ledger lines
Can you tell me the names of the notes on the five lines in the treble clef?
E, G, B, D, F
If the music note E is represented on the bottom line of the staff, what clef are you playing in?
Treble Clef
How many flats are in the key signature for the key of A flat major?
four