Notes & Symbols
A note that counts for one beat in 4/4 time
What is a quarter note?
The minor scale that has a key signature of 0 sharps or flats
What is A minor?
The name of the major scale with no sharps or flats
What is C Major?
the musical distance between 2 pitches
What is an interval?
A chord with 3 notes stacked in thirds
What is a triad?
A note with 2 flags on it
What is a sixteenth note?
The name of the chart used to determine key signatures for major and minor keys
What is the Circle of Fifths?
The name of the minor scale with 2 flats
What is G minor?
The perfect intervals
What are unisons, fourths, fifths, and octaves?
The pitch names in a C Major I triad, from root to top
What are C, E, G?
A note that is 1.5x as long as the original note
What is a dotted note?
The 2 keys with a key signature of 5 sharps
What are B major and G# minor?
The scale with a whole step between each note
What is a whole tone scale?
The symbol for a double augmented interval
What is AA?
A triad with an additional note a 7th above the root
What is a dominant 7th chord?
This signifies the end of a section or movement in music
What is a double bar line?
The major enharmonic key to F# Major
What is Gb Major?
The minor scale relative to the major scale of F
What is D minor?
The number of half steps in either an augmented fourth or a diminished fifth interval
What is 6?
the roman numeral label for the second triad in a minor scale
What is ii0?
When 3 notes are played to the time of 2
What are triplets?
A list of Major Keys with 1-7 sharps in their key signature
What are G major, D major, A major, E major, B major, F# major, and D# major?
The sharp pitches in the key C# minor
What are C#, D#, F#, and G#?
The pattern of intervals for a major triad
What is major third, followed by a minor third?
A dominant seventh chord where the root is the second from the bottom note
What is a 3rd inversion dominant seventh chord?