The Basics
The longest note.
What is the whole note?
The letters used on the white keys.
What is A,B,C,D,E,F,&G.
The difference of a dotted note to a regular note.
What is a longer duration (increases the time value of that note by one-half)?
The definition of an enharmonic pitch.
What is two different letter names that identify as the same pitch?
Amount of notes in a triad.
What is three?
The definition of measure.
What is the division in written music using bar lines?
The purpose of black keys.
The anatomy of a time signature.
What is the meter (top) and the note for the pulse beat (bottom).
The definition of ledger lines.
What is lines added above and below the staff to extend the staff?
Amount of half steps in a natural minor scale.
What is two half steps?
The definition of pulse.
What is the constant and regular throbbing in music (the tap of your foot to a song)?
The definition of a whole step.
What is the distance of a key and a key two above or below it (two half steps)?
Arm used when conducting.
What is the right arm?
Definition of an octave.
What is the distance between any note and the next note of the same name?
Amount of tones per octave in a pentatonic scale.
What is five tones per octave?
The definition of meter.
What is the pattern of stronger and weaker pulses within a measure?
The definition of a half step.
What is the distance of a key and a key immediately above or below it?
The fastest tempo.
What is presto?
What is C4?
Allows you to condense your writing when wanting to play the same measure(s).
What is repeat signs?
The anatomy of an eighth note.
What is the notehead, flag, and stem?
Amount of keys between F and A#.
What is four keys?
Number of simple meter variations.
What is nine variations (2/8, 2/4, 2/2, 3/8, 3/4, 3/2, 4/8, 4/4, 4/2)?
The loudest dynamic.
What is fortissimo (or ff)?
The names of all types of intervals.
What is perfect, major, minor, augmented, and diminished?