Scales
Rhythm
Accidental Signs
Notes
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A group of notes that are sung or played in succession and are based on a particular home tone, or keynote.
What is a scale?
100
The combination of long and short notes and rests.
What is rhythm?
100
A symbol that raises the pitch of a given note one half step.
What is a sharp?
100
In a simple meter this receives the beat.
What is a quarter note?
100
A symbol placed above or below a given note that indicates the note should receive extra emphasis or stress.
What is an accent?
200
A scale that has "do" as its home tone, or keynote.
What is major scale?
200
A time signature in which there are three beats per measure and the quarter note receives the beat.
What is 3/4 meter?
200
A symbol that lowers the pitch of a given note one half step.
What is a flat?
200
A note that represents four beats of sound when the quarter note receives the beat.
What is a whole note?
200
Another name for 2/2 meter.
What is cut time?
300
A scale that has "la" as its home tone, or keynote.
What is a minor scale?
300
A time signature in which there are four beats per measure and the quarter note receives the beat.
What is 4/4 meter?
300
Any sharp, flat, or natural that is not included in the key signature of a piece of music.
What is an accidental?
300
In a compound meter, this note receives the beat.
What is a dotted quarter note?
300
Occurs when the accent is placed on notes that normally do not receive extra emphasis.
What is syncopation?
400
A minor scale that uses a raised seventh note, "si" (raised from "sol").
What is harmonic minor scale?
400
Another name for 4/4 meter.
What is common time?
400
A symbol that cancels a previous sharp or flat in a key signature.
What is a natural?
400
A rest that represents half a beat of silence when the quarter note receives the beat.
What is an eighth rest?
400
A chord built on the home tone or keynote of a scale.
What is tonic chord?
500
A minor scale that uses raised sixth and seventh notes.
What is melodic minor scale?
500
Any meter in which the dotted quarter note receives the beat, and the division of the beat is based on three eighth notes.
What is compound meter?
500
The order of the flats.
What is b, e, a, d, g, c, f?
500
A note that represents one quarter beat of sound when the quarter note receives the beat.
What is a sixteenth note?
500
A chord built on the fifth note of a scale.
What is dominant chord?