Rhythm
Melody/Harmony
Treble/Bass Clef
Random Signs and Such
Mixed
100

Notated silence is referred to as.

What is a rest?

100

Melodies are notated on a set of five lines referred to as this.

What is a staff?

100

Use this sentence to remember the lines of the Bass clef.

What is Good Boys Do Fine Always?


100

This symbol is used when a note is to be played with emphasis.

What is an accent note?

100

The space between any two tones.

What is an interval?

200

By adding this symbol, you are increasing the value of a note by half its original value.

What is a dot?

200

This term refers to an unstable or tense chord.

What is dissonance?

200

The spaces of the treble clef spell this beautiful human feature.

What is FACE?

200

This articulation is used when the composer wants you to play notes in a legato style.

What is a slur?

200

Located at the beginning of a piece between the clef sign and the time signature.

What is the key signature?

300

Located at the beginning of a piece, this indicates the number of beats in each measure and what type of note receives the beat.

What is time signature?

300

Three or more tones sounded at the same time.

What is a chord/triad?

300

This clever phrase can be used to remember the spaces of the bass clef.

What is All Cows Eat Grass or All Cars Eat Gas?

300

This sign is used to cancel any previous accidental markings.

What is a natural sign?

300

When the emphasis is place on a unexpected note or beat.

What is syncopation?

400

These terms are applied to the stressed and unstressed parts of the beat.

What is the downbeat and the upbeat?

400

How chords follow each other. (i.e. I, IV, V, I)

What is a progression?

400

This sentence is used to remember the lines of the treble clef. (Although it isn't always a true statement)

What is Every Good Boy Does Fine?
400

Used when a note falls below or above the staff.

What is a ledger line?

400

The first and fifth degree of the scale are also referred to as this.

The tonic and dominate. 

500

The total number of beats from the addition of 2 whole notes, one dotted half note subtract a half note, then divide by one dotted half note.

What is 3 beats?

500

This term references the movement of a harmony from a dissonant to a consonant sound.

What is resolution?

500

Piano music is written in treble and bass clef, which is referred to as this.

What is grand staff?

500

These accidentals, respectively, raise the pitch 1/2 a step or lower the pitch 1/2 step

What is a sharp and a flat?

500

To add contrast to a piece of music, sometimes composers will stray away from the original tonality to another, but it almost always returns to the original key.

What is modulation?