Notated silence is referred to as.
What is a rest?
Melodies are notated on a set of five lines referred to as this.
What is a staff?
Use this sentence to remember the lines of the Bass clef.
What is Good Boys Do Fine Always?
This symbol is used when a note is to be played with emphasis.
What is an accent note?
The space between any two tones.
What is an interval?
By adding this symbol, you are increasing the value of a note by half its original value.
What is a dot?
This term refers to an unstable or tense chord.
What is dissonance?
The spaces of the treble clef spell this beautiful human feature.
What is FACE?
This articulation is used when the composer wants you to play notes in a legato style.
What is a slur?
Located at the beginning of a piece between the clef sign and the time signature.
What is the key signature?
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?
Three or more tones sounded at the same time.
What is a chord/triad?
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?
This sign is used to cancel any previous accidental markings.
What is a natural sign?
When the emphasis is place on a unexpected note or beat.
What is syncopation?
These terms are applied to the stressed and unstressed parts of the beat.
What is the downbeat and the upbeat?
How chords follow each other. (i.e. I, IV, V, I)
What is a progression?
This sentence is used to remember the lines of the treble clef. (Although it isn't always a true statement)
Used when a note falls below or above the staff.
What is a ledger line?
The first and fifth degree of the scale are also referred to as this.
The tonic and dominate.
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?
This term references the movement of a harmony from a dissonant to a consonant sound.
What is resolution?
Piano music is written in treble and bass clef, which is referred to as this.
What is grand staff?
These accidentals, respectively, raise the pitch 1/2 a step or lower the pitch 1/2 step
What is a sharp and a flat?
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?