INSTRUMENTS AND PITCH ON A STAFF
PITCH: INTERVALS AND SCALES
MAJOR SCALE – METER
RHYTHMIC NOTATION – POLYRHYTHM
HARMONY – CIRCLE OF FIFTHS
100

The instrument that produces the MOST non-pitched sounds. 

What is the percussion 

100

The interval half-step higher than d5. 

What is the perfect fifth? 

100

The number of beats per minute that Allegro indicates. 

What are 120 beats per minute? 

100

The name that refers to a 4/4 time signature. 

What is a common time? 

100

A chord is written with a “6.” What does it indicate?

The chord is in first inversion.

200

The instrument family the baritone belongs. 

What is the aerophone? 

200

How does a double flat alter a pitch?


Lowering it by two half steps

200

A scale with ^3 and ^7 altered is a..?

What is blues scale? 

200

The note that is produced if a quarter note has two flags added. 

What is a sixteenth note? 

200

The key signature with two flats. 

What is a g-minor?

300

The function of the musical staff. 

What is organizing pitches? 

300

The number of pitches that form a chromatic scale. 

What are 12 pitches? 

300

The function of a tessitura. 

What is a vocalist's range? 

300

The length a whole note with a dot lasts in 4/4 time. 

What are 6 beats? 

300

Which key signatures has no sharps or flats?

What is A-minor?

400

The pitch the top line on a staff with a treble clef indicates. 

What is the F key? 

400

The term that describes the relationship between E flat and D sharp. 

What is an enharmonic? 

400

The tempo that indicates a "walking space" 

What is an andante? 

400

When does an anacrusis typically occur? 

What is before the downbeat. 

400

An augmented triad is equivalent to

What are two major thirds? 

500

The representation of the pitch in the middle line of a staff with an alto cleff. 

What is the C pitch? 

500

The tonic pitch of an A-flat major scale. 

What is the A-flat? 
500

A soprano would MOST likely have a(n)

What is a high vocal range? 

500

When would a syncopated note occur?

What is on a weak beat? 

500

The key signature will contain a

What are series of accidentals?