Tonal Music
Triads
The structure of Tonality
Key Signatures
The Basic Scales
100

Music in which one tone generally predominates over the other tones is called this type of music 

What is tonal music?

100
A chord must have at least this many tones.

What is three?

100

The triad that is built on the first degree of the scale (the keynote) has this proper name.

What is the tonic?

100

The key signature consists of a group of either of these accidentals.

What are sharps and flats?

100

A scale is this arrangement of tones

What is stepwise?

200

The keynote of the B-Flat major scale

What is B-Flat?

200

Within the system of tonal harmony triads are constructed of these superimposed intervals

What are thirds?

200

The tonic triad is build on this degree of the scale

What is the first degree of the scale?

200

This is the group of sharps or flats that appers just to the right of the clef sign

What is a key signature?

200

In a stepwise series of tones, the letters representing the sounds are in this order.

What is alphabetical?

300

In simple tonal music this is the tone that receives the greatest stress through iteration. 

What is the keynote?

300

Triads that utilize only the notes of the scale are called this type of triad.

What is diatonic?

300

The triad whose root is a perfect fifth above the keynote has this proper name.

What is the dominant?

300

The flats always appear in this order

What is BEADGCF?

300

This is the number of notes needed to form a diatonic scale

What is eight?

400
Key and this term are basically the same thing

What is tonality?

400

This is the number of diatonic triads contained in a major key.

What is seven?


400

The tonic, dominant and subdominant triads are this type of triad group.

What are primary triads?

400

The sharps always appear in this order

What is FCGDAEB?

400

In all basic scales, this interval occurs between E & F and B & C.

What is a half step?

500

The keynote is this note of the scale

What is the first note of a scale?

500

This type of triad is indicated by upper case Roman numerals.

What is major?

500

This triad has the the least harmonic activity. 

What is the tonic triad?
500
Each key signature may indicate these keys
What is major or minor?
500

The major scale also has this mode name

What is Ionian?