Basic music theory
Triads are swanky
Intervals...
Solfege
Key Signatures and Scales are your best friend
100
The following pitches are ___, ___, ___, and ____.
What is A B C B?
100
Triads always contain ____ notes, hence the term, "tri".
What is three?
100
Intervals can be defined as.....
What is the space between two notes?
100
These solfege syllables are also known as the major scale.
What is do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do?
100
Relative minors are so fascinating because they share this with its relative major.
What is the key signature?
200
The following pitches are ___, ____, ____, and ____
What is E D A and F?
200
This kind of triad is often described as sounding happy
What is a major triad?
200
Intervals that sound crunchy and clash are often described as this.
What are dissonant?
200
The following passage uses this solfege.
What is do re mi re?
200
When you take a major key and turn it into its parallel natural minor, these scale degrees are lowered.
What is 3, 6, and 7?
300
The time signature 6/8 can also be described in a compound format
What is compound duple?
300
The following triad is built of two minor thirds, creating this quality.
What is diminished?
300
Sounds like hear comes the bride
What is a perfect fourth?
300
The following passage is sung with this solfege.
What is ti do la re?
300
The order of flats uses these letters to correctly construct key signatures.
What is B E A D G C F?
400
This staff contains both the bass and the treble clef.
What is the grand staff?
400
This scale degree is lowered to turn a major triad into a minor triad.
What is the 3rd/3?
400
The sound of the interval currently being played is _____.
What is a minor third?
400
When singing a major triad, we sing these solfege syllables.
What is Do Mi Sol?
400
This minor key is used in the classic Red Hot Chili Pepper's song "Can't Stop".
What is e minor?
500
The time signature 6/4 can be described as a _____ ______.
What is compound duple?
500
This triad is the only triad to have an augmented fifth in its structure, raising the 5th scale degree.
What is an augmented triad?
500
This interval, also known as the devil's interval, was never allowed to be played in church's and was frowned upon in music for centuries.
What is a tritone/diminished 5th/augmented 4th?
500
The solfege to create an augmented triad starting on "do" is this.
What is do, mi, si?
500
This key signature has a mind bending major and relative minor key, using 6 flats.
What is Gb major and eb minor?