Music Theory

Notes

100

This note lasts for one beat. Also called a "crotchet" note. 

What is a quarter note?

200

This note is worth half of a beat. Also known as a "quaver" note.

What is an eighth note?

300

This note lasts for four counts in music. Also known as a "semibreve" note. 

What is a whole note?

400

This note is two counts long. Also known as a "minim" note. 

What is a half note?

500

This note lasts for one fourth of a beat. Also known as a "semiquaver" note. 

What is a sixteenth note?

Symbols

100

This symbol places G above middle C on the second-lowest line of the staff. Seen on the staff on the beginning of every line of music.

What is a treble clef?

200

This symbol is what musicians use to read and write low notes. Seen on the beginning of every line in a piece of music. 

What is a bass clef?

300

This symbol raises a note by one half of a tone. It shown in front of the note it is affecting. 

What is a sharp?

400

This symbol lowers a note by one half of a tone. Shown in front of the note affected. 

What is a flat?

500

This symbol shows the musician when to hold a note in a piece of music. It is generally chosen by the conductor when the group cuts off and restarts again. Looks like a "bird's eye."

What is a fermata?

Vocabulary

100

This is something that is printed on a musical staff that tells a musician the key that the piece of music was written in.

What is a key signature?

200

This is a system in which visual instructions on how to play music is shown. Used by all musicians.

What is musical notation?

300

This a sequence of single notes in a piece that are musically satisfying. Typically the "main part" of the piece.

What is a melody?

400

This is the position of a single sound in a complete range of sounds. 

What is a pitch?

500

This is any succession of musical chords, which themselves are groupings of two or more different notes usually played simultaneously. 

What is a chord progression?

Key signatures

100

This key signature has no sharps or flats. 

What is the key of C?

200

This key signatue has 2 flats.

What is the key of B flat?

300

This key signature has 2 sharps.

What is the key of D?

400

This key signature has 4 flats. 

What is the key of A flat?

500

This key signature has 7 sharps.

What is the key of C sharp?

Time signatures

100

This type of time signature includes 3/4 and 4/4. 

What is a simple time signature?

200

This type of time signature includes 9/8 and 12/8.

What is a compound time signature?

300

This type of time signature includes 5/4 and 7/8.

What is a complex time signature?

400

This type of time signature includes 3+2+3/8.

What is an additive time signature?

500

This type of time signature includes 2.5/4.

What is a fractional time signature?