Music Theory Midterm Review

Rhythm and Meter

100

Complete this sentence:

simple meter divides the beat by ____ and compound divides by _____.

simple = 2

compound = 3

200

What is the meter?

6/8

300

What is the meter for cut time?

Simple duple

400

How many beats does a quarter note get in

cut time =

simple meter =

compound meter=

cut time = 1/2

simple =1

compound =2

500

What does a dot next to the note do?

Adds half the value of the note it's next to.

Pitch

100

What is the en-harmonic for E?

Fb

200

Same note. What is the note?

300

What are the lines and spaces for Treble clef

EGBDF

FACE

400

 What is the note?

E

500

What are the lines for Bass clef 

AND Alto Clef?

GBDFA

and

FACEG

MAJOR

100

What is the step pattern for the Major Scale?

WWHWWWH

200

What is a tetrachord?

The first 4 notes of the major scale

300

Which Major scale has 3 #'s?

A Major

400

Which Major scale has 5 b's?

Db Major

500

What is the order of Sharps AND Flats?

# = FCGDAEB 

b = BEADGCF

Symbols

100

Identify and define:

3/4

Time signature tells the meter.

Top number tells the number of beats per measure

Bottom number tells which note gets one beat

200

Define Bar line and Double bar line

Bar line cuts the staff into measures.

Double bar line means the end.

300

Give the other names for these clefs:

Treble

Bass

Alto/Tenor

Treble = G

Bass = F

Alto/Tenor = C/Moveable

400

Decode the symbols to tell the meter:

>UU >UU >UU

Compound Triple

500

Draw and name the parts of an eighth note

Note head

Note stem

Flag/Beam

minor

100

What do RELATIVE Major and minor have in common?

Same key signature

200

What do I do to find a relative MAJOR from the minor?

Go UP 3 half-steps

300

What do the PARALLEL major and minor share?

Same name (starting and ending pitch/note)

400

What scale degrees do you lower to change a Major scale to minor?

3rd 6th and 7th

500

Name the 3 minor scales and the characteristics of each.

natural minor (leave it alone, same key signature as the relative Major)

harmonic minor (raise the 7th scale degree)

melodic minor (raise the 6th and 7th scale degree ascending, and restore them descending)

Listening

100

What scale is this?

Chromatic 

200

What scale is this?  

Harmonic minor

300

Whole or half step?

Whole

400

Write this measure in 4/4

quarter, eighth/2sixteents, quarter rest, triplet

500

Name the meter in this listening example.

(play on device)

Compound Duple