Vocab
This is a semitone between two pitches with the same letter name
What is chromatic half step?
This is a sign that appears at the beginning of each line of a musical score, after the clef, showing which pitches are to be sharped or flatted
What is a key signature?
This is the order of the sharps in a key signature
What is F C G D A E B?
This is how to identify the key of a flat key signature
What is the second from last flat (minus F since it only has 1 flat)?
Write a major scale from the following given pitch: Bb
What is Bb - C - D - Eb - F - G - A - Bb?
This is a scale with seven different letter names that in some rotation matches the W-W-H-W-W-W-H pattern of steps
What is a diatonic scale?
This is a semitone between two pitches with different letter names
What is a diatonic half step?
This is the order of the flats in a key signature
What is B E A D G C F?
This is the order of how to place the flats in a key signature
What is Bb, up, down, up, down, up, down?
what is 1 = do, 2 = re, 3 = mi, 4 = fa, 5 = sol, 6 = la, 7 = ti?
This singing system has a certain pitch class with a particular syllable assigned to it, no matter the key
What is fixed do solfège?
This is the ordered collection of pitches arranged according to the pattern of W-W-H-W-W-W-H
What is a major scale?
This key signature has 4 sharps, while this key signature has 6 flats
What are E major (4 Sharps) and Gb major (6 flats)?
These are the two spellings for chromatic scales and these are how to choose which one?
What are sharps going up and flats going down?
Write a major scale from the given pitch: A
What is A - B - C# - D - E - F# - G# - A?
This is a collection of four distinct pitches or pitch classes, with a segment of four consecutive members of a scale
What is a tetrachord?
This is a singing system in which a particular syllable is associated with a particular scale step
What is Movable Do Solfège?
This key signature has 5 sharps this key signature has 1 flat
What is B major (5 sharps) and F major (1 flat)?
This is the order of how to place the sharps in a key signature
What is F#, down, up, down, down, up, down?
What is the air velocity of a swallow?
What is African or European?
This is the juxtaposition of two beat divisions, such as three against four, in different musical layers
What is polyrhythm?
This is a tempo fluctuation, speeding up or slowing down slightly, often used approaching an important musical goal
What is Rubato?
This key signature has 2 flats, this key signature has 6 sharps, and this key signature has 7 sharps
What is Bb major (2 flats), F# major (6 sharps), and C# major (7 sharps)?
These are the guidelines for beaming rhythms together in a compound meter
What is dotted notes get the beat unit, beam in groups of three for the beat division, and beam in groups of 6 for the beat subdivision?
Write the following major key signature in Treble Clef: Eb major
Write the following major key signature in bass clef: B major
What is 3 flats (Bb middle line, Eb top space, Ab 2nd space) and 5 sharps (F# fourth line, C# 2nd space, G# Top space, D# middle line, A# 1st space)?