Italian Salad
Intervals and Notes
Notation
Scales
Music Puzzles
100

This Italian term refers to the speeding up of a piece.

What is accelerando?

100

While every interval can be augmented or diminished, these three intervals cannot be called major or minor.

What is unison, fourth, and fifth?

100

This is what you call the lines that connect eighth notes, sixteenth notes, and 32nd notes.

What is the beam?
100

This simple tool is used by musicians all over to identify scales and key signatures, and was invented in the late 1670's by Mykola Dylets'kiy.

What is the circle of fifths?

100

Complete this musical pattern.

F# C# G# D# A# E# B# __

What is F double-sharp?

200

This Italian term means, "little by little".

What is poco a poco?
200

This interval is most commonly found in scores for action films and not many other places.

What is a tritone? (alternatively, minor sixth)

200

4/4 time refers to common time. Cut time refers to this time signature.

What is 2/2 time?

200

The conversion from a natural minor scale to a major scale is simple. You just change these things.

What is the third, sixth, and seventh? (All sharped)

200

Complete this musical pattern.

I ii __ IV V vi viio 

What is iii? (Lowercase only!)

300

This Italian term refers to plucking the strings of a stringed instrument instead of using the bow.

What is Pizzicato? (alternatively, pizz.)

300

A perfect 4th is a half step more than a Major 3rd. A perfect 8ve is a half step more than a Major 7th. A Perfect 5th is a half step more than this.

What is a tritone?

300

The ____ chord of a harmonic minor scale is major. (use words such as "tonic")

What is the Dominant chord, Mediant Chord, and Submediant Chord?

300

The Aeolian scale is nearly the same as the Dorian scale, with this key difference.

What is a raised sixth?

300

Complete this musical pattern.

Do Se Fa Ti Te Mi Me __

What is La?

400

This Italian term refers to the correct way to play the piano when you are emulating a harpsichord.

What is partamento?

400

When you have a major triad in root position, it is made up of a major third and a minor third. When you invert it twice, it becomes made up of these two intervals.

What is a major sixth and a perfect fourth?

400

When one hand plays the melody while another plays the melody slightly behind it, it is called this. (Not a round, the official name)

What is a canon?

400

The Locrian Scale has these pitches RAISED with reference to the Ionian scale. 

What is no pitches?

400

Gerald is trying to play a piece without a metronome, but he needs something to give him the tempo. The piece runs at 180 bpm. Gerald picks up this simple household item and plays the song perfectly.

What is a clock (with a second hand)?

500

This Italian term refers to becoming broader, slowing down (not ritardando, it is more a marking of feeling than one of strick usage).

What is slentando? (Alternatively, slargando)

500

Middle C is on the third line in the alto clef. If, theoretically, there was a C clef for the next voice lower than baritone, what line would become middle C?

What is the first ledger line above the clef? (incidentally, this is where middle c resides in the bass clef)
500

Jack is playing a polonaise. It doesn't matter which one he's playing, he will always play in this time signature.

What is 3/4 time?

500

Everyone knows that C major uses only white keys. This scale and its enharmonic use only black keys.

What is the F# Pentatonic Scale? (or Gb Pentatonic Scale)

500

Daily Double! Paginini, Mendelssohn, Dvorak. These three people all have this in common.

Who are people that have written famous concertos?