Key Signatures
The key signature that has no sharps or flats
What is C Major/A Minor?
The dynamic meaning moderately soft
What is mezzopiano (mp)?
The marking meaning to make a note short
What is staccato (also written as a little dot above the note)?
The largest common interval (i.e. E2 to E3)
What is an octave?
The time signature that can also be written as a "C"
What is 4/4 or common time?
The relative minor of F Major
What is D Minor?
The marking meaning to gradually slow down
What is ritardando (also written rit. or ritard.) or rallintando?
The articulation marking normally written as a "^" above a note, meaning to strongly emphasize a note
What is marcato?
What is a perfect fourth?
The key of Eb Major has this number of flats in the key signature
What are three flats?
The dynamic marking meaning to get softer
What is a decrescendo (also written as decresc. or <) or diminuendo?
Written as a line above or below a note, tenuto means that the musician should not...
What is shorten the note?
The distance from Ab to F
What is a major sixth?
How the beat is divided in an irregular time signature
What is any assortment?
The division of the beat is up to the composer, but is generally written as a mashup between the beat being divided into two and into three
The order of flats
What is B-E-A-D-G-C-F?
(Hint: Same system as measuring heart rate)
What is Beats Per Minute (BPM)?
The word meaning that the musician should follow the same articulation pattern as previously noted
What is "simile"
Name at least one trick for figuring out the interval between two notes
What is finding a song that starts with a certain interval (i.e. Russian National Anthem for p4), counting the spaces between the two notes, or other
The meaning of the bottom number in a key signature
What is the type of note that gets the beat?
The minor key signature of a piece with five sharps
What is G# Minor?
The marking meaning that the musician should return to the tempo present at the start of the piece
What is "a tempo"?
The marking meaning to hold a note as long as the conductor wants
What is a fermata?
The distance from E to Ab
What is a diminished fourth?
How to tell the difference between compound and simple time signatures
What is the division of the beat (compound into 3, simple into 2)?