Music Theory Jeopardy

Chords and Inversions

100

This inversion places the third of the chord in the bass

1st inversion

200

This chord is as basic as they come

Root position

300

This chord has 4 notes opposed to the usual 3

7 Chord

400

This chord is also know as the dominant chord in any given key

Five Chord

500

This progression results in a Perfect AUthentic Cadence

I-V-I

Key Signatures

100

0 flats and sharps

C Major and A minor

200

2 flats

B flat and D minor

300

4 sharps

E Major and C# minor

400

3 Flats

E flat and C-flat minor

500

7 sharps

C# Major and A# Minor

Scales

100

Major

Half steps between 3 and 4 and 7 and 8

200

minor

lowered 3rd, 6th and 7th

300

Harmonic Minor

Raised 7th

400

Melodic Minor

Raised 6th and 7th going up and lowered going down

500

Aeolian is also known as 

NAtural minor

Intervals

100

D-A

P5

200

C-F#

Tri-tone

300

B flat-D flat

Minor 3

400

A-F

minor 6

500

C-G#

A5

Vocabulary

100

Articulation

Clarity in the production of successive notes

200

Melody

The tune of the song

300

Form

The structure of the piece

400

Timbre

THe sound quality of a musical note

500

Tessitura

The range of an instrument or voice