Smallest distance between two notes
Half step
Composer who went deaf
Beethoven
Number of beats in a half note
Tells you what notes to play
Key signature
Hold the note longer than its value
Fermata
A _____ raises a note one half step, a _____ lowers it
Sharp, flat
Direction to turn the tuner if the string is flat
Right/clockwise
Beats in an eighth note
1/2
Top number of a time signature means
How many beats in a measure
A very fast tempo
Presto
Half step below C
B (half credit for Cb)
Roman numeral means
Position
Beats in a dotted half note
3
The most common time signature
4/4
Articulation symbolized by a curved line
Slur
E-F is a ______ step
Half
Play F# on D string with first finger - what position
2nd
Written counting for half notes
1-- 3--
How to find key signature with sharps
Put in order, find last sharp, go up a half step
Key with no sharps/flats
C Major
Number of half steps between B and D
3
How to play soft, how to play loud
Soft: upper half, less pressure, close to fingerboard
Loud: frog, more pressure/weight/speed, close to bridge
A dot adds ____ to the rhythm
Half the length/value of the note
Order of flats
BEADGCF
How to draw a segno
An S with a line through it and two dots on the sides