Chords and Inversions
Letters and Things
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Music Theory
Piano Facts
100

This is the name of a 3-note chord where all of the notes can be arranged a third away from each other

What is a triad?

100

Treble clef, first line

What is E?

100

This is how many minutes there are in a year

What is 525,600?

100

This term refers to how loud or how soft music is played

What are dynamics?

100

A full-size piano has this number of white and black keys

What is 88?

200
A D chord includes these letters

What is D, F, and A?

200
Treble clef, second space

What is A?

200
Known as "Doggie Disneyland", this local park features a 40-acre dog off-leash area

What is Marymoor Park?

200
This curved line connects two different notes of the same letter and acts as a PLUS SIGN, telling us to add those note values together

What is a tie?

200

On a full-size piano, this is the letter name of the lowest key

What is A?

300

This is the inversion that puts the fifth of the triad in the bass

What is 2nd inversion?

300

Bass clef, fourth space

What is G?

300

This contemporary commercial recording artist took home all of the 'Big 4' awards during this year's Grammy Awards

Who is Billie Eilish

300

This accidental is responsible for raising a note by a half step

What is a sharp?

300

This is the name of an acoustic piano where all the strings are arranged vertically (instead of lying flat)

What is an upright piano?

400

This is the inversion that puts the 3rd of the triad in the bass

What is 1st inversion?

400

This note is equidistant from the fifth line of the bass clef and the first line of the treble clef and also has a special name

What is Middle C?

400
These are the three main ingredients of hollandaise

Egg yolks, butter, and lemon juice

400

This Italian word, meaning 'medium' or 'moderate', can frequently be found in music as part of a dynamic level

What is mezzo?

400

This prolific composer, known for his piano Sonatas but mostly for his operas, was also known to have a boisterous and vulgar personality

Who was Mozart?

500

In order from bass to soprano note, these are the letters of an E chord in 2nd inversion

What is B, E, and G?
500

This is the letter of the note found three ledger lines above the fifth line of the treble clef

What is E?

500

These tall columnar clouds are often associated with thunderstorms/severe weather systems

What are cumulonimbus clouds?

500

This articulation tells us to perform that note short and detached

What is staccato?

500

In basic pop 4-chord progressions, these are the Roman Numerals used (in order to play the progression in any key)

What is I, V, vi, IV?