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Markings indicating volume in music

Dynamics

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What is F#'s enharmonic?

Gb

100

Do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do

Solfege

100

How do you identify a key signature that has flats?

The key is the second to last flat in the key signature

100
The vertical line which separates on e measure from the next

Bar Line

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The speed of the song

Tempo

200

What are the note names for a G Major triad?

G, B, and D

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A flat, sharp or natural sign that appears within a piece of music; this affects the notes written on the same line or space following it for that measure only 

Accidental

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How do you identify the key signature if it has sharps?

Go up a half step from the last sharp

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2 or more notes that are played at the same time

Chords

300

Marking to play smoothly connected

Legato

300

What key signature has three sharps?

A major

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A scale made up entirely of half steps. On the keyboard it uses every black and white key

Chromatic Scale

300

The pedal furthest to the right, allows pianist to sustain tones even after keys are released by holding up the dampers so the strings continue vibrating

Sustain Pedal

300

The name of the 5 lines and 4 spaces on which music notes and other symbols are written

Staff

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Two notes of the same pitch joined by a curved line over or under the note. This acts like a "plus sign" and adds the value of the two notes together, so only the first of the notes connected together is played or sung

Tie

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If we are building a G V7 chord, what key are we in? And, what are the notes in that V7 chord?

We are in the key of C, and the notes in the chord are G, B, D and F

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The word used to describe two notes that sound the same but are written differently

Enharmonic

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Playing notes in a short, detached manner

Staccato

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Name the two clefs that are used in the grand staff (in piano music)

Treble Clef and Bass Clef

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A time signature equivalent to 4/4 notated as a capital "C"

Common Time

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What is the fifth in a D V7 chord?

A

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What are the different types of intervals?

Perfect, Minor, Major, Augmented, Diminished
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True or false - The resting place at the end of a phrase is called a finality

False

500

Written to indicate the end of a piece of music

Double Bar line