Rhythm/Meter
What is meter?
The organization of strong and weak beats into measures.
What is notation?
Any means of writing down music.
If in 4/4 time, how many beats total is a half note tied to an eighth note?
2 1/2
What is pitch?
How high or low a note sounds.
The interval formula for a major scale is...
W-W-H-W-W-W-H
What does a time signature do?
Tells us how many beats are in a measure and what note gets the beat.
What is Mr. Cheek's favorite video game?
Baldur's Gate 3
What does a dot do?
Takes half of a note's durational value and adds it on to the note.
The group of equidistant lines upon which we place notes to indicate pitch and rhythm.
Staff
The interval formula for a natural minor scale is...
W-H-W-W-H-W-W
What is beat?
The steady, underlying pulse that serves as the basic rhythmic structure for a piece of music. The "heartbeat" of music.
This clef is also known as the "F" clef.
Bass clef.
A single sixteenth note is worth how many beats?
1/4 of a beat.
What is the difference between a bar line and a double bar line?
Bar lines serve to separate measures, whereas a double bar line indicates the end of a piece of music.
The shortest distance between two notes is called...
a half step.
The strong beat in a measure falls on which beat?
1
A measure is...
a chunk of music with a specific number of beats.
A dotted quarter note is worth how many beats in 4/4 time?
1 1/2 (1.5)
What are ledger lines?
Small lines used to extend the staff above or below.
To find the relative natural minor from a major scale we...
Start on scale degree 6 while keeping the same collection of pitches.
What is rhythm?
Patterns of sounds and silences in music.
Two staves connected by a brace, combining treble and bass clef is known as...
a grand staff.
A whole note, tied to a half note, tied to a quarter note is worth how many beats total?
7
The distance between two notes...
Interval
To create a parallel natural minor scale from a major scale...
Lower scale degrees 3, 6, and 7.