Pitch and Pitch Notation
How many lines and spaces are on the musical staff?
What is 5 lines and 4 spaces
What is the order that sharps go in on a key signature?
How many quarter notes are in a measure of 4/4?
What is 4 quarter notes
In a simple meter what is the beat divisible by?
What is 2
What does ritardando indicate about tempo?
What is the tempo gradually slows down
Are accidentals notated to the right or left of a note?
What is left
What happens to key signatures as you move down 1 clockwise on the circle of fifths?
What is a sharp is added to the key signature
What is an example of a time in which the rhythm played deviated from what is notated?
What is swing (or other correct example)
In a compound meter what is the beat divided into?
What is 3
What does the Italian word mezzo (ex. mp) mean?
What is medium or moderate
How would 8th note triplets in a simple compound meter be notated?
What is a 3 underneath the 8th notes?
What is the whole and half step pattern for a major scale?
What is W W H W W W H
How many dotted quarter notes are in a measure of 6/8?
What is 2 dotted quarter notes?
What type of meter is 3/8?
What is simple triple
What is the name for the marking ff and what does it mean?
What is fortissimo and very loud
What is an enharmonic equivalent?
What is the same pitch notated in different ways
What does a scale consist of?
What is whole and half steps moving from tonic to tonic
What is the difference between rhythm and meter?
What is meter defines how the beat is divided, and subdivisions are grouped and rhythm is the specific arrangment of notes within a meter
What does the top and bottom of a key signature mean?
What is the number of beats in a measure and what type of beat gets the note
How is tenuto marked and what does it mean?
What is a line underneath the note and smooth and connected
What is Fat Alley Cats Eat Garbage (or any working acronym)
What is the name for the 6th scale degree in a major scale?
What is submediant
In 9/8 how many dotted 8th notes are there?
What is 3 dotted 8th notes
What type of meter is 12/16?
What is quadruple compound
What tempo would Larghetto be?
What is quarter note = 22-66