Basic Navy Music 10244 Flashcards

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The great staff is ____ construction consisting of ___ lines and ___ spaces. Middle C is the ___ ___.

A

Theoretical. 11 lines. 10 spaces. Middle, 6th line.

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A ___ ___ must be used to indicate which five lines of the great staff are to be used for pitch notation

A

clef sign

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Great staff IS/NOT used for notation.

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NOT

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Lower loop of the G clef sign encircles ___ above ____. Also called:

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G above middle C. Treble Clef.

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Converging arms of C clef designate:

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Middle C

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Two dots of F clef designate the line passing between them as:

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F below middle C (f).

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G is on the ___ ___ of treble clef.

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2nd line.

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Treble and bass clefs, joined together, form the ____ ____.

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Grand Staff.

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9
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temporary extensions above or below the staff.

A

ledger lines

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lowest note and highest on piano:

A

AAA (subcontra A) to c5

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what are the different octaves on great staff?

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Subcontra, contra, great, small, first, second, third, fouth.

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What are the G clefs, where are they?

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Super treble (G on bottom line). Treble (G on second line).

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Where are the C clefs?

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Soprano (c1 bottom line), Mezzo Soprano (c1 line 2), Alto (line 3), tenor (line 4), bariton (line 5).

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Where are the F clefs?

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Baritone, f line 3. Bass, f line 4. Contra Bass, f line 5.

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The super treble clef read like _________

A

bass clef

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The baritone F clef reads like ______

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Baritone C clef.

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Baritone C clef reads like_____

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Baritone F clef.

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What are the 4 commonly used clefs?

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Treble, Bass, Alto, Tenor.

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The double whole rest sits where?

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fills space between 3rd and 4th line.

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A tie is a curved line:

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joining two or more successive notes of identical pitch

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Ties are/not used with rests because _____

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are NOT b/c rests are cumulative

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a Dot placed after a note or rest increases duration by:

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one half the original value

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Each additional dot:

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increases the duration of the note or rest by one half the value of the previous dot.

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TEMPO refers to:

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the rate of progression of beats and beat combinations

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Slow tempi are composed of ____ beat durations. Fast tempi are comprised of beats of ____ duration.
Slow = long. Fast = short.
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Regularly recurring pulsations in music
Beat
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The beat is:
Regularly recurring pulsations in music.
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Recurring pattern of accented and unaccented pulsations:
meter
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Meter is the:
recurring pattern of accented and unaccented pulsations in music.
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Metrical stress describes the:
beat groupings
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Duple metrical stress describes:
beat groupings of 2
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If the meter establishes groups of 3, the metrical stress is:
triple
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Quadruple metrical stress is when:
Meter (recurring pattern of pulsations) establishes beat groupings (metrical stress) or 4
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Metrical stress describes the beat groupings and:
division of the beat
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When the beat is normally divisible by two, the metrical stress is:
simple
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When the beat is normally divisible by three, the metrical stress is:
compound
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The ____ or ____ _____ is a musical symbol which indicates ______ and the ______
Meter - Time Signature. Indicates metrical stress (meter) and the unit of beat (notation).
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Unit of beat is:
the value that gets one beat
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The upper numeral in time signature:
metrical stress
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The lower numeral in time signature:
Unit of beat OR division of beat (in compound)
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A ___ ____ is placed vertically on a staff to indicate the:
more accented beat in a beat grouping. (1).
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The space between any two adjacent bar lines is a :
measure
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Another word for measure:
bar.
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Unit of beat: whole note. Divided beat: 2 half notes. what is it in duple, triple, quadruple time?
2/1. 3/1. 4/1.
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Unit of beat: half note. Divided beat: 2 quarter notes. what is it in duple, triple, quadruple time?
2/2 (cut time), 3/2, 4/2
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Unit of beat: 1/4 note. Divided beat: 2 1/8 notes. what is it in duple, triple, quadruple time?
2/4, 3/8, 4/8
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Unit of beat: 1/16 note. Divided beat: 1/32 notes. what is it in duple, triple, quadruple time?
2/16, 3/16, 4/16
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The symbol C in time signature stands for ___ meaning:
Common time, 4/4
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The symbol for cut time is called ___ and functions as (numerically).
alla breve. 2/2
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Alla breve literally means:
according to the breve (or half note)
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Explain 2/4:
Simple duple time with the 1/4 note getting the unit of the beat.
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Any note divisible by ____ may be used as the unit of the beat in compound time.
3
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Since dotted note and rest values are normally divisible by __ , any dotted note, except _______, may be used as unit of the beat.
3. dotted 64th (impractical)
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In compound time, the lower number will always be _, _, _, _, _. corresponding to the ____/ _____, usually specifying the _______
2, 4, 8, 16, 32. Note value/name. Division of the beat.
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The unit of the beat in compound is found by:
finding the dotted note value that is equal to 3 of the notes indicated by lower numeral.
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List the most commonly used lower numerals, in order of frequency, for compound time.
8, 4, 2, 16
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Duple, triple, quadruple metrical stress in compound is indicated by: _____, ______, or __________
upper numeral of 6 (2x3 division) or 9 (3x3) or 12 (4x3)
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What is 3/8?
Simple triple.
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Explain time signature 12/8
compound triple with dotted 1/4 note getting unit of the beat
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In a time signature 6/8, the 6 means: ____; while 8 means: ____.
6 Indicates the music is in compound duple time with each beat divisible into 3 parts. 8 indicates that the 8th note is division of beat w/the unit of beat represented by dotted 1/4.
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Contemporary composes write compound signatures with the ____ number of beats as ____ numeral and note value _____.
actual # beats as upper. | Note value below.
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When music composed of beats of unequal length, what is metrical stress?
Composite or Complex
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beats in composite meters divisible by ___ or ____ with the divided beats having the same duration.
2 or 3
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Composite Duple
5/4
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Composite triple
7/8
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Composite Quadruple
9/8
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Composite may be notated in 3 ways:
Lower # as divided beat and upper as sum of divided beats in measures; Lower # as unit of beat and upper # as mixed number Lower # as divided beat and upper # as beat composite.