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Question 1

what is the musical alphabet?

Answer 1

A B C D E F G A

Question 2

what is solfege?

Answer 2

Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do

Question 3

what is an interval?

Answer 3

an interval is the distance between two notes (e.g. 5th or 2nd)

Question 4

place the musical alphabet from highest to lowest

Answer 4

A (high), G, F, E, D, C, B, A

Question 5

what is beat?

Answer 5

the underlying pulse of the music

Question 6

place the solfege from highest to lowest

Answer 6

Do (high), Ti, La, So, Fa, Mi, Re, Do

Question 7

what is rhythm?

Answer 7

patterns of long and short sounds and silences found in music.

Question 8

what is tempo?

Answer 8

the speed of the beat

Question 9

what is ostinato?

Answer 9

a constantly repeated pattern made throughout the music

Question 10

what is repetition?

Answer 10

playing or using the same idea more than one time.

Question 11

what is an ensemble?

Answer 11

a group of musicians that play together

Question 12

what is a metre in music?

Answer 12

the groupings of the beats.

Question 13

what is a bar/measure in music?

Answer 13

a segment of music that contains a specific number of beats.

Question 14

what is the time signature?

Answer 14

a symbol in music notation is used to show how many beats are in a bar/measure and the length of those beats.

Question 15

what is a strong beat?

Answer 15

an emphasized beat

Question 16

what is a weak beat?

Answer 16

a beat with no emphasis

Question 17

what is forte?

Answer 17

a describing word to say that the music is strong/loud

Question 18

what is piano?

Answer 18

a describing word to say that the music is quiet/soft

Question 19

what is instrumentation?

Answer 19

the instruments used in a piece of music

Question 20

what is the length of a semibreve? (also known as whole note)

Answer 20

length = 4 beats

Question 21

what is the length of a minim?

Answer 21

length = 2 beats

Question 22

what is the length of a crochet?

Answer 22

length = 1 beat

Question 23

what is the length of a quaver?

Answer 23

length = 1/2 beat

Question 24

what does a
- semi- breve
- crochet
- minim
- quaver
look like?

Answer 24

(search up answer)

Question 25

what is a melody?

Answer 25

the melody of a piece of music is the main tune you can hear. Often, it is the part of the music you sing if the piece gets stuck in your head.

Question 26

what is a contour?

Answer 26

contour is the direction that a line takes across your music.

Question 27

what is range?

Answer 27

vertical distance between the highest and lowest notes in a melody.

Question 28

what are the characteristics of a staccato segment

Answer 28

playing notes that are short and crisp with a small silence between each note, staccato is indicated by a dot above or below a note. The dot's location depends on the direction of the note's stem.

Question 29

what are the characteristics of a legato segment

Answer 29

playing the notes as if they flow, smoothly connected into one another, legato is indicated by a line that connects above/below the notes.

Question 30

what are the characteristics of a non-legato segment

Answer 30

a musical direction that indicates notes should be played with breaks between them, the most commonly used segment of music in pieces.

Question 31

what are the note values

Answer 31

they indicate how long a note should be played for in music. sixteeth - triplet - eighth - quarter - half

Question 32

what is a metronome

Answer 32

a device that produces a regular repeated sound like a clock, to help musicians play music at a particular speed.

Question 33

what are the three types of pedals on a piano

Answer 33

on an acoustic piano, there are always three pedals: - sustain pedal (right) - sostenuto pedal (middle) - soft pedal (left)

Question 34

what are ledger lines ?

Answer 34

A ledger line is a short line used to extend the staff as needed for notes written above or below the Staff.

Question 35

name the term used when the treble clef and bass clef are joined together by a brace and a bar line.

Answer 35

grand staff

Question 36

what is the tonic?

Answer 36

the first letter in the musical alphabet

Question 37

octave

Answer 37

the eighth letter in the musical alphabet

Question 38

what is a semitone?

Answer 38

1 step (note) in any direction (includes flats and sharps)

Question 39

tone

Answer 39

2 steps in any direction (includes flats & sharps)

Question 39

what is the formula for a major chord?

Answer 39

starting note/or 1 (Tonic), Major 3rd, Perfect 5th.

Question 40

what is the formula for a minor chord?

Answer 40

starting note/1 (Tonic) , Minor 3rd, Perfect 5th

Question 41

what is this symbol? (#)

Answer 41

sharp symbol (notes raise 1 step)

Question 41

define the term chord

Answer 41

2 or more notes played at the same time

Question 42

what is this symbol? (b)

Answer 42

flat symbol (notes lower 1 step)