Pitch

Question 1

All four different clefs

Answer 1

Bass, tenor, alto, treble

Question 2

Enharmonic equivalents

Answer 2

Notes that sound at the same pitch but are written differently

Question 3

An example of three enharmonic equivalents

Answer 3

A Double Sharp, B and C Flat

Question 4

Transposing by a major 2nd

Answer 4

2 semitones lower/higher

Question 5

Transposing by a minor 3rd

Answer 5

3 semitones lower/higher

Question 6

Transposing by a perfect 5th

Answer 6

7 semitones lower/higher

Question 7

Semitone

Answer 7

Half a tone

Question 8

Transposing key signatures

Answer 8

This is used to avoid writing a lot of accidentals. For example, A major (3 sharps) transposed up a minor 3rd to C major (no sharps or flats)

Question 9

Transposing melodies

Answer 9

1. Work out the new key
2. Write every new note by transposing the previous notes

Question 10

Transposing melodies with accidentals

Answer 10

1. Work out the new key and key signature
2. Write each note a major 2nd higher than the original
3. In order to make each interval a major 2nd, every note with an accidental will need one in a transposed version. However, the transposed notes might need a different accidental

Question 11

Transposing instruments

Answer 11

Certain instruments that make sounds that are a different pitch from the notes written in the music

Question 12

Different instruments when C is played

Answer 12

1. Instruments in B flat will sound the note B flat - a major 2nd lower
2. Instruments in A will sound the note A - a major 3rd lower
3. Instruments in F will sound the note F - a perfect 5th lower

Question 13

Instruments in B flat examples

Answer 13

Clarinet in B flat and the trumpet in B flat

Question 14

Instruments in A example

Answer 14

Clarinet in A

Question 15

Instruments in F examples

Answer 15

Horn in F or the cor anglais