Section 1

Question 1

What letters does the musical alphabet consist of?

Answer 1

A B C D E F G

Question 2

How many steps is a whole tone?

Answer 2

Two

Question 3

How many steps is a semi tone?

Answer 3

One

Question 4

How do you sharpen a note?

Answer 4

Raise it by a semi tone

Question 5

How do you flatten a note?

Answer 5

Lower it by a semi tone

Question 6

What is the other name for a C#

Answer 6

Db

Question 7

What is a stave?

Answer 7

The 5 lines used on sheet music that the notes are placed on

Question 8

What letters go in the gaps on a treble clef stave?

Answer 8

F A C E

Question 9

What letters go in the gaps of a bass clef stave?

Answer 9

A C E G

Question 10

What is an octave?

Answer 10

8 notes/keys

Question 11

What does a semi breve look like?
What’s the other name for this?
How many counts does it last for?

Answer 11

Empty circle symbol
Whole note
4

Question 12

What does a minim look like?
What’s the other name for this?
How many counts does it last for?

Answer 12

Empty circle with stick
Half note
2

Question 13

What does a crotchet look like?
What’s the other name for this?
How many counts does it last for?

Answer 13

Filled circle with stick
Quarter note
1

Question 14

What does a quaver look like?
What’s the other name for this?
How many counts does it last for?

Answer 14

Filled circle with stick and flick
Eighth note
Half

Question 15

What does a semiquaver look like?
What’s the other name for this?
How many counts does it last for?

Answer 15

Filled circle with stick and 2 flicks
Sixteenth note
1/4

Question 16

What is the American term for whole note

Answer 16

Whole step

Question 17

What is the American term for semi tone?

Answer 17

Half step

Question 18

What is the American term for stave?

Answer 18

Staff

Question 19

What is the American term for bars?

Answer 19

Measures

Question 20

What is the American term for Tonic?

Answer 20

Keynote

Question 21

All major scales include what?

Answer 21

One of each note

Question 22

What steps are needed for a major scale?

Answer 22

T T ST T T T ST

Question 23

Which scale doesn’t include any sharps or flats?

Answer 23

C major

Question 24

What steps are needed to create a natural minor scale?

Answer 24

T ST T T ST T T

Question 25

How do you create the major key chart?

Answer 25

Insert C +4 to top row +3 to bottom row F C G D A E B - below top boxes B E A D G C F - below bottom boxes Add sharps to last two letters - top row Add flats to all but first letter - bottom row

Question 26

What does the major scale do?

Answer 26

Let’s you know how many sharps or flats are needed in the chosen scale

Question 27

What is the scale spelling for a major scale?

Answer 27

12345678

Question 28

What is the scale spelling for a harmonic minor scale?

Answer 28

1 2 b3 4 5 b6 7 8

Question 29

What is the scale spelling for a natural minor scale?

Answer 29

1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 8

Question 30

What is the scale spelling for a major pentatonic scale?

Answer 30

1 2 3 5 6 8

Question 31

What is the scale spelling for a minor pentatonic scale?

Answer 31

1 b3 4 5 b7 8

Question 32

What is the scale spelling for a blues scale?

Answer 32

1 b3 4 b5 5 b7 8

Question 33

What is the scale spelling for a Dorian scale?

Answer 33

1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7 8

Question 34

What is the scale spelling for a mixolydian scale?

Answer 34

1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 8

Question 35

What is a triad?

Answer 35

Numbers 1 3 5 of a scale

Question 36

What is a ledger line?

Answer 36

A small line added either below or above the stave for notes that are unable to fit on the stave

Question 37

What are key signatures used for?

Answer 37

Used so sharps and flats do not need to be added every time writing a note

Question 38

What is the relative minor?

Answer 38

Starts 3 semi tones below the tonic. | Share a key signature with the original key just start on a different note