Question | Answer |
Beat | steady pulse of all music |
Quarter Note | One beat of sound |
Quarter Rest | One beat of silence |
Barline | Vertical line that groups notes and rests together |
Measure | The space between the barlines |
Meter | Way of organizing rhythm |
Time Signature | Set of numbers at the beginning of a piece of music. |
Staff | Five lines and four spaces on which notes are written |
Clef | Symbol at the beginning of a staff that indicates which lines and spaces represent which ones. |
Treble Clef | Clef that generally indicates notes that are higher than middle C |
Bass Clef | Clef that generally indicates note lower than middle C |
Grand Staff | A staff that is created when to staves are joined together |
Scale | A group of pitches when are sung or played in succesion are based on a particular home tone (tonic) |
Key | Detirmined by its home tone or tonic. |
Rhythm | Combination of long and short notes and rests. |
Half Note | Note that represents to beats of sound |
Half Rest | Note that represents to beats of silence |
Dotted Half Note | a note that represents three beats of music |
Whole Note | a note that represents four beats of sound |
Whole Rest | a note that represents four beats of silence. |
Major Scale | From Do to Do |
Natural Minor Scale | Is from La to La |
Eighth Note | Is a note that represents half a beat of sound. |
Eighth Rest | Is a note that represents half a beat of silence |
Major Tonic Triad | Do, Mi, So, Built on the 1st, 3rd and 5th notes on the Major Scale. |
Minor Tonic Triad | La, Do, Mi; built on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th notes of the minor scale |
Tie | Is a curved line used to connect two or more Notes of the same pitch in order to make one longer note |
Dotted Quarter Note | is a curved line used to connect two or more Notes of the same pitch in order to make one longer note |
Interval | distance between two notes. |