Basic Rudiments Lessons 4-6

Question 1

Major Scale pattern

Where are the semitones?

Answer 1

tone tone semitone tone tone tone semitone
(whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half)
semitones between degrees 3 & 4, 7 &8

Question 2

da capo, D.C.

Answer 2

repeat from the beginning

Question 3

dal segno, D.S.

Answer 3

repeat from the sign

Question 4

da capo/dal segno al fine

Answer 4

repeat from the indicated place and end at the word “fine”

Question 5

common time

Answer 5

another name for 4/4 time

symbol C

Question 6

Maj.

Answer 6

abbreviation for Major

Question 7

key signature

Answer 7

sharps or flats written at the beginning of the music directly after the clef

Question 8

interval

Answer 8

the distance in pitch between two notes

Question 9

harmonic interval

Answer 9

notes played at the same time, written above one another

Question 10

melodic interval

Answer 10

notes played after one another, written beside one another

Question 11

ascending

Answer 11

going up (interval, scale, etc)

Question 12

descending

Answer 12

going down (interval, scale, etc)

Question 13

Perfect Intervals: name the perfect intervals in the major scale

Answer 13

P1 (unison), P4, P5 P8 (octave)

Question 14

Major intervals: name the major intervals in the major scale

Answer 14

Maj 2, Maj 3, Maj 6, Maj 7

Question 15

Minor intervals

Answer 15

one chromatic semitone smaller than a major interval

Question 16

Natural Minor scale

Answer 16

same key as relative major, no changes