BASICS - GENERAL KNOWLEGE Flashcards

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Ascending

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rising in pitch, or going up the piano keyboard from left to right.

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Cadence

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a short sequence of notes or chords at the end of a musical phrase

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Chord

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more than two notes played at the same time

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Descending

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falling in pitch, or going down the piano keyboard from right to left

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Diminished fifth

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an interval of a perfect fifth flattened by one semitone

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Dominant

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the fifth note of the scale, an interval of a perfect fifth above the tonic

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extended

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extended chords contain extra notes added from further up the keyboard. A major ninth chords, for instance, contains: root, third, fifth, seventh, ninth

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harmonic interval

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notes of different pitches played together at the same time, as opposed to one after the other

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harmony

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a tune that complements a melody when played at the same time, also refers to the relationship between a series of chords

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interval

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the difference between two note pitches. intervals are named according to the number of letter names they span, e.g. from C to D is a 2nd, C to F is a 4th etc.

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inversion

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the order of notes in a chord is changed, a first inversion would see the root shifted up an octave to the top of a chord

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key

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the scale on which a piece if music is based, the key takes its name from the tonic, or first note of this scale

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major scale

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the most common scale in western music, a series of eight notes with a set pattern of intervals:2-2-1-2-2-2-1

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major second

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an interval of two semitones between two different notes, for example, C to D is a major second interval

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major seventh

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the interval between the root and the seventh pf a major scale, equivalent to 11 semitones

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major sixth

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an interval of nine semitones between two different notes, C to A for example

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major third

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an interval of four semitones between two different notes, examples include: C to E, G to B, D to F#

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melodic interval

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when two notes of different pitches are played after one another

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melody

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a sequence of notes played one after the other to produce a tune

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minor scale

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the sad-sounding sequence of notes you get when you play a major scale from the sixth note upwards

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minor second

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an interval of one semitone between two notes. for example, C to Db is a minor second interval

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minor third

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an interval of three semitones between two different notes. for example, C to Eb is a minor third interval, as is G to Bb

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minor seventh

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the interval between the root note and the flattened seventh note of a major scale. equivalent to ten semitones

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minor sixth

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an interval of eight semitones between two different notes. for example, C to Ab is a minor sixth interval

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