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What is the sustain pedal?

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The pedal on the far right hand side.

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What are the three pedals called, starting from left to right?

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Far left-The soft pedal.
Middle-The sostenuto pedal.
Far right-The sustain pedal.

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What do these three pedals do?

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Soft pedal-Makes the notes sound softer, and also stops them from ringing, for a muted, staccato sound.
Sostenuto pedal-Sustains notes that are held down at the time you press the pedal. This lets you play a melody line while sustaining the chord, for example, without the melody notes being sustained.
Sustain pedal-Holds all the notes I play as long as I’m holding down the pedal.

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What is a chord?

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A chord is three notes played at the same time. A chord is when you play at least three different notes at the same time.

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What notes make up the C,F and G major chords?

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C Major chord-C, E, and G.
F major chord-F, A, and C.
G Major chord-G, B, and D.

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In the C chord, the note under my thumb(finger 1) is a C. What two things is this note also called.

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  1. The note C is called the root, or tonic note.
  2. Since this is the first note to be played(the number 1
    note) , it’s called the C chord.
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Does the same theory apply to the F and G chord as well?

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Yes, since the F is the root, or tonic note, it’s called the F chord. For the G, since the G is the root or tonic note, it’s called the G chord.

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What is meant by the term ‘Chord Progression’?

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Songs are written in chords played in a particular order. This is called a Chord Progression.

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What is meant by the word ‘Staff’?

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A staff is a series of 5 lines and 4 spaces used to separate notes on sheet music.

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What is the symbol called at the beginning of the staff, and what does it look like?

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This is called the treble clef. It looks like a fancy letter S.

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What does the treble clef sign tell you?

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That this a ‘Treble staff’ which contain notes from the middle of the piano going to the right.

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What does the word ‘Tempo’ mean?

Give an example of how you would use the word Tempo in a sentence?

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In music, playing speed is called Tempo, how fast or slow you play a song.
First practice the song at a slow Tempo, then gradually work up to a faster tempo.

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What is meant by the word ‘Grand Staff’?

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Were you see both the treble clef and base clef together on the sheet music. When the treble and base staff are joined together with a brace, then it’s called the grand staff.

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What is a ‘Leger line’?

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A short line written through a note, such as the short line written through the note middle C. Leger lines allow you to extend the range of notes that can be written on either the treble or bass clef

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What notes make up the A minor chord?

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The notes A, C, and E.

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How does a Major chord sound different than a Minor chord?

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The major chord has a brighter, happier sound. The minor chord has a darker, sadder sound to it.

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What are ‘Bar lines’?

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Vertical lines on sheet music that separate groups of notes.

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What is meant by the term ‘Measure’?

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A measure is the area between these two vertical lines, aka bar lines.

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  1. What is a ‘Time Signature’?

2. What does the top and bottom number tell you?

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  1. A time signature are the two numbers shown at the beginning of the staff on the sheet music.
  2. Top number-how many beats are in each measure.
    Bottom number-what note value is equal to one
    beat.
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What is meant by the term ‘Half step’?

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Two notes next to each other without anything between them. The very next key on the keyboard regardless if it’s a black or white key.

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What is a ‘Whole Step’?

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A whole step consists of two half steps.

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What does a major scale consist of?

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A major scale consists of notes separated by whole steps and half steps.

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What pattern do you use to create a major scale?

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This pattern allows you to create a major scale anywhere on the keyboard:

  1. Whole step 5. Whole step
  2. Whole step 6. Whole step
  3. Half step 7. Half Step
  4. Whole step
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What is a key signature, and where can it be found on the sheet music?

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The key signature lets know which notes are to be sharped or flatted in the song, and can be found at the beginning of the staff next to the time signature.

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What is an arpeggio?

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An arpeggio is the same notes of a chord, but played seperately. In an arpeggio you play the 3 notes of a chord seperately going either up or down on the keyboard .

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What is the difference between a chord and a

arpeggio?

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In a chord you play the 3 notes all at the same time.

27
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How would you play the C chord arpeggio style?

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In the C chord the notes C, E, and G are played seperately, going either up or down on the keyboard, instead of being played together. Such as when you play the C chord or any chord for that matter.

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What does an eighth note look like?

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Eighth notes look just like quarter notes, but they have a flag at the end of the stem. Quarter notes don’t have any flags at the end of their stem.

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  1. What is the time value of an eighth note?
  2. 2 eighth notes are equal to what kind of note?
  3. What is the time value of an eighth rest?
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  1. An eighth note gets the time value of a half beat. Each eighth note gets a half of a beat.
  2. 2 eighth notes equal the time value of one quarter note.
  3. An eighth rest has the same time value of an eighth note, or a half beat.
30
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What is a tie? What does it look like and what does it

do?

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A tie is a curved line that connects two notes together so that their played as a single note. When you see a tie play the first note only and hold for a combined value of
both.

31
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What is a ‘Dot’, and what does it do?

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When dots are added to notes or rests, they always increase the time value of that note or rest by one-half. When a dot is added to the end of a note or a rest, it adds one-half to that notes or rest time value.

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What is the time value of:

  1. A dotted quarter note?
  2. A dotted half note?
  3. A dotted half rest?
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  1. Dotted quarter note-1&1/2 beats.
  2. Dotted half note-three beats.
  3. Dotted half rest-three beats.
33
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What is an accent symbol, and what does it look like?

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An accent symbol is placed above a note or chord which means to play that note or chord louder than normal, give it more emphasis. The symbol looks somewhat like an arrow.

34
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What notes make up the C major chord, and what are their hand numbers?

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The notes C, E and G.
C - 1st note, the thumb, root note.
E - 3rd note, middle finger.
G - 5th note, fifth finger.

35
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The sound of a major chord is based on…?

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The distance, or interval between the root note and the 3rd note of the chord.

36
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In all major chords, how many steps is the 3rd note from the root note?

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The third note is 2 whole steps from the root note.

37
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This interval of two whole steps is called what?

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A major third.

38
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C to D is a whole step, and D to E is another whole step. It’s the –#1– of a –#2– from the notes C to E that makes this a –#3–?

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  1. Interval, or distance.
  2. Major third.
  3. C Major chord.
39
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How do you tell whether a chord is a Major or a Minor chord?

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By looking at the interval, or distance between the root note and the 3rd note of the chord.

40
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  1. For a major chord, the interval, or distance between the the root note and the 3rd note is ___?
  2. For a minor chord, the interval, or distance between the root note and the third note is___?
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  1. For a major chord, 2 whole steps.

2. For a minor chord, 1 & 1/2 steps.

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How do you change a Major chord to a Minor Chord?

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If you want to change a major chord to a minor chord, move the 3rd note of the major chord down a half
step.

42
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Change the C major chord to a C Minor chord.

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C Major chord - C, E, and G.

C minor chord - C, E flat, and G.

43
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  1. In a minor chord, what is the interval, or distance between the 1st and 3rd note?
  2. What is this interval, or distance called?
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  1. 1 whole step, plus a 1/2 step.

2. This interval of a whole step and a 1/2 step is called a minor third.

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  1. What notes make up the F major chord?

2. How can you tell if it’s a major or minor chord?

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  1. The notes F, A, and C.
  2. By the interval or distance between the root note(F) and the 3rd note(A)of the chord. The interval, or distance between F and A is two whole steps.
45
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  1. How would you turn the F major chord into a F minor chord?
  2. What notes make up the F minor chord?
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  1. By lowering the interval, or distance of the root note and the 3rd note by a 1/2 step.
  2. F, A flat, C.
46
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How do you tell whether the chord is a Major or Minor chord?

A

By looking at the interval, or distance between the root note and the third note of the chord.

47
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  1. For a major chord, how many steps are there between the root note and the third note?
  2. For a minor chord, how many steps are there between the root note and the third note?
A
  1. For a major chord - 2 whole steps.

2. For the minor chord - One and 1/2 steps.

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What is meant by the term ‘Chord Inversion’?

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When you play a 3 note chord in different ways. A chord inversion is when you stack the notes of a chord in a different order.

49
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Give 3 examples of chord inversion using the C major chord.

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  1. Root position - when the C, or root note is the first, or lowest note to be played, it’s called the C major chord in root position.
  2. 1st inversion - when the third note of the chord, or the note E, is the lowest(first)note to be played, it’s called the C major chord, first inversion.
  3. 2nd inversion - when the fifth note of the chord, or the note G, is the lowest(first)note to be played, it’s called the C major chord, 2nd inversion.
50
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A three note chord can be played how many ways?

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3 different ways.

51
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  1. When the root note of a chord is the lowest(first)note to be played, it’s called?
  2. When the third note of a chord is the lowest(first)note to be played, it’s called?
  3. When the fifth note of a chord is the lowest(first)note to be played, it’s called?
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  1. The root position.
  2. The first inversion.
  3. The 2nd inversion.
52
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The C major chord(C, E, and G) is called the ___ chord because it’s built on the ___ note of the C major scale.

A

1 chord

First

53
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The F major chord(F, A, and C) is called the __chord because it’s built on the__ note of the __ major scale.

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4 chord

4th
C

54
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The G major chord(G, B, and D) is called the __chord because it’s built on the __ note of the __major scale.

A

5 chord

5th
C

55
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How do you find the flat 7th of any chord?

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Go to the note one octave above the root note, then move a whole step down from that(octave)note.

56
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How do you find the flat 7th for the C major chord.

A
  1. Go one octave up from the root note.

2. Go one whole step down from that octave note, which will be the note B flat.

57
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Major chords with this type of 7th added are called?

A

Dominant 7th chords.

58
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What notes make up the Dominant 7th C major chord?

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The notes C, E, G, and B flat.

59
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To play Dominant 7th chords in root position, which note do you start on?

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The root note.

60
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What notes make up the Dominant 7th F major chord?

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The notes F, A, C, and E flat.

61
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What notes make up the Dominant 7th G major chord?

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The notes G, B, D, and F.

62
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No matter what order you play the notes of a chord, it’s still the same chord. Use this example on the C major chord.

A

In the C major chord, even if you play it in the root, 1st, or 2nd inversion, it’s still the C major chord.

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