Grade 1 Theory Flashcards
What is the pattern of tones and semitones for a major scale?
tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone, tone, semitone
T, T, S, T, T, T, S
What is the pattern of tones and semitones for a harmonic minor scale?
tone, semitone, tone, tone, semitone, tone and a half, semitone
T, S, T, T, S, T ½, S
In music, what is an accidental?
An accidential is a sharp, a flat, or a natural written in front of a note.
What is a key signature?
A key signature is a set of sharps or flats placed immediately after the clef on each line.
Which major key signature has no sharps or flats?
The key of C major.
Which major key signature has one sharp?
The key of G major.
Which major key signature has only one flat?
The key of F major.
What is a time signature?
The time signature tells us how many beats are in each bar.
What do the numbers in the time signature tell us?
The top number tells us how many beats are in each bar.
The bottom number tells us what kind of beats they are.
What does four four time (or common time) mean?
It means there are four crotchet beats in each bar.
Which major key signature has two sharps?
The key of D major
What is it called when a piece begins on a weak beat?
an anacrusis
How many beat are in the last bar of a piece that begins with an anacrusis?
The number of beats that would be needed to make a full bar with the anacrusis.
What do we call keys that share the same key signatures?
relative keys
How do you find the relative minor of a major key?
You step DOWN three semitones from the tonic note.
