Grade 1: Theory Flashcards
The pitch is used to describe…
How high or low the sound of a note is.
The treble clef is also known as…
As the ‘G’ clef because it circles round the second line if the staff and fixes that line as G.
The bass clef is also known as…
The ‘F’ clef, because the two dots of the sign are placed on either side of the fourth line so as to fix the pitch of F.
What is the smallest distance between two notes on a piano?
A semi-tone.
Two semitones =
A tone.
What does a sharp do to a note?
Raises it by a semitone in pitch.
What does a flat do to a note?
Lowers it by one semitone in pitch.
What does a natural do to a note?
Restores it to its original pitch.
Formation of a major scale?
Tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone, tone, semitone.
A tonic triad consists of…?
The tonic, third and fifth of the scale.
Tonic triad of C major?
C, E, G.
A semibreve is equivalent to…?
Two minims or Four crochets or Eight quavers or Sixteen semiquavers.
A minim is equivalent to…?
Two crochets or Four quavers or Eight semiquavers.
A crochet is equivalent to…?
Two quavers or Four semiquavers or Eight demisemiquavers.
A quaver is equivalent to…?
Two semiquavers or Four demisemiquavers.
A semiquaver is equivalent to…?
Two demisemiquavers.
4
4 is also know as…
Common time.
2
2 is also known as…
Alla Breve
The value of a note or rest can be increased by placing a dot after it. The effect of the dot is…
Is to increase the length of the note or rest by half its original value.
How do you find the key of a melody with sharps?
Find which sharp is last in the key signature. The last sharp is always the seventh degree of the scale, therefore the keynote will be a semitone above.
How do you find the key if a piece with flats?
Find the last flat in the key signature, the keynote will be four notes below it.
