Music Flashcards

1
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A succession of different kinds of pitches.

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Melody

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2
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What are solfege/sol-fa syllables?

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Has seven main syllables which are: Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, and Ti.

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3
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What is A, B, C, D, E, F and G called in music?

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Musical Alphabets

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4
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What letter is Do?

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C

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5
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What letter is Re?

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D

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6
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What letter is Mi?

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E

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7
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What letter is Fa?

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F

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8
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What letter is Sol?

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G

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9
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What letter is La?

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A

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10
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What letter is Ti?

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B

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11
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It has 4 spaces and 5 lines.

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Staff

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12
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It is a special symbol that is put on the staff to determine the pitch. It indicates mid-range to high-range pitch. (Get a piece of paper and draw the clef)

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Treble clef/G-clef

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13
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Why is the treble clef called g-clef?

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It is because the curl passes through the g-line.

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14
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What is the letter used for the ledger line?

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Middle C or C

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15
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What are the acronyms used for E, G, B, D, and F and where are they used for? (Line or space)

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Every Good Boy/Bee Deserves Flowers, and lines.

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16
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What are the acronyms used for F, A, C, and E and where are they used for? (Line or space)

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Face, and space.

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17
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What is Bass clef also known as?

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F-clef

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18
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What are the acronyms used for G, B, D, F, and A and where are they used for? (Line or space)

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Great Big Dogs Fight Animals and lines.

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19
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What are the acronyms used for A, C, E, and G and where are they used for? (Line or space)

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All Cows Eat Grass, and space/

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20
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What is the letter used for the ledger line?

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Middle C or C

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21
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What is the clef used for mid-range to low-range? (Get a piece of paper and draw the clef.)

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Bass clef/F-clef

22
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Why is the bass clef called F-clef?

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It is because the line in between the two dots is the F-clef.

23
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It describes the distance between two notes. It is indicated by numbers 1-8.

24
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What is the first interval, and what is the distance of the notes?

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Unison/prime interval, and the notes are exactly the same

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What is the second interval, and what is the distance of the notes?
2nd Interval, two steps (from C to D)
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What is the third interval, and what is the distance of the notes?
3rd Interval, three steps (from C to E)
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What is the fourth interval, and what is the distance of the notes?
4th Interval, four steps (from C to F)
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What is the fifth interval, and what is the distance of the notes?
5th Interval, five steps (from C to G)
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What is the sixth interval, and what is the distance of the notes?
6th Interval, six steps (from C to A)
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What is the seventh interval, and what is the distance of the notes?
7th Interval, seven steps (from C to B)
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What is the eighth interval, and what is the distance of the notes?
8th Interval/Octave, eight steps (from C UP to C)
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It is the movement of melody.
Melodic contour
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What are the two types of ranges?
Wide range and Narrow range.
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How can we tell if the range is Narrow?
If it has 5 steps between highest and lowest pitches.
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How can we tell if the range is Wide?
If it has 10 steps between highest and lowest pitches.
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These are made up of a set of notes determined through a sequence of intervals.
Musical Scales
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It can be used to build melody and harmony in music.
Scales
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How can we identify if the key is a half step?
To remember that a half step occurs when there is nothing between the two keys.
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How can we identify if the key is a whole step?
To remember that there is a black key in between.
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What is the Major Pentatonic Scale?
Pentatonic scale has the word penta, which means five in Greek; It is a scale made out of five notes only.
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What is the pattern for Major Pentatonic Scale?
1 whole step, 1 whole step, 1 ½ steps, 1 whole step, I ½ steps. (WS - WS - 1 ½ S - WS - 1 ½ S)
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What is the Major Scale?
It is composed of eight notes arranged one after the other.
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What is the pattern for Major Scale?
Whole - Whole - Half - Whole - Whole - Whole - Half (W - W - H - W - W - W - H
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What are the notes of the G-major scale?
G, B, C, D, E, F, and G
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What are the affected steps?
E to F
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How will we fix the affected steps?
Raising F, so it becomes F#. So now, E to F# is a whole step and F# to G is a half step.
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What is F#?
F that is raised a half-tone higher.
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It raises the pitch a half-step higher than the original note. Please indicate the symbol as well.
Sharp (#)
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It moves down the pitch half-step lower than the original note. Please indicate the symbol as well.
Flat (♭)
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It cancels previously applied accidental symbols. (The note returns to its original pitch) Please indicate the symbol as well.
Natural (♮)