Music Quarterly Examination Flashcards
the distance between two same notes or different
Interval
the notes arrange horizantally
Melodic interval
two notes sounded together
Harmonic interval
the difference in pitch between two notes
Interval
two notes sounded together after the other
Melodic interval
the notes arrange vertically
Harmonic interval
a series of tones arranged in an ascending and descending order
Scale
a musical symbol that raises the pitch of a note by a half step
Sharp
the distance for a key to another with one key in between
Whole step
the most common scale characterized pattern
Diatonic scale
the symbol that cancels the effect of a sharp or a flat
natural sign
the group of sharps and flats written at the beginning of the staff
Key signatures
the base of the pattern of all major scales
C major scale
