Music Terms

Question 1

What are the Scale Degrees?
There are seven.

Answer 1

I - Tonic
II - Supertonic
III - Mediant
IV - Subdominant
V - Dominant
VI - Submediant
VII - Leading Tone

Question 2

Concert Pitch Instruments (C)

Answer 2

Flutes
Oboes
Bassoons
Trombones
Tubas
Baritones
& All String Instruments are Concert Pitch

Question 3

Bb Instruments (When they play a C it sounds like a Bb on the piano. So when they want to play a concert Bb scale, they have to think up a whole step/ tone)

Answer 3

Clarinets
Bass Clarinets
Trumpets
Tenor saxophone
Baritones playing treble clef

Question 4

What are the Eb Instruments? (When they play a C it sounds like an Eb on piano. So, if they want to play in Concert- they need to think down a minor third- or up six steps.

Answer 4

Alto & Bari Sax
Alto Clarinet
Most Horns

Question 5

What are the F instruments? (If they want to play a concert scale- they have to think up five scale steps )

Answer 5

French Horn, Some alto horns, & the English Horn (related to the Oboe)

Question 6

Name the Types of Cadences

Answer 6

Perfect : 5-1
Plagal : 4-1
Imperfect : Final Note Always V, can start with, 1,2,4
Styles: Keyboard (root in bass) and Chorale (Written in 4 parts, SATB)

Question 7

What note is 440Hz?

Answer 7

A

Question 8

Baroque Composer

Answer 8

Bach

Question 9

Ostinato

Answer 9

Constantly repeated rhythm pattern

Question 10

Ritenuto

Answer 10

Immediate reduction of speed

Question 11

Rubato

Answer 11

Expressive, not a strict tempo