Music Test Knowledge Flashcards
What does One semibreve equal?
2 minims
What does 1 minim equal?
2 crotchet
What does 1 crotchet equal?
2 quavers
What is Note Grouping?
Smaller note values in music are frequently “grouped” into beats that match the time signature.
What is a Stem
The stem is the line attached to the note.
What is Tempo?
Tempo is the proper word used to indicate the speed of the music.
What is Treble clef and Notes
A treble clef is a symbol that you use when writing music to show that the notes on the staff are above middle C. Treble notes are located to the right of middle C on the keyboard.
What are the Steps?
Each note is a certain distance apart from the next, forming a pattern that repeats.
What is Key signatures?
C major, F major, G major, D major, A major, B major and E major.
What is Melody Contour?
The shape of a melody over time.
What are Triads?
Major and Minor
What is Bass clef & Notes
The bass clef is a way to notate pitches below middle C. The bass note is the bottom support (or base) of the chord, upon which other voice parts rest on.
Structure/Form
Binary – a piece of music with two main sections.
Ternary – a piece of music with three sections, the third section is a return to the first.
Rondo – a piece of music with a return to the first section with a different section in between.
Texture
Musical texture is the density of and interaction between a work’s different voices.
What are skips
Skips are the difference in pitch between two consecutive notes of a musical scale. In other words, it is the interval between two successive.
What are leaps
Leap is a movement from one note to another on a scale greater than a step.
What are leaps
Leap is a movement from one note to another on a scale greater than a step.
Sections of the Orchestra
There are four main sections in the orchestra; the strings, the woodwinds, the brass, and the percussion. In a full orchestra, there are a total of 45 instruments used.
Tuned percussion
Tuned percussion is those which have been pitched to particular notes, and is usually set out like a piano keyboard.
Untuned percussion
Untuned percussion instruments mostly only have one pitch or sound, e.g. bongo drums, cymbals, etc.
12 Blues structure- Lyrical
The lyrics of a 12-bar blues song often follow what’s known as an AAB pattern. “A” refers to the first and second four-bar verses, and “B” is the third four-bar verse.
12 Blues structure- Chordal
Chordal blues typically features three chords based on the first (written as I), fourth (IV), and fifth (V) notes of an eight-note scale.
Musical phrases
A phrase is a unit of musical meter that has a complete musical sense of its own, built from figures, motifs, and cells, and combined to form melodies, periods, and larger sections.
Ostinati
An ostinato is a motif or phrase that persistently repeats in the same musical voice, frequently in the same pitch.
Unity & contrast
“Unity” refers to anything that is the same. In music and musical form, contrast is the difference between parts or different instrument sounds.
