Notes and Rests Flashcards
semibreve
4 counts (empty circle with no stick)
minim
2 counts (empty circle with a stick)
crotchet
1 count (solid circle with stick)
quaver
1/2 count (solid circle with stick and tail)
How many quavers in a minim?
4
How many crotchets in a minim?
2
How many crotchets in a semibreve?
4
How is the duration of a note affected by a dot to the right of it?
It is lengthened by 1/2 of its original duration.
dotted minim
3 counts
dotted crotchet
1 and a 1/2 counts
dotted semibreve
6 counts
dotted quaver
3/4 counts
semibreve rest
one bar silence (irrespective of time signature); solid rectangle hanging from the 4th line
minim rest
2 counts; solid rectangle lying on 3rd line
crotchet rest
1 count; squiggle that looks like a back to front “3”!
quaver rest
1/2 count; looks like a “7”
sharp
raises note by a semitone
flat
lowers note by a semitone
natural
cancels the sharp or flat
simple duple time
2 - 4 time (2 counts per bar)
simple triple time
3-4 time (3 counts per bar)
Which notes get grouped together?
notes belonging to one beat
What is the rhyme for remembering how many sharps there are in a specific key?
Come Go Down And Eat Bread, Fruit, Cream. C - 0 sharps G - 1 sharp D - 2 sharps A - 3 sharps E - 4 sharps B - 5 sharps F - 6 sharps C - 7 sharps
What is the rhyme for remembering which sharps belong to a specific key?
Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle. 1 sharp - F 2 sharps - F, C 3 sharps - F, C, G 4 sharps - F, C, G, D 5 sharps - F, C, G, D, A
What is the Tonic?
First scale degree (e.g. C for C major scale)
What is the subdominant?
Fourth scale degree (e.g. F for C major scale)
What is the dominant?
Fifth scale degree (e.g. G for C major scale)
What is the name of the first scale degree?
Tonic (I)
What is the name of the fourth scale degree?
Subdominant (IV)
What is the name of the fifth scale degree?
Dominant (V)
What is an interval?
The distance between two notes.
What is a third interval?
The note (note 1) and the one two notes higher (note 3).
What is a fifth interval?
The note (note 1) and the one four notes higher (note 5).
What are solfa syllables?
doh, ray, mi, fah, soh, lah, ti, doh
The solfa syllables of the first note of a key
doh
The solfa syllables of the second note of a key
ray
The solfa syllables of the third note of a key
mi
The solfa syllables of the fourth note of a key
fah
The solfa syllables of the fifth note of a key
soh
The solfa syllables of the sixth note of a key
lah
The solfa syllables of the seventh note of a key
ti
