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1
Q

types of music style

A

Melody
rhythm
harmony
texture
dynamics
form
performance
practice
other elements

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2
Q

Treble clef/G clef on line bottom up

A

EGBDF
Every
Good
Boy
Deserves
Fruit

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3
Q

Treble clef/G clef Between line bottom up

A

FACE
F
A
C
E

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4
Q

Bass clef/F Clef on line bottom up

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GBDFA
Good
Boys
Do
Fine
Always

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5
Q

Bass Clef/F clef between line

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ACEG
All
Cows
Eat
Grass

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6
Q

How much BPM Largo

A

Broadly 50 Bpm

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7
Q

How much BPM Adiago

A

At ease 70bpm

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8
Q

How much bpm moderato

A

Moderately 110bpm

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9
Q

How much bpm allegro

A

fast, quick and bright 120-160bpm

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10
Q

How much bpm presto

A

Very fast 170+bpm

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11
Q

Flat symbol

A

b

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12
Q

Sharp symbol

A

#

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13
Q

What are accidentals

A

flats and sharps

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14
Q

Difference between sharps and flats

A

Sharps go up and flats go down

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15
Q

Major 2nd example

A

Happy Birthday C-D

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16
Q

Major 3rd example

A

Oh when the saints C-E

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17
Q

Perfect 4th example

A

Here comes the bride C-F

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18
Q

Perfect 5th example

A

Star wars C-G

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19
Q

Major 6th example

A

My bonnie C-A

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20
Q

Major 7th example

A

Take on me C-B

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21
Q

Perfect octave example

A

Somewhere over rainbow C-C

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22
Q

Minor 2nd example

A

Jaws C-Db

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23
Q

Minor 3rd examples

A

Greensleeves C-Eb

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24
Q

Tritone example

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The simpsons C-Gb

25
Q

Minor 6th example

A

James Bond C-Ab

26
Q

Minor 7th example

A

Purple haze

27
Q

Cycle of 5ths code

A

FCGDAEB
Father
Christmas
Gets
Drunk
At
Every
Bar

28
Q

Cycle of fourths

A

C
F
Bb
Eb
Ab
Db/C#
Gb
Cb

29
Q

Code for flat key signatures

A

Number of b symbols determines the note

1 Battle
2 Ends
3 And
4 Down
5 Goes
6 Charlies
7 Father

30
Q

Code for sharp key signatures

A

1Father
2 Christmas
3 Gets
4 Drunk
5 At
6 Every
7 Bar

31
Q

C Natural minor scale

A

W H W W H W W
1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 (8)

32
Q

C Harmonic Minor

A

W H W W H W H
1 2 b3 4 5 b6 7 (8)

33
Q

C Melodic minor scale

A

1 2 b3 4 5 6 7 (8)
C D Eb F G A B C

34
Q

C Minor pentatonic scale

A

1 b3 4 5 b7
C Eb F G Bb

35
Q

C Major pentatonic scale

A

1 2 3 5 6
C D E G A

36
Q

C Major triad

A

Root, Major 3rd and Perfect 5th

37
Q

C Minor triad

A

Root, Minor 3rd, and Perfect 5th

38
Q

C Augmented triad

A

Root, Major 3rd, Aug 5th

39
Q

C diminished triad

A

Root, min 3rd, and diminished 5 (tritone)

40
Q

major 7th

A

1 3 5 7
Root, Major 3rd, Perfect 5th, major 7th

41
Q

Dominant 7th

A

Root, Major 3rd, Perfect 5th, minor 7th

42
Q

Minor 7th

A

1 b3, 5, b7
Root, minor 3rd, Perfect 5th and minor 7th

43
Q

Half diminished 7th

A

1-b3-b5-b7
Root, minor 3rd, diminished 5th, minor 7th

44
Q

Diminished 7th

A

1-b3-b5-bb7
Root, minor 3rd, diminished 5th, #4

45
Q

Diatonic major progressions: I

46
Q

Diatonic major progressions: ii

47
Q

Diatonic major progressions: iii

48
Q

Diatonic major progressions: I V

49
Q

Diatonic major progressions: V

50
Q

Diatonic major progressions: vi

51
Q

Diatonic major progressions: vii

52
Q

Miles davis on melody harmony and rhythm

A

*Meaning is in the melody
*The colouring of the harmony
*Rhythm is the action of the meaning

53
Q

Melody and Harmony

A
  • Melody describes single notes that are
    played in a time sequence, one after the
    other.

Harmony describes multiple notes that are
played together, all at once.

54
Q

What makes a good melody?

A
  1. Stepwise and leapwise movement
  2. Repetition and variation
  3. Contour
  4. Phrase length
  5. Resolution
55
Q

Different between capitals and lower case roman numerals

A

lower case minor capital major

56
Q

the symbol of o/ø in roman numerals

A

o = diminished
ø = Half diminished

57
Q

Diatonic major progressions

A

C Dm Em F G Am Bdim
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
I ii iii IV V vi vii

58
Q

C Natural Minor Diatonic progressions

A

Cm Do E Fm Gm A B
i iio III iv iv IV IIV

58
Q

C Natural Minor Diatonic

A

i iio III iv iv IV IIV
Cmin Ddim Emaj fm gm A B

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