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* Music Theory Terms
Music Theory Terms 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Leger lines | if the staff has to be extended a little bit this is done by _______ |
| transposition | the act of changing the pitches of a musical work, but not altering the relationship; exists to make it easier to play on an assigned instrument |
| semitones | the distance from a white key to a neighboring black key on the piano; also called a half step or a half tone |
| A4 | the number indicates the octave each note is in (C4 is higher than C3, lower than C5) |
| transposing instruments | an orchestra instrument whose notated pitch (note) is different from its sounded pitch (how it sounds); allows players to switch from a given instrument to a related one without relearning fingerings and other technique |
| triatic intervals | a three-note chord based on the interval of a third, from lowest lowest-pitched tone to the highest are called the root, the third and the fifth |
| the root | the note on which the scale begins (C minor scale C=root); bottom note in a triad (most compact), top note in an inversion |
| inversion | to rearrange the notes so the original bottom note becomes an upper note; the root moves |
| 1/2 step (half step) | 2 notes which are immediately adjacent (right next to each other) |
| chromatic half step/ augmented prime (A1) | a half step with one letter name; uses accidentals |
| diatonic half step/ minor second (m2) | a half step with adjacent letter names |
| natural diatonic half steps | B-C, E-F (no black key between the notes) |
| whole step | may be formed by the addition of an A1 and a m2; always have adjacent letters |
| "The Law" | the order you do dictation |
| L in "The Law" | listen |
| A in "The Law" | Analysis |
| W in "The Law" | Write |
| tetrachord | 4 different pitch classes |
| the major tetrachord | W W H(m2) ^ |
| Enharmonic Equivalents | notes that sound the same as one another but are named or “spelled” differently |
| the tonic | the first note (degree) of any diatonic (e.g., major or minor) scale |
| leading tone | while the scale degrees for the first six notes are the same for both major and minor scales, the seventh one is special. If the seventh note is a half step below the tonic, it is called a ___________ |
| misnomer | something poorly named |
| key signatures | gather all natural accidentals in the beginning of a staff |
| arpeggios | a broken chord, or a chord in which individual notes are struck one by one, rather than all together at once |
| interval | the relationship between 2 notes is defined by numerical size and quality |
| numerical size | number of letters exclusively between 2 notes |
| perfect intervals | 1,4,5,8 |
| imperfect intervals | 2,3,6,7 |
| BEADGCF | order of flats (left to right), and sharps (right to left) |
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