Music Theory Review

Two staves connected by a brace and a bracket is called a

What is the word for gradually getting louder?

Notes are symbols placed on lines and spaces representing high and low sounds called

Sharps and flats placed immediately to the right of the clef sign are called

The smallest distance between two notes in western music is a

Music with no sharps or flats is written in the major key of

How many beats does a quarter rest receive?

A curved line that connects notes of the same pitch is called a

The pattern of whole and half steps (WWHWWWH) identifies a

Meter is written with numbers called a

A ________ cancels a flat or a sharp.

The symbol for fermata

Notes that have different names but sound the same are called

Music is written on a graph of five lines and four spaces called a

How is the symbol for sixteenth rest different from an eighth rest?

Symbols at the beginning of each staff that identify a set of pitches is called a

The term for performing a detached, short note is called

In 4/4 time, a half note gets how many beats?

A Fine bar means to

How many flags are on an eighth note?

The loudness or softness in music is called

A steady, recurring pulse is called

A scale made up of five notes is called a

A _____ makes the pitch a 1/2 step higher.

A group of 3 notes performed in the space of 1 is called a

In 3/4 time, a dotted half note gets how many beats?

The minor scale begins on the _____ step of its relative major scale.

The distance between two bar lines is called a

A sharp, flat, or natural placed before a note, not in a key signature, is called an

The symbol for flat looks similar to what lower case letter?

Notes that extend above or below the staff use _____ lines

How fast or slow the steady beat is counted in music is called

Silences in music are called

A separate special ending is called a

Two dots before a double bar is called a

A succession of pitches going high or lower like a ladder is called a

A scale made up of consecutive half steps is called a __________ scale.

The term for gradually getting softer is

The symbol for an eighth rest looks like

A dot increases the value of a note by _____the value of the note it follows.

The symbol for half rest is

The symbol for half note is

The symbol for whole rest is

In 3/8 time, how many beats does an eighth note receive?

How many beats does a quarter note receive in 4/4 time?

In 2/2 time, a whole note gets how many beats?

The distance between two notes is called an

How many flags are on a sixteenth note?

What is the time signature for cut time?

Eighths notes are sometimes grouped together with