MUSIC FUNDAMENTALS 3

Which scale degree is known as the dominant pitch?

Which MUST be true of rhythm?

The distance between each key on a piano keyboard and its adjacent key is called a(n)

Which note groups form one meter in common time?

After transposition, a melody

A singer with a high tessitura would MOST likely be a

A score states alla breve. What time signature shoud the musician use?

How do pitch and melody relate?

The S string on a guitar is tuned to

Counterpoint involves

Which term refers to a meter divided evenly into three?

Which type of scale uses elements of both major and minor scales?

Symbols for accidentals are placed

Which term means a piece should be played at 120 beats per minute?

The most common scale is probably

Which meter is generally treated interchangeably with duple meter?

A quarter note with a flag added has

A pair of keys with the same key signature are called

What do we call the interval that forms between the 6th and 7th scale degrees?

At which tempo would a piece be played MOST slowly?

When did the first electronic instruments appear?

What is the distance between two notes?

What changes in a piece when it is transposed?

Electrophones create sound waves using a mechanical device known as a(n)

Which time signature is known as "common time"?

Which of the following refers to a type of minor scale?

What refers to an audible set of varying durations?

By how much does a double sharp raise the note?

Which scale degree is the final resting point of a piece?

Which system of tuning has been used most frequenty in the musical world since 1750?

A steady pulse underlying most music constitutes a ___________.

________ different sounding major scales exist.

Counterpoint and harmony both involve

A series of ascending and descending notes that start and end on the same pitch is called

An instrument's range is described as its

Two bracketed staves together form the

Each single, isolated musical sound has all of the following properties EXCEPT

The lowest A is called the

_____________ indicates the rate of the beat.

Melody is MOST closely related to