Piano Midterm
If a piece has a first and second ending, you play the first ending the _____ time only. On the repeat you _____ the first ending and play the ______ ending.
1st; skip; 2nd
Each black key has ___ names.
2
The major scale is comprised of ____ tetra chords.
2
In 2/4 time, there are ____ beats in each measure. A quarter note receives ____ beat.
2; one
In 3/4 time, there are ___ beats in each measure. A ______ note receives one beat.
3; quarter
Stems go up if notes are below the _____ line.
3rd
There are _____ spaces on a staff
4
In 4/4 time, there are ___ beats in each measure and a ______ note gets one beat.
4; quarter
music is written on a ___ line staff
5
Notes are names after the first _____ letters of the alphabet (_____ through ______)
7; (A through G)
The major scale is comprised of _____ consecutive tones.
8
D.C.
Da Capo- the head/beginning
D.S.
Dal Sesno-the sign
When two notes sound the same but have different letter names, they are called _________.
Enharmonics
The bass clef establishes the note ___ on the ____ line.
F; 4th
the treble clef establishes the note ___ on the second _____.
G; line
Flats, sharps, and naturals are called ________.
accidentals
Two or more eighth notes are joined together by a _____.
beam
A repeat sign means go back to the _________ and play again.
beginning
Intervals are counted from the ______ note to the higher one.
bottom
The treble clef and bass can be joined together by a ___.
brace
<
crescendo- gradually get louder
>
decrescendo-gradually get softer
A slur is a curved line that connects two notes of ______ pitches.
different
The end of a piece of music is indicated by a _______ ________ line.
double line
A dotted ______ note receive 1 1/2 counts
eighth
Fine
end
Allegro
fast
An eighth note looks like a quarter note with a ____ added to its stem.
flag
A natural sign cancels the effect of a _______ or ________.
flat or sharp
f
forte-loud
ff
fortissimo-very loud
D.C. al fine
go to the beginning and play to the end
D.C. al Coda
go to the beginning then play from coda to coda
D.S. al fine
go to the sign and then play to the end
D.S. al coda
go to the sign then play from coda to coda
Accelerando
gradually get faster
Ritardando
gradually get slower
When the treble clef and bass clef are combined, they form the _____ ______.
grand staff
A dot placed after a note adds ______ the value of the original note.
half
In the chromatic scale, each note is a _____ step apart.
half
One whole note equals two _____ notes.
half
One whole rest equals two______ rests.
half
Two quarter notes equal one ____ note.
half
Two quarter rests equal one _____ rest.
half
Tones of the scale are separated by ______ or _______ steps.
half or whole
If two notes are sounded simultaneously, they are called _______.
harmonic
notes on higher lines and/or spaces sound ______ than notes on lower lines and or spaces
higher
The term ______ refers to the distance between two notes.
interval
A _______ line is added above or below either staff.
ledger
Stems going down are attached to the ______ side of the note head.
left
When going down the keyboard, the black key names are ________ a half step by using the symbol __ for flat.
lowered; b
A flat sign(b) _______ the pitch of a note one half step.
lowers
Music is divided into _____ separated by _____ lines.
measures; bar
If two notes are sounded in succession, they are called ______.
melodic.
mp
mezzo piano- moderately piano
mf
mezzoforte- moderately loud
Moderato
moderate
The duration of musical sound is indicated by different types of ______.
notes
The bottoms number of a time signature shoes what kind of note gets __ beat.
one
The tone is held as though the two notes were ____.
one
Two eighth notes equal ____ quarter note.
one
Two half notes equal ____ whole notes.
one
Two half rests equal ____ whole rest
one
pp
pianissimo- very soft
p
piano-soft
When going up the keyboard, the black key names are ________ a half step by using the symbol ___ for sharp.
raised;#
A sharp sign (#) _______ the pitch of a note one half step.
raises
Sometime, you repeat back to another _____ sign.
repeat
Two dots places before a double bar is a ______ sign.
repeat
The duration of musical silence is indicted by different types of ______.
rests
Stems going up are attached to the _____ side of the note head.
right
A tie is a curved line that connects to notes of the ____ pitch.
same
Adagio
slow
A slur indicated that the music is to be sung or played as ________ as possible.
smoothly
Coda
tail
The top number of a ________ ________ shows the number of beats in each measure.
time signature
Four quarter notes equal _____ half notes.
two
Four quarter rests equal ____ half rests
two
One the whole equals ____ half notes, or ____ quarter notes, or _____ eighth notes.
two; four; eight
Four eighth notes equal ____ quarter notes.
twp
Presto
very fast
Largo
very slow
The formula of whole and half steps for a major scale is.....
w w h w w w h
The black keys get their names from the _______ keys.
white
