Question | Answer |
Melody/Harmony | Melody/Harmony |
Played in a major key Happy music | Major Scale |
Played in minor key Sad music Blues Sharps/Flats | Minor Scale |
Series of notes built up entirely of semitones Half Steps | Chromatic Scale |
5 notes in scale Root, second, third, fifth & sixth | Pentatonic Scale |
Notes played on keyboard with palm or forearm | Cluster |
Low pitched pipes of bagpipe Continuous - played throughout song | Drone |
Piano accompaniment Bass note - left hand Chord - right hand Oom-cha Oom-cha | Vamp |
Rhythm/Tempo | Rhythm/Tempo |
Slow music Slowly played | Adagio |
Walking pace Moderately slow | Andante |
Moderate speed | Moderato |
Fast speed | Allegro |
Beat is dotted Can be divided into groups of 3 Strawberry beats | Compound time |
Beats can be divided easily into 2 or 4 | Simple time |
Notes appear before first strong beat usually start of a piece | Anacrusis |
Strongly accented notes played off or on the beat Occurs in all types of music | Syncopation |
Music that gradually becomes faster | Accelerando |
Tells you how music is to be counted | Time signatures |
Slow dance 4 beats in bar Simple time Full of scotch snaps (taram ta) | Strathspey |
Fast dance 4 beats in bar Fast moving quavers coffee coffee coffee coffee | Reel |
Medium paced dance 3 beats in bar Oom Cha Cha Simple Time | Waltz |
Fast skippy dance Compound time strawberry beats | Jig |
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