Ear Training

Pentachord Scale

The first 5 notes of a scale

ex: do-mi-re-fa-so-fa-mi-re-do

Interval

The distance in pitch between two tones

Tonic Triad

A combo of the 3 tones arranged in 3rds

Root

Third

Top Note

Lowest Note

Middle Note

Fifth of Triad

Chord

Arpeggio

Sounded simultaneously

Chord sung one at a time

Key Signature

A grouping of the sharps/flats placed at the beginning of a staff to indicate the key, or tonality, in which the music is written

Hocket

A rhythmic device in which a single melody is split between two voices

Major Scale

W-W-H-W-W-W-H

Beat

The steady, underlying pulse of the music

Tempo

The speed of the beat

Meter

An organization or grouping of rhythmic pulses by means of regular accents

Duple meter

An accented – unaccented beat pattern

Notes

Written symbols for sound in music

Whole rest

Half rest

Hat off

Hat on

Anacrusis

When compositions begin with an incomplete measure (i.e. a pickup note)

Tie vs. Slur

Tie – when a note is held over a bar line

Slur – when notes are meant to be played smoothly

Bracket

Connects two clefs in a grand staff

A Cappella

Without instrument accompaniment

Canon

Piece of music where one voice repeats the part of another throughout the whole piece