MTAP - Chapter 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 pitch | the highness or lowness of sound |
| Octave | From one letter up or down to its next occurrence |
| Staff | An arrangement of five lines and four spaces that can be extended through the use of ledger lines. |
| Ledger Lines | Used to extend the staff up or down. |
| Clef | A symbol at the beginning of the staff used in assigning pitches to the lines and spaces. |
| Grand Staff | A combination of two staves joined by a brace, with the top and bottom staves using treble and bass clefs, respectively. |
| Major Scale | A specific pattern of steps (whole and half) encompassing an octave. |
| Half Step | The distance from a key on the piano to the very next key, white or black. |
| Whole Step | Skips the very next key on the piano keyboard and goes instead to the following one. |
| Tetrachord | A four-note chord. |
| Accidental | A symbol that raises or lowers a pitch by a half or whole step. |
| Key | A tonal center that is identified by the first degree of a scale. |
| Key of G Major | Refers to the tonal center who's major scale begins on G. |
| Key Signature | A pattern of sharps or flats that appears at the beginning of a staff and indicates that certain notes are to consistently be raised or lowered. |
| Enharmonic | Notes that are spelled differently but sound the same. |
| Transpose | To write or play music in some key other than the original. |
| Circle of Fifths | A diagram like the face of a clock that aids in the memorization of key signatures. |
| Natural Minor Scale | A minor scale formation, similar to a major scale with lowered 3, 6 and 7. |
| Harmonic Minor Scale | A minor scale type which can be thought of as a major with lowered 3 and 6. |
| Melodic Minor Scale | A minor scale type which has an ascending form and a descending form. From the major form of the scale it lowers scale degree 3 when ascending and scale degrees 3, 6, and 7 when descending |
| Relatives | Major and minor keys that share the same key signature. |
| Parallels | Major and minor keys that share the same starting note. |
| Interval | The measurement of the distance in pitch between two notes. |
| Harmonic Interval | Separates pitches that are sounded simultaneously |
| Melodic Interval | Separates pitches that are sounded in succession |
| Unison | In discussing intervals, the term used instead of 1. |
| Octave | In discussing intervals, the term used instead of 8. |
| Simple Intervals | Intervals smaller than an 8ve |
| Compound Intervals | Intervals larger than an 8ve. |
| Perfect | A modifier used only in connection with unisons, 4ths, 5ths, 8ves, and their compounds (11ths, and so on). |
| Augmented | When a perfect or a major interval is made a half step larger without changing the numerical name. |
| Diminished | When a perfect or minor interval is made a half step smaller without changing its numerical name. |
| Tritone | The term used for the +4 or its enharmonic equivalent, the o5. |
| Interval Inversion | When one puts the lower note above the upper one (or the reverse). |
| Consonant | Pleasing to the ear. |
| Dissonant | Not pleasing to the ear. |
| Bass | The lowest voice. |
| Triad | A three-note chord. |
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