TEXES Exam Music EC-12 Latest 2023
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pitch ✔✔the specific frequency or tuning of a tone - the highness or lowness of a sound
frequency ✔✔a measurement of how fast air molecules are vibrating
solfeggio ✔✔a method of naming musical tones using a set of symbols
ledger lines ✔✔the lines you add above or below a staff
clef ✔✔a graphical symbol placed at the beginning of a staff or piece of music that establishes
the pitch of a specific line or space on the staff
the grand staff ✔✔links together the treble clef and the bass clef
interval ✔✔the space between two pitches
,enharmonic notes ✔✔two notes that sound the same but can be spelled differently
accidental ✔✔any modification to a natural note...sharps and flats
root ✔✔the lowest note of an interval, chord, or scale
major interval ✔✔that natural state of an interval
minor interval ✔✔when you flatten a note
perfect interval ✔✔intervals that do not have separate major or minor states. fourths, fifths and
octaves - they sound closely related because their frequencies are closely related
augmented interval ✔✔when you raise a perfect interval a half step
diminished interval ✔✔when you lower a perfect interval a half step
harmonic interval ✔✔when notes are performed at the same time
, melodic interval ✔✔when notes are played successively
simple interval ✔✔interval smaller than an octave
compound interval ✔✔interval larger than an octave
dissonant ✔✔a sound that is displeasing to the ear
consonant ✔✔a sound that is pleasing to the ear
major scale ✔✔an arrangement of whole and half notes
parallel minor scale ✔✔a scale that begins on the same note as it's sister major scale but lowers
scale degree 3,6 and 7
harmonic minor scale ✔✔a scale that lowers only 3 and 6 of it's parallel major
Rated A+
pitch ✔✔the specific frequency or tuning of a tone - the highness or lowness of a sound
frequency ✔✔a measurement of how fast air molecules are vibrating
solfeggio ✔✔a method of naming musical tones using a set of symbols
ledger lines ✔✔the lines you add above or below a staff
clef ✔✔a graphical symbol placed at the beginning of a staff or piece of music that establishes
the pitch of a specific line or space on the staff
the grand staff ✔✔links together the treble clef and the bass clef
interval ✔✔the space between two pitches
,enharmonic notes ✔✔two notes that sound the same but can be spelled differently
accidental ✔✔any modification to a natural note...sharps and flats
root ✔✔the lowest note of an interval, chord, or scale
major interval ✔✔that natural state of an interval
minor interval ✔✔when you flatten a note
perfect interval ✔✔intervals that do not have separate major or minor states. fourths, fifths and
octaves - they sound closely related because their frequencies are closely related
augmented interval ✔✔when you raise a perfect interval a half step
diminished interval ✔✔when you lower a perfect interval a half step
harmonic interval ✔✔when notes are performed at the same time
, melodic interval ✔✔when notes are played successively
simple interval ✔✔interval smaller than an octave
compound interval ✔✔interval larger than an octave
dissonant ✔✔a sound that is displeasing to the ear
consonant ✔✔a sound that is pleasing to the ear
major scale ✔✔an arrangement of whole and half notes
parallel minor scale ✔✔a scale that begins on the same note as it's sister major scale but lowers
scale degree 3,6 and 7
harmonic minor scale ✔✔a scale that lowers only 3 and 6 of it's parallel major
