Chapter One: Elements of Pitch

Which term is the highness or lowness of sound?

• Pitch
• Timbre
• Rhythm
• Beat

The distance from any note name up to or down to the next note name is called: ___________

• An interval
• An octave
• A leap
• A skip

The space from any C up to the next B is called: ____________________

• An octave register
• A scale
• An octave
• An anacrusis

Middle C is labeled as ______

• C3
• C5
• C4
• C3P0

A musical staff is...

• an arrangement of five lines and four spaces
• where magic happens
• made of wood
• what the orchestra is made up of

This device is used to extend the staff.

• Ledger line
• Extension line

The musical alphabet is made up of which letters?

• ABCDEFG
• ABCDEFGH
• ABCEFG
• ABCDEG

The symbol that determines exactly what pitch is represented by each line or space on the staff

• Fermata
• Clef
• Key signature
• Accidental

This is the combination of two staves joined by a brace, with a treble clef on the top staff and a bass clef on the bottom staff

• Measure
• Grand Staff
• System
• Caesura

What is this symbol?

• Bass Clef
• Alto Clef
• Soprano Clef
• Treble Clef