Tetrachords

How many tetrachords are in a major scale?

• 1

• 4

• 2

• 3

What is a half step up from B?

• C#

• C

• Bb

• A#

What is a Whole Step up from Ab?

• Bb

• B

• G

• Gb

What is a Whole Step down from D?

• Db

• E

• C

• D#

What is in between Tetrachords to make a Major Scale?

• Half Step

• Whole Step

• Octave

• Another Tetrachord

•The distance from a key on the piano to the very next key, white or black.

• Whole Step:

• Half Step:

• Tetrachord:

• Grand Staff:

Enharmonic:

• •To write or play music in some key other than the original.

• •Notes that have the same pitch but that are spelled differently.

• •A symbol that raises or lowers a pitch by a half or whole step.

• •Used in music to identify the first degree of a scale.

To build a tetrachord, you:

• Start on a note, then descend a whole step, another whole step and end with a half step.

• Start on a note, then ascend a half step, a whole step and end with a whole step.

• Start on a note, then ascend a whole step, another whole step and end with a half step.

• Start on a note, then ascend a whole step, a half step and end with a whole step.

On the piano, what two groupings of notes do not have a black key between them?

• E-F, B-C

• G-A, B-C

• E-F, F-G

• B-C, B-D

How many notes are in a Tetrachord?

• 3

• Whole, Whole, Half

• 4

• 2