BHS Band Vocab Q4

A combination of notes that results in a musically pleasing sound.

• Consonant

• Dissonant

• Enharmonic

• Semitone

• Tuplet

A combination of notes that sound unstable or clash.

• Consonant

• Dissonant

• Enharmonic

• Semitone

• Tuplet

Two notes that have different spellings yet sound the same (e.g. F#/Gb).

• Consonant

• Dissonant

• Enharmonic

• Semitone

• Tuplet

A half step or interval between two adjacent notes.

• Consonant

• Dissonant

• Enharmonic

• Semitone

• Tuplet

A beat divided in a way different to the normal division of the beat.

• Consonant

• Dissonant

• Enharmonic

• Semitone

• Tuplet

Root, third, and raised fifth (1 3 #5).

• Augmented Triad

• Root

• Diminished Triad

• Major Triad

• Minor Triad

The bottom note of a chord.

• Augmented Triad

• Root

• Diminished Triad

• Major Triad

• Minor Triad

Root, lowered third, and lowered fifth (1 b3 b5).

• Augmented Triad

• Root

• Diminished Triad

• Major Triad

• Minor Triad

Root, third, and fifth (1 3 5).

• Augmented Triad

• Root

• Diminished Triad

• Major Triad

• Minor Triad

Root, lowered third, and fifth (1 b3 5).

• Augmented Triad

• Root

• Diminished Triad

• Major Triad

• Minor Triad