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Hint	Answer
Like a note, but no sound	rest
Another name for treble clef	G clef
A note to follow Sol	La
Another name for a perfect eighth	octave
Bar lines separate music into...	measures
Music in 3/4 time might be a minuet or a...	waltz
A scale that includes every pitch class	chromatic
6/8 time is a kind of ________ meter	compound
A crescendo is a increase in...	volume
A crotchet, in American English, is a...	quarter note
An accidental that raises a note by a semitone (spell it)	sharp
Relative key of B minor (full name)	D major
The ♭II chord in a major key	Neapolitan chord
Name of the 5th scale degree	dominant
The type of note which gets one count in 7/8 time	eighth note
Name for "sound quality" or "tone color"	timbre
A chord with these notes: B D♯ F♯ A C♯	B9
"piano" is Italian for...	soft
The quality of a fifth with 6 semitones	diminished
The music term for what physicists call frequency	pitch
Roman numeral for an E major chord in the key of B major	IV
Interval equaling 8 semitones	minor 6th

Hint	Answer
Name of the difference between 12 pure fifths and 7 pure octaves	Pythagorean comma
Another name for semitone	half step
An open fifth, played on an electric guitar with distortion	power chord
1/100 of a semitone, in equal temperament	cent
An interval which has 4/3s the frequency of the starting note	perfect fourth
Also known as MIDI note 60	middle C
Accidental that resembles an X	double sharp
Number of sharps in the key signature of F major	0
Full name of the key signature with B♭ and E♭(only)	B flat major
Extra line above or below the staff	ledger line
Piano key color of the natural notes	white
SATB stands for...	soprano alto tenor bass
Number of sharps in the key signature of F♯ minor	3
Another name for F-clef	bass clef
"Re" on the E♭ major scale (moveable solfege)	F
A chord containing a perfect fourth instead of a third	suspended
Chord with the fifth as the lowest note	2nd inversion
Parallel key of A♭ major	A-flat minor
A chord that's in both keys, when changing keys, is called a...	pivot chord
Also known as Aeolean mode	natural minor
Previous answer, but with a raised seventh scale degree	harmonic minor
Music combines elements of melody, harmony, and...	rhythm

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Nov 18, 2019

"Leger line" is another accepted spelling of "ledger line."

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