Skills Tracker: BASIC MUSICIANSHIP

Danmans Music School

Directions: Check-off each item and have your Teacher initial behind each item as you master/learn each item.

1. The 3 elements of music: What is Melody? 56. What is a Repeat Sign?

2. The 3 elements of music: What is Harmony? 57. What is a Triplet?
3. The 3 elements of music: What is Rhythm? 58. What is a Tied Note?
4. What is the Musical Alphabet? 59. What is a Dotted Note?
5. What is an Interval? 60. What is a Dotted Quarter Note followed by an Eighth?
6. What is an Octave? 61. What is a Crescendo?
7. What is a Half Step? 62. What is a Diminuendo?
8. What is a Whole Step? 63. What is Forte?
9. What is a Flat? 64. What is Piano?
10. What is a Sharp? 65. What is a Retard?
11. What is a Natural? 66. What are Multiple Endings?
12. What are the 12 Notes in Music? 67. What is a Coda?
13. What is the Numeric System for tones and chords? 68. What is Parallel Motion?
14. What are the 7 Intervals in an Octave? 69. What is Similar Motion?
15. What is a 2 Note Power Chord? 70. What is Contrary Motion?
16. What is a 3 Note Power Chord? 71. What is Unison?
17. What is a Triad (Basic Chord)? 72. What is Harmony 3rds?
18. What is a Major Chord? 73. What is Harmony 6ths?
19. What is a Minor Chord? 74. What is Harmony 8vas?
20. What is a Melodic (Broken) Chord? 75. What is a Modulation?
21. What is a Harmonic (Block) Chord? 76. What is a Related Minor Key?
22. What is a Scale (Key of Music)? 77. What is a Related Major Key?
23. What is a Major Scale (Happy Key)? 78. What is a Doorway Chord?
24. What is a Minor Scale (Sad Key)? 79. What is the Circle Of 5ths?
25. What is an Accidental? 80. What is the Leading Tone?
26. What are the Primary Chords for any Key (I-IV-V)? 81. What is the Tri-tone?
27. What are Secondary Chords for any Key (II-III-VI)? 82. What is an Appended chord?
28. What is the Root of a Key or Chord? 83. What is a Sus 4 Chord?
29. What is a Treble Clef Staff? 84. What is a Add 2 Chord?
30. What is a Bass Clef Staff? 85. What is a Major 7 Chord?
31. What are the Treble Clef Notes On The Staff - Lines? 86. What is a Dominant 7 Chord?
32. What are the Treble Clef Notes On The Staff - Spaces? 87. What is a Minor 7th Chord?
33. What are the Bass Clef Notes On The Staff - Lines? 88. What is a Diminished Chord?
34. What are the Bass Clef Notes On The Staff - Spaces? 89. What is a Diminished 7th Chord?
35. What is the Grand Staff? 90. What is a Half-diminished Chord?
36. What is a Whole Note? 91. What is a 6th Chord?
37. What is a Half Note? 92. What is a Minor 6th Chord?
38. What is a Quarter Note? 93. What is an Augmented Chord?
39. What is a Eighth Note? 94. What is a Add 9 Chord?
40. What is a Sixteenth Note? 95. What is a 9th Chord
41. What is a Measure? 96. What is a Minor Pentatonic Scale (Blues)?
42. What is a One Beat Rest? 97. What is a Harmonic Minor Scale (Rock)?
43. What is a Half-Beat Rest? 98. What is a Melodic Minor Scale?
44. What is a One Measure Rest? 99. What is a Whole tone Scale?
45. What is a Half-Measure Rest? 100. What is a Chromatic Scale?
46. What is a Key Signature? 101. What is a Chord Progression?
47. What is a Time Signature? 102. What is the most common Progressions? (I-IV-V-I)
48. What is Common Time? 103. What is the 2nd most common progression? (I-VI-IV-V)
49. What is 4/4 Time? 104. What is most common Song Form? (VVC)
50. What is 3/4 Time? 105. What is 2nd most common Song Form? (VCB)
51. What is 2/4 Time? 106. What is Strophic Form? (VVV)
52. What is 6/8 Time? 107. What is JS Bachs Musical Shorthand?
53. What is Cut-time? 108. What is Playing by Chords
54. What is a Simple Meter 109. What is Improvising Over Chords?
55. What is a Compound Meter 110. What is Melodic Improvising

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