Rhythm | Melody | Harmony | Major Scales | The RISE Prep Anthem |
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What is an ostinato?
A rhythm that repeats over and over again.
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What is melodic contour?
The picture that represents how a melody moves upward and downward.
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What are partner songs?
Two songs that can be performed at the same time because their harmonic chord structures are the same.
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What is F?
This note is FA in the C-Major Scale. (C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C)
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What is "Eye of the Tiger"?
The RISE Prep Anthem is sung to the tune of this song which was written for the movie "Rocky III".
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What are eighth notes (ti-ti)?
Two smaller sounds squished into one beat.
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What is stepwise motion?
Melody that moves upward or downward without skipping any notes in-between.
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What is a chord?
A group of three or more notes performed together at the same time.
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What is E?
This note is RE in the D-Major Scale. (D, E, F#, G, A, B, C#, D)
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What is story?
The word that fills in the following blank: "Rising up! Straight to the top with every smile and ______."
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What are sixteenth notes? (tirri-tirri)
Four smaller sounds squished into one beat.
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What is a flat?
This symbol, placed before the notehead of a note, looks like a thin, pointed lower-case "b" and tells the musician to perform the note a half-step lower than normal.
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What are "My Home's In Montana" and "Home on the Range"?
The names of the two partner songs we practiced in music class.
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What is E?
This note is SO in the A-Major Scale. (A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G#, A)
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What is alive?
The word that fills in the following blank: "We are kind all the days we're ______!"
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What is "We Will Rock You"?
The song that features an ostinato we hear at the beginning of every Community Circle.
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What is a sharp?
This symbol, placed before the notehead of a note, looks like a hashtag and tells the musician to perform the note a half-step higher than normal.
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What is "The Wheel of the Water"?
The song that we practiced in music class that has five different melodies performed at the same time to create 5-part harmony. It's all about the parts of the Water Cycle.
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What is A#?
This note is TI in the B-Major Scale. (B, C#, D#, E, F#, G#, A#, B)
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What is rivals?
The word that fills in the following blank: "We are Scholars of Excellence. We do what is right, and we help all our friends and all our _______."
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What is a quarter rest (tah rest)?
This symbol represents one beat of silence in music.
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What is a key signature?
The symbol at the beginning of a piece of music that tells the musician which notes is DO and which notes need to be sharped or flatted to fit the major scale pattern.
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What are minor chords?
These chords create a sad or angry feeling when you hear them.
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What is G?
This note is LA in the Bb-Major Scale. (Bb, C, D, Eb, F, G, A, Bb)
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What is "The Kids of Integrity"?
The line that repeats six times at the end of the song.
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