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.

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The 3 elements of music: What is Melody? The 3 elements of music: What is Harmony? The 3 elements of music: What is Rhythm? What is the Musical Alphabet? What is an Interval? What is an Octave? What is a Half Step? What is a Whole Step? What is a Flat? What is a Sharp? What is a Natural? What are the 12 Notes in Music? What is the Numeric System for tones and chords? What are the 7 Intervals in an Octave? What is a 2 Note Power Chord? What is a 3 Note Power Chord? What is a Triad (Basic Chord)? What is a Major Chord? What is a Minor Chord? What is a Melodic (Broken) Chord? What is a Harmonic (Block) Chord? What is a Scale (Key of Music)? What is a Major Scale (Happy Key)? What is a Minor Scale (Sad Key)? What is an Accidental? What are the Primary Chords for any Key (I-IV-V)? What are Secondary Chords for any Key (II-III-VI)? What is the Root of a Key or Chord? What is a Treble Clef Staff? What is a Bass Clef Staff? What are the Treble Clef Notes On The Staff - Lines? What are the Treble Clef Notes On The Staff - Spaces? What are the Bass Clef Notes On The Staff - Lines? What are the Bass Clef Notes On The Staff - Spaces? What is the Grand Staff? What is a Whole Note? What is a Half Note? What is a Quarter Note? What is a Eighth Note? What is a Sixteenth Note? What is a Measure? What is a One Beat Rest? What is a Half-Beat Rest? What is a One Measure Rest? What is a Half-Measure Rest? What is a Key Signature? What is a Time Signature? What is Common Time? What is 4/4 Time? What is 3/4 Time? What is 2/4 Time? What is 6/8 Time? What is Cut-time? What is a Simple Meter What is a Compound Meter

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What is a Repeat Sign? What is a Triplet? What is a Tied Note? What is a Dotted Note? What is a Dotted Quarter Note followed by an Eighth? What is a Crescendo? What is a Diminuendo? What is Forte? What is Piano? What is a Retard? What are Multiple Endings? What is a Coda? What is Parallel Motion? What is Similar Motion? What is Contrary Motion? What is Unison? What is Harmony 3rds? What is Harmony 6ths? What is Harmony 8vas? What is a Modulation? What is a Related Minor Key? What is a Related Major Key? What is a Doorway Chord? What is the Circle Of 5ths? What is the Leading Tone? What is the Tri-tone? What is an Appended chord? What is a Sus 4 Chord? What is a Add 2 Chord? What is a Major 7 Chord? What is a Dominant 7 Chord? What is a Minor 7th Chord? What is a Diminished Chord? What is a Diminished 7th Chord? What is a Half-diminished Chord? What is a 6th Chord? What is a Minor 6th Chord? What is an Augmented Chord? What is a Add 9 Chord? What is a 9th Chord What is a Minor Pentatonic Scale (Blues)? What is a Harmonic Minor Scale (Rock)? What is a Melodic Minor Scale? What is a Whole tone Scale? What is a Chromatic Scale? What is a Chord Progression? What is the most common Progressions? (I-IV-V-I) What is the 2nd most common progression? (I-VI-IV-V) What is most common Song Form? (VVC) What is 2nd most common Song Form? (VCB) What is Strophic Form? (VVV) What is JS Bachs Musical Shorthand? What is Playing by Chords What is Improvising Over Chords? What is Melodic Improvising

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