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| Musical tones that are named A B C D E F G, repeated endlessly. |
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| Tones eight letter names apart. C to C. |
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| Two tones in an octave that sound similiar |
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| Octave-related notes that have the same letter name. Ex. All D's are in the same pitch class. |
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| These keys produce the notes of the seven letters of the musical alphabet, A B C D E F G |
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| These keys are named in relation to adjacent white-key pitches and represent Sharp or Flat notes. |
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| The two possible names for a black key. Ex. C# and Db |
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| The Sharp and Flat symbols |
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| The third common accidental; it cancels a sharp or a flat. Returns the pitch to its natural state (white key location) |
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| The distance between any two notes |
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| The interval between any pitch and the next closest pitch on the keyboard |
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| The combination of two half step intervals. It always has one note in between its two notes. |
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| The lines and spaces used to notate music. |
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| A symbol that appears to the far left of every staff that indicates what notes the lines and spaces of a staff represent |
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| A clef that is generally used for higher notes often played by the piano's right hand. Also called the G clef |
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| Additional staff lines added above or below the staff. For example, Middle C has a ledger line in the treble-clef staff |
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