| A | B |
|---|
| Binary Form | AB Form |
| Ternary Form | ABA Form |
| Aeolian Mode | natural minor scale |
| augmented triad | a major triad with a raised fifth |
| Baroque Period | 1600-1750 |
| Blues Notes | flatted 3, 5, and 7 scale degrees |
| Chorus | Refrain |
| Close Position | notes are spaced within an octave |
| Diminished Triad | a minor triad with a lowered fifth |
| Dorian Mode | D to D on the white keys |
| Figured Bass | numbers indicating what chord inversion |
| Harmonic Minor Scale | natural minor with raised 7th |
| Harmonize | create chord accompaniment |
| Inversion | notes of triad are rearranged |
| 1st Inversion | 3rd is in the bass |
| 2nd Inversion | 5th is in the bass |
| 3rd Inversion | in a 7th chord - 7th is in the bass |
| Ionian Mode | a major scale |
| Locrian Mode | B to B on the white keys |
| Neighboring Tone | non-harmonic tone steps away and back |
| Lydian Mode | F to F on the white keys |
| Melodic Minor Scale | a natural minor with 6th and 7th raised ascending |
| Minor Triad | a major triad with lowered third |
| Mixolydian Mode | G to G on the white keys |
| Motive | short element used repeatedly throughout the piece |
| natural minor scale | uses notes of a major scale, starting on the sixth scale degree |
| Non-Harmonic Tones | notes not part of existing chord |
| Open Position | notes of a chord are spaced greater than an octave |
| Passing Tone | non-harmonic tone - step, step in same direction |
| Phrase | a short section of music that represents a musical idea |
| Phrygian Mode | E to E on the white keys |
| Primary Triads | I, IV, and V |
| Relative Minor | Same key as relative major |
| Rondo | ABACA |
| Verse | section that tells a story, changes with each repetition |
