| Question | Answer |
| Melody/Harmony | Melody/Harmony |
| Played in a major key Happy music | Major Scale |
| Played in minor key Sad music Blues Sharps/Flats | Minor Scale |
| Series of notes built up entirely of semitones Half Steps | Chromatic Scale |
| 5 notes in scale Root, second, third, fifth & sixth | Pentatonic Scale |
| Notes played on keyboard with palm or forearm | Cluster |
| Low pitched pipes of bagpipe Continuous - played throughout song | Drone |
| Piano accompaniment Bass note - left hand Chord - right hand Oom-cha Oom-cha | Vamp |
| Rhythm/Tempo | Rhythm/Tempo |
| Slow music Slowly played | Adagio |
| Walking pace Moderately slow | Andante |
| Moderate speed | Moderato |
| Fast speed | Allegro |
| Beat is dotted Can be divided into groups of 3 Strawberry beats | Compound time |
| Beats can be divided easily into 2 or 4 | Simple time |
| Notes appear before first strong beat usually start of a piece | Anacrusis |
| Strongly accented notes played off or on the beat Occurs in all types of music | Syncopation |
| Music that gradually becomes faster | Accelerando |
| Tells you how music is to be counted | Time signatures |
| Slow dance 4 beats in bar Simple time Full of scotch snaps (taram ta) | Strathspey |
| Fast dance 4 beats in bar Fast moving quavers coffee coffee coffee coffee | Reel |
| Medium paced dance 3 beats in bar Oom Cha Cha Simple Time | Waltz |
| Fast skippy dance Compound time strawberry beats | Jig |
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