C major
No sharps here
C major is a musical key based on the note C, with no sharps or flats in its scale.
It's often the first key taught to beginning pianists because it uses only the white keys: The piece is written in C major.
C major is associated with simplicity and brightness in Western classical music.
Notes sounded simultaneously
- triadGroup of three
- tonicInvigorating medicinal drink
- dominantHaving superior influence
- subdominantFourth scale degree
mediant · cadence · progression · resolution · consonance · inversions · seventh chord · power chord
Measure of relative size
- diatonicSeven-tone scale-based
- intervalDuration between two points
- perfect fifthSeven-semitone musical interval
- octaveEight-note interval
relative minor · A minor · C minor · key signature · tonic · modulation · transposition · solfège
Keyed percussion instrument
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- lessonsUnits of teaching
- white keysUnraised piano tones
fingerings · exercises · etudes · teacher · student · recital · sight-reading · warm-up
chord
Notes sounded simultaneously
subdominant · mediant · cadence · progression · resolution · consonance · inversions · seventh chord · power chord
scale
Measure of relative size
- diatonicSeven-tone scale-based
- intervalDuration between two points
- perfect fifthSeven-semitone musical interval
octave · relative minor · A minor · C minor · key signature · tonic · modulation · transposition · solfège · do-re-mi
piano
Keyed percussion instrument
white keys · fingerings · exercises · etudes · teacher · student · recital · sight-reading · warm-up
bright
Emitting or reflecting light
joyful · optimistic · radiant · pastoral · serene · pure · clear · innocent · triumphant · noble
Mozart
Eighteenth-century Austrian composer
- musical keysC minor, D minor, E minor, F minor, G minor
- chordsG chord, A minor, B minor, C minor, D minor
- music theorynote, notes, chord, chords, harmony
- A minorAmin, harmonic minor, key signature
- IoniaEphesus, Ionian Revolt, Thales, Heraclitus, Asia Minor