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| Increasing the tempo, gradually |
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| A chord whose pitches are sounded in succession, harp-like |
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| An interval of a second having three half steps (C-D#) |
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| A half step using the same letter name (C-C#) |
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| A half step using two letter names; a minor second (C-Db) |
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| A triad having two minor thirds |
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| A triad with its third as its lowest pitch (the C Major triad in first inversions is E-G-C) |
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| A minor scale that raises scale degree 7 a half step |
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| The set of intervals in the Major scale using scale degrees 1-2, 1-3, 1-6, 1-7 |
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| A minor scale that raises degrees 6 & 7 a half step ascending, and uses the natural minor form descending |
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| An interval which is a half step smaller than the corresponding Major interval |
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| Natural (Pure) minor Scale |
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| A minor scale using the tones indicated by the key signature. The pattern of half and whole steps is W H W W H W W |
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| A triad with its root as the lowest pitch (The C Major triad in root position is C-E-G) |
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| A triad with its fifth as the lowest pitch (The C Major triad in second inversion is G-C-E) |
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| To move music (melodic or chordal) to a different pitch level, keeping the pattern exactly the same |
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