[Part 1, Chapter 7] Key

True or false: Major and minor scales differ from each other in their structure of whole and half steps.

True. (Major and minor scales have different structures or whole and half steps, giving each a different sound).

What descriptions apply to the sound of a minor scale and songs that are composed using a minor scale? - Melancholy - Dark or serious - Cheerful and upbeat

- Melancholy - Dark or serious

Which of the following statements about modulation are true? (Check all that apply) - Modulation is not used in longer works because the music becomes too complex. - Modulation usually changes the central tone. - Modulation is the shifting from one key to another key.

- Modulation usually changes the central tone. - Modulation is the shifting from one key to another key.

True or false: Before the twentieth century, a basic principle of music composition was that a composition would begin in the home, or tonic key, and would end in a different key.

False.

How many major scales are there?

12. There are 12 tones that fill an octave, so there are 12 possible scales.

What is the type of scale that uses the 12 (twelve) tones of the octave called?

A chromatic scale

If you play the white notes of the piano from C to C, you are playing a ____ scale. Minor or major?

Major

What is the primary scale in a piece of music called?

The key

What symbol at the beginning of the piece indicates the key that a piece of music is in?

The key signature

No matter how often a work changes key, its main (home) key is called the ____.

Tonic key.