Chapter 03

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dissonance

a combination of notes that sounds unstable

A combination of three or more tones that constitutes a single block of harmony is called a...

chord

A combination of tones that sounds discordant, unstable, or in need of resolution is called a

dissonance

Should a composer write a dilm score for a horror movie, we might reasonable expect that the harmony would include a great deal of

dissonance

A combination of tones that is discordant and unstable produces a consonance

false

For the majority of Western music history, a consonant sound typically resolved to a dissonance

false

Generally speaking, music has grown more consonant through the ages

false

Harmony is the horizontal aspect of music

false

Melody and harmony function independently of each other

false

The depth resulting from simultaneous events in music is described by the term...

harmony

An interval spanning eight notes is called an...

octave

A collection of pitches arranged in ascending or descending order is called a...

scale

A triad is...

the most common chord type found in western music, a three-note chord, built on alternate scale steps

The principle of organization around a central tone is called...

tonality

The first note of the scale is called the...

tonic

A chord is produced when three or more notes are sounded together

true

A consonant describes a concordant, or agreeable, combination of tones

true

A triad is a chord made up of three tones

true

Harmony describes a piece's chords and the progression from one chord to the next

true

The principle of organization around a central tone is called tonality

true

Three alternate notes of a scale, sounded simultaneously, form a triad

true


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