Chapter 4: Harmony, Texture, Tonality, and Mode

Match each texture type to its correct description.

two or more simultaneous melodies - polyphony one melody with harmonic accompaniment - homophony one melody, no accompaniment - monophony

Which of the following words is a synonym for tonic?

home pitch

Listen to the musical excerpts and identify the texture type.

homophonic -Beethoven, Symphony No. 9( 14 sec) polyphonic -Beethoven, Symphony No. 9(2 sec) -Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms monophonic (7 sec) -Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 (17 sec) -Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms(13 sec)

Which musical texture is represented by the graph below?

homophony

In order, what notes are needed to form a diatonic C major scale?

C D E F G A B

Fill in the blanks in between letter names to indicate the whole steps and half steps that form the major mode.

C whole D whole E half F whole G whole A whole B half C

When different pitches are played or sung at the same time, the resulting sound is known as which of the following?

Harmony

Listen to the excerpts and then click on their corresponding cards in the order in which they appear in Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" from the Ninth Symphony.

Monophonic-Polyphonic-Homophonic

To change C major to C minor, which of the following pitches need to be lowered and which remain the same?

Pitch that needs to be lowered B E A Pitch that remains the same D C F G

Which of the following are the same in C major as they are in C minor and which are not?

Shared the tonic the fifth scale degree Altered the sixth scale degree the mode

Which are the main types of musical mode and which are not?

The main type of musical mode -major -minor Not a main type of musical mode -chromatic -tonic

Compare the following musical excerpts, which are all taken from the same musical work. Which one is in a different musical key than the other three?

excerpt 4

If a piece in C major suddenly transitions to G major in the middle of the piece, which of the following statements are true?

True -The tonic changed. -The key changed. -The piece modulated. false -The mode changed.

In a musical mode, a ----- occurs between two adjacent notes; the distance between two notes that have a note in between them is a -----.

half step;whole step

When various musical lines play the same melody but start the melody at different times, the overlapping effect is known as which of the following?

imitative polyphony

Which of the following passages are in the major mode and which are in the minor mode?

major excerpt 2 excerpt 4 minor excerpt 1 excerpt 3

Identify the following musical excerpts as major or minor.

minor -excerpt 3 -excerpt 4 major -excerpt 1 -excerpt 2

What is the term for the different ways of organizing the diatonic scale based on the placement of half steps?

modality

Which of the following excerpts change mode, and which change key (but do not change mode)?

mode -Haydn, Symphony No. 94, II -Schubert, String Quartet in A Minor key -Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5

Fill in the blanks below to finish the statement. Major and minor are types of musical ___________. The musical ______________ is determined by the starting pitch or "home note," which is also known as the ____________________.

mode, key tonic

When the tonic changes within a piece of music, that change is known as which of the following?

modulation

Listen to the following musical excerpts and identify the musical texture.

monophonic -pictures polyphonic -bach homophonic -piano

Which of the following textures does not contain harmony?

monophony

Which of the following are ways that you can identify the tonic of a musical work and which are not?

Useful in identifying tonic -Sing the melody all the way through. The last note is almost always the tonic. -Identify the key of the piece. The name of the key will also give you the name of the tonic. Not useful in identifying tonic -Listen for a note that creates an unstable feeling. Instability is a hallmark of the tonic. -Listen for the highest note of the melody. The highest note is often the tonic to draw attention to its importance.

Using the following image for reference, what pattern of black and white notes form a D major scale? Start with D (a white note) and end on D (a white note).(Remember, the pattern of whole and half steps that occur in a major scale is W-W-H-W-W-W-H.)

white, white, black, white, white, white, black, white

Which of the following examples are imitative polyphony and which are nonimitative polyphony?

nonimitative -Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, "Ode to Joy" imitative -Bach, Fugue in G Minor -Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms

Moving from a dissonant chord to a consonant chord creates a feeling of what?

resoultion

Melodies and tunes nearly always center around a single "home" pitch. This phenomenon is known as what?

tonality

How many different pitches are in an octave? Count the first but not the last note of the octave (i.e count the lower "C" but not the higher "C" when calculating your answer).

12

Match the texture types to the correct description.

A person singing a tune while playing chords on a guitar. -homophony Two people singing a mashup of two different melodies at the same time. -polyphony Three people singing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" in a round. -polyphony A group of students all playing the same melody on their recorders at the same time. -monophony A person playing a melody on the piano with her right hand and chords with her left hand. -homophony One person singing alone in the shower. -monophony

Fill in the blanks in between letter names to indicate the whole steps and half steps that form the minor mode.

A whole B half C whole D whole E half F whole G whole A

Which of the following passages contain chords and which do not?

Contains chords -Haydn, Symphony No. 94, I -Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, IV Does not contain chords -Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 -Musorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition, "Gnomus"

Which of the following passages contain a modulation and which do not?

Contains modulation excerpt 4 and 2 Does not contain modulation excerpt 3 and 1

Which of the following statements can be inferred from the chart below and which cannot?

Describes chart -Each melodic line starts on a different pitch. -This is an example of imitative polyphony. Does not describe chart -There is one clear melody layer and two harmony layers. -This is an example of nonimitative polyphony.

Which of the following describe counterpoint and which do not?

Describes counterpoint -the technique of writing two or more melodies that fit together -a type of polyphonic texture Does not describe counterpoint -the number of whole and half steps in a major or minor mode -the way a chord sounds

Which of the following describe musical texture and which do not?

Describes musical texture -The interactions of melody and harmony in a musical work -A means for understanding how music is constructed in different layers. Does not describe musical texture -The time signature of a musical work -The key of a musical work

Which of the following describe this passage? 0:52

Describes passage -The mode changes from minor to major -The key changes -There is a modulation. Does not describe passage -The texture is primarily monophonic

Which of the following terms describe a scale that starts on the note C and uses only the white notes of the piano, and which do not?

Describes white-note scale on C -major -diatonic Describes different scale -minor -chromatic

Which scale degrees are lowered in the minor mode as compared to major mode, and which are always the same as the major mode?

Lowered in minor mode -third -sixth -seventh Same as major mode -first -second -fourth -fifth

To change A minor into A major, which three notes would be raised and which would remain the same?

Notes raised to create A major -c,g,f Notes shared with A major -e,a,b,d

The qualities that affect whether a chord is consonant or dissonant primarily depend on which?

The pitch combinations used in the chord

Groupings of simultaneous pitches that create harmony are known as what?

chords

Which of the following musical excerpts are mostly dissonant and which are mostly consonant?

dissonant -Berg -stravinsky consonant -handel -handel ^both handels are consonant if their confusion

Which of the following passages contain dissonant chords and which contain consonant chords?

dissonant -Haydn, Symphony No. 94, I consonant -Brahms, Violin Concerto, III -Musorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition, "The Great Gate at Kiev" -Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, IV

Which of the following passages ends on the tonic pitch?

passage 4