Chapter 7: Key
The twelve tones of the octave, all the black and white keys in one octave on the piano, form the ___.
chromatic scale
The ___ is the smallest interval traditionally used in western music.
half step
The crucial difference between the major and minor scales is that there is only a ___ between the second and third tones.
half step
The major scale has two kinds of intervals in a specific pattern: ___ and whole steps.
half steps
___ involves not only a central tone but also a central scale and chord.
key
To indicate the key of a piece of music, the composer uses a ___.
key signature
The central tone is the ___, or tonic.
keynote
When a piece of music is based on a major scale, we say it is in a ___.
major key
The familiar do-re-mi, etc. is known as the ___.
major scale
when a piece of music is based on a minor scale, we say it is in a ___.
minor key
Shifting to one key to another within the same piece is known as ___.
modulation
A ___ is a collection made up of the basic pitches of a piece of music arranged in order from low to high or from high to low.
scale
Another term for key is ___.
tonality
No matter how often a piece changes key, there is usually one main key, called the ___ key. Modulations set up tensions that are resolved by returning to this key.
tonic
The ___ is twice as large as the half step.
whole step