Chapt. 7 -- Key

Select all the correct statements about modulation

-Modulation is the shifting from one key to another key -Modulation usually changes the central tone (the central tone will change unless the key modulates to a parallel key -- that is, C major to C minor)

Select all the primary difference between a major scale and a minor scale

-The pattern of intervals is different -The half step in a minor scale is between the second and third tones

What descriptions apply to the sound of a minor scale and songs that are composed using a minor scale?

Serious and melancholy

Minor scale

consists of seven different tones and an eighth tone that duplicates the first an octave higher but it differs from the major scale in its pattern of intervals

How many major scales are there?

12

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

A chromatic scale

Key

Involves not only a central tone but also a central scale and chord A piece in the key of C has a basic scale (do re mi fa sol la ti do), with C as its do, or tonic Another term for key is tonality

Scale

Made up of the basic pitches of a piece of music arranged in order from low to high or from high to low

Which type of scale contains both whole steps and half steps, with a half step between the second and third tones? (Remember that the whole and half steps are BETWEEN tones)

Minor

What is the term for the collection of sharps or flats placed at the beginning of the piece of music?

The key signature

The melodic and harmonic construction of music around a central tone toward which other tones gravitate is called ________.

Tonality

No matter how often a work changes key, what is its main (home) key called?

Tonic key