Chapter 4

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 musical texture and which do not?

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

Which of the following describe this passage? 0:52 (Schubert, String Quartet in A Minor)

Describes passage: The mode changes from minor to major. The key changes. There is a modulation.

Which of the following passages ends on the tonic pitch?

Passage 4

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 mode & the sixth scale degree

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

dissonant: (0:22)B erg, Wozzeck, Act III (0:17) Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms consonant: (0:14) Handel, "Hallelujah" Chorus (0:13) Handel, Minuet from Royal Fireworks Music

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

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

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

harmony

Identify the following musical excerpts as major or minor.

major: excerpt 1 & excerpt 2 minor: excerpt 3 & excerpt 4

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

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

modulation

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

main: major and minor

Major and minor are types of musical ________. The musical is determined by the starting pitch or "home note," which is also known as the _________.

modes; key; tonic

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

monophonic: Musorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition, "Gnomus" polyphonic: Bach, Fugue in G Minor homophonic: Mozart, Piano Concerto in A, I

match each term:

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

Match the Terms for: monophony, homophony & polyphony

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

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

pitch combination used in the chord

Listen to the musical excerpts and identify the texture type:

polyphonic: Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 (16 secods) & Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms (13 seconds) homophonic: Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 (14 seconds) monophonic: Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 (17 seconds) & Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms (13 seconds)

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

tonality