Fundamentals of Music Final

An asymmetric meter:

1. combines triple and duple meters within one measure 2. an idea of music composed and organized in repeating rhythmic groups or 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, etc.

Typical march tempo

120

Major intervals are:

2, 3, 6, 7

Cut time

2/2

The tonic and dominant share a _______________ relationship

2:1

Typical song length

32 measures

Perfect intervals are:

4, 5, and 8 (octave)

Common time

4/4

The tonic, subdominant and dominant are related to each other by the interval of a:

5th

Every relative minor scale starts on the _____________ degree of the majr scale.

6th

How many diatonic triads are formed from notes of the scale?

7

SATB voicing is used in choirs:

??? to easily see a part in comparison to others or to see the progression

Definition of tempo marking

Composers intentions

Triads belonging to the key and scale in which you are working are called:

Diatonic triads

An augmented 4th inverts into a:

Dim5

An augmented 4th sounds the same as a:

Dim5

T/F A chord with a fifth in the bass is in first inversion

False

T/F A chord with a root in the bass is labeled like this: ii6/4

False

T/F A chord with the third in the base is in the second inversion

False

When you build a scale it must move:

From line to space or from space to line

Which minor scale uses the following formula: 2-1-2-2-1-3-1?

Harmonic

The circle of 5ths identifies

How many and which sharps/flats are in a key signature

The keyboard progression listed in lesson 17 is

I-IV-V-1

Two notes in both the treble and bass clef indicate ____________ voicing

SATB

All indications of meter are subject to a conductor's:

interpretation

The _____________ is found on the 7th scale degree in Major.

leading tone

The final interval found on both the harmonic and melodic scales is called a:

leading tone

A descending minor scale that is identical to a natural minor scale

melodic minor (descending)

Chords support the ___________ of a song.

melody

The quality of the sixth degree triad in a Major key is:

minor

For each major interval there is one:

minor interval

The leading tone is always ___________ down from the tonic

none of the above

When chords are played in succession a ____________________ is created

progression

Keyboard style puts 3 notes in the right hand and the _______________ in the bass

root

It is assumed that if numbers aren't present, the chord is in:

root position

Each triad is built on a _________________

scale degree

By adding an accidental, the diatonic _________________ is broken.

sequence

Meter is a pattern of weak beats after a __________________ beat.

strong

The submediant is found halfway between the _________________

subdominant and tonic

The _____________ is found on the 6th scale degree.

submediant

The _____________ is found on the 7th scale degree in natural minor.

subtonic

The _____________ is found on the 2nd scale degree.

supertonic

The dominant chord or melody note sounds like it wants to resolve to:

the tonic

Every note is attracted to the:

tonic

The leading tone resolves to the:

tonic

The key of a song establishes its:

tonic, tonality, keynote

Meter

The process of patterning beats with a stressed accented beat followed by a series of weaker beats

A Dim5 and augmented 4th is also known as a:

Tritone

T/F Chord inversions must be shown in analysis

True

A subtonic can only be found in:

A natural minor scale

Roman numerals are used in music theory to

Analyze harmony

the use of minor scales in music was prevalent during the __________________ eras

Baroque, Classical, Romantic

Using popular music notation, the IV degree in F Major would be labeled:

C

The order of triads built on a Major scale follows this pattern:

Ma, Mi, Mi, Ma, Ma, Mi, Dim

An augmented triad consists of ________ and _________ intervals.

Ma3 and A5

An augmented triad consists of the following intervals:

Ma3 and Ma3

A Mi3rd inverts to a:

Ma6

An diminished triad consists of ________ and _________ intervals.

Mi3 and D5

An diminished triad consists of the following intervals:

Mi3 and Mi3

A Ma3rd inverts to a:

Mi6

Definition of numerator

Number of beats in a measure

A key signature can contain:

Only sharps, only flats

Every chord voicing has its own

Quality

The key signature contains every _______________ in the scale.

accidental

When only notes of the diatonic scale are used, they must be:

accidental free

The quality of the third degree triad in a Harmonic Minor key is:

augmented

Popular music notation is interpreted by reading the ____________ note first

bass

In music theory, roman numeral analysis is written ______________ each chord

below

Augmented, Diminished, Minor and Major are examples of:

chord qualities

Moving from note to note with no greater than a half step is called:

chromatic movement

The quality of the sixth degree triad in a Melodic Minor key is:

diminished

The key signature is placed

directly after the treble and bass clefs

When notes sound the same but are spelled differently they are called _________________________

enharmonic pitches

Popular music notation is found in:

fake books, lead sheets, jazz era songs

The chord voiced in the order using notes G-Bb-Eb is in:

first inversion

Two notes sounding together create:

harmony