Download Music Fundamentals – Quiz 1 Review Pitch and Intervals Identify the

Music Fundamentals – Quiz 1 Review
Pitch and Intervals
Identify the following pitches on the staff with their correct pitch class. Use the top space for those in
the treble clef and the bottom space for those in the bass clef; the first example is completed for you.
Identify each diatonic interval with its proper abbreviation and indicate the number of half steps it
contains. The first group of simple intervals includes only 2nds, 3rds, perfect 4ths and 5ths, and tritones;
be sure to distinguish between the two sizes of intervals, i.e., m2 and M2 or a P4 versus an A4.
This group is made up of 6ths, 7ths, and octaves. Again include the proper abbreviation and the amount
of half steps in each interval.
Compare the intervals below. Indicate whether the interval is consonant ‘C’ or dissonant ‘D’.
Identify the types of 3rds and 6ths below.
Identify the given harmonic intervals below and specify the number of half steps it contains. Then write
its inverted form (perfect 5th = perfect 4th, etc.) and specify the number of half steps it contains.
Identify the scale degrees below in the corresponding key.
Supertonic
E major: _____
A major: _____
c minor: _____
Submediant
F major: _____
Bb major: _____
d minor: _____
Dominant
Eb major: _____
C major: _____
a minor: _____
Leading tone
G major: _____
Db major: _____
Subdominant
Ab major: _____
B major: _____
e minor: _____
Mediant
F# major: _____
D major: _____
b-flat minor: _____
Tonic
Gb major: _____
C# major: _____
a-flat minor: _____
Which scale degrees are considered stable? Which ones are considered unstable?
Which scale degrees are the tendency tones?
Explain the concept of enharmonic pitches.
Which intervals are perfect consonances? Imperfect consonances? Dissonant intervals?
What is the difference between an harmonic intervals and a melodic interval?
Explain how the Circle of Fifths is constructed.
What is the order of sharps in key signatures? The order of flats?
Give two examples of a simple interval. Two examples of a compound interval.