Music Theory answers
... Accidentals start to appear consistently or the composer writes in a key change Minor scales have up to 3 lowered pitches as compared to major scales. What is the scale degree that must be lowered for a piece to sound minor? 3 or 3rd Because our ears hear major keys as a default, what two pitches de ...
... Accidentals start to appear consistently or the composer writes in a key change Minor scales have up to 3 lowered pitches as compared to major scales. What is the scale degree that must be lowered for a piece to sound minor? 3 or 3rd Because our ears hear major keys as a default, what two pitches de ...
your name - Julianne Baird
... d. a shift from one key to another within the same composition 35. Improvisation is a. a technique used only in jazz and non western music b. music created at the same time it is performed c. the addition of ornaments not indicated in the printed music d. all of the above 36. A song in which several ...
... d. a shift from one key to another within the same composition 35. Improvisation is a. a technique used only in jazz and non western music b. music created at the same time it is performed c. the addition of ornaments not indicated in the printed music d. all of the above 36. A song in which several ...
1 - Julianne Baird
... d. a shift from one key to another within the same composition 35. Improvisation is a. a technique used only in jazz and non western music b. music created at the same time it is performed c. the addition of ornaments not indicated in the printed music d. all of the above 36. A song in which several ...
... d. a shift from one key to another within the same composition 35. Improvisation is a. a technique used only in jazz and non western music b. music created at the same time it is performed c. the addition of ornaments not indicated in the printed music d. all of the above 36. A song in which several ...
1 - Julianne Baird
... d. a shift from one key to another within the same composition 35. Improvisation is a. a technique used only in jazz and non western music b. music created at the same time it is performed c. the addition of ornaments not indicated in the printed music d. all of the above 36. A song in which several ...
... d. a shift from one key to another within the same composition 35. Improvisation is a. a technique used only in jazz and non western music b. music created at the same time it is performed c. the addition of ornaments not indicated in the printed music d. all of the above 36. A song in which several ...
Elements of Music - Harmony
... **If a melody centers around the note C, it is said to be in the Key of C. Keys can also be major or minor. Each key has a family of chords associated with it. Modulation is the process of changing from one key center (tonic) to another. Sometimes a piece of music will have several different key cen ...
... **If a melody centers around the note C, it is said to be in the Key of C. Keys can also be major or minor. Each key has a family of chords associated with it. Modulation is the process of changing from one key center (tonic) to another. Sometimes a piece of music will have several different key cen ...
Guidelines for the Analysis of Twentieth
... difficult to find a tonal or harmonic motivation are tied together by a clearly directional movement in scalewise lines, either in melodic voices or in the bass. VII. Rhythm: 20th-century music is characterized by a much greater rhythmic freedom than the tonal music of the 17th through 19th centurie ...
... difficult to find a tonal or harmonic motivation are tied together by a clearly directional movement in scalewise lines, either in melodic voices or in the bass. VII. Rhythm: 20th-century music is characterized by a much greater rhythmic freedom than the tonal music of the 17th through 19th centurie ...
Figured Bass Basic Concepts
... analysis. The practice of using Roman numerals to track the harmony can accommodate non-diatonic chords tones using the following conventions: a. flat or sharp in front of a figure lowers or raises the diatonic pitch by a half step. b. slash through the figure raises the pitch, just like a sharp. c. ...
... analysis. The practice of using Roman numerals to track the harmony can accommodate non-diatonic chords tones using the following conventions: a. flat or sharp in front of a figure lowers or raises the diatonic pitch by a half step. b. slash through the figure raises the pitch, just like a sharp. c. ...
Scales - MUS 231: Music in Western Civ
... central pitch (the tonic) – Modulation: a musical move to a different tonal center ...
... central pitch (the tonic) – Modulation: a musical move to a different tonal center ...
Stage 1: Desired Results Stage 2 : Assessment Evidence Stage 3
... A. Four-‐voice realization of figured-‐bass symbols and Roman numerals B. Composition of a bass line (with chord symbols) for a given melody IV. Score Analysis (with or without aural stimulus) A. Small- ...
... A. Four-‐voice realization of figured-‐bass symbols and Roman numerals B. Composition of a bass line (with chord symbols) for a given melody IV. Score Analysis (with or without aural stimulus) A. Small- ...
Traditional composition techniques
... inversion mirrored contour; e.g., subject and inversion in Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste, first movement isomelos same notes, different rhythm; used constantly in dodecaphony microtones intervals smaller than a semitone non-tonal scales scale structures that are symmetric in con ...
... inversion mirrored contour; e.g., subject and inversion in Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste, first movement isomelos same notes, different rhythm; used constantly in dodecaphony microtones intervals smaller than a semitone non-tonal scales scale structures that are symmetric in con ...
standard music notation practice
... Unlike the printed word for which many “style books” exist, music notation practices have traditionally been transmitted by word of mouth and trial and error. To bring order into a situation complicated by the introduction of many fast new processes for note-setting, this study was prepared by the ...
... Unlike the printed word for which many “style books” exist, music notation practices have traditionally been transmitted by word of mouth and trial and error. To bring order into a situation complicated by the introduction of many fast new processes for note-setting, this study was prepared by the ...
musical texture
... The word “mono” means one or single.Therefore we hear monophonic texture when a person sings alone without accompaniment or background music. So we can say that monophonic texture is heard when a single melodic line is performed without accompaniment. That single melody could be played or sung by on ...
... The word “mono” means one or single.Therefore we hear monophonic texture when a person sings alone without accompaniment or background music. So we can say that monophonic texture is heard when a single melodic line is performed without accompaniment. That single melody could be played or sung by on ...
You Can Get It If You Really Want (p
... Song is in Db major throughout (but see Instrumental below) Relies almost exclusively on primary chords I IV & V(7) except for:o 9th bar of the Verses, e.g. b.22 – chord iii (Fm) o E major chord in the Instrumental (bs.37 and 41) o Chord sequence in bars 39 and 43 which end each 4-bar phrase with ha ...
... Song is in Db major throughout (but see Instrumental below) Relies almost exclusively on primary chords I IV & V(7) except for:o 9th bar of the Verses, e.g. b.22 – chord iii (Fm) o E major chord in the Instrumental (bs.37 and 41) o Chord sequence in bars 39 and 43 which end each 4-bar phrase with ha ...
View printable PDF of 6.7 Contemporary Chords and Harmonic
... Tone cluster with 2 notes raised an octave ...
... Tone cluster with 2 notes raised an octave ...
AUGMENTED SIXTH CHORDS Definition
... fifth to show the resolution of the pitches in the direction of the inflection (see partwriting below). A6 chords are most often built on the note a half step above the dominant (b6) of the scale in both major and minor keys (as the above examples in the key of C). A6 chords may also be built on the ...
... fifth to show the resolution of the pitches in the direction of the inflection (see partwriting below). A6 chords are most often built on the note a half step above the dominant (b6) of the scale in both major and minor keys (as the above examples in the key of C). A6 chords may also be built on the ...
12 the lamb 2015 - My Music Classroom
... Understanding the text Poetic structure: There are five couplets (pairs of lines) in each stanza. • Couplet 1 has two similar six-syllable lines. • 5 has the same line twice. • 2, 3 and 4 are rhyming couplets with seven-syllable lines. ...
... Understanding the text Poetic structure: There are five couplets (pairs of lines) in each stanza. • Couplet 1 has two similar six-syllable lines. • 5 has the same line twice. • 2, 3 and 4 are rhyming couplets with seven-syllable lines. ...
Doc 2
... (octave) or more) or “small” (less than an octave) Phrase: a complete musical idea with a beginning and end. Usually between 4-8 measures. Texture: how the different melodies are put together. Can be described as “thick” (lots of notes on top of each other) or “thin” (unison (all doing the same thin ...
... (octave) or more) or “small” (less than an octave) Phrase: a complete musical idea with a beginning and end. Usually between 4-8 measures. Texture: how the different melodies are put together. Can be described as “thick” (lots of notes on top of each other) or “thin” (unison (all doing the same thin ...
Theory Intro
... How do minor and major differ? Ê How do minor scales differ from their “parallel” major? Ê Both scales begin on same note, differ at 3, 6, and 7 (these ...
... How do minor and major differ? Ê How do minor scales differ from their “parallel” major? Ê Both scales begin on same note, differ at 3, 6, and 7 (these ...
Music Vocabulary Terms
... Unmetered: When there is no steady tempo or pulse Pick Up Note or Anacrusis: Notes that occur before beat one. Compound Meter: The beat has a triple subdivision Mixed Meter: Measures of different meters occur in rapid succession. Irregular Meter: Measures of different meters that occur randomly Poly ...
... Unmetered: When there is no steady tempo or pulse Pick Up Note or Anacrusis: Notes that occur before beat one. Compound Meter: The beat has a triple subdivision Mixed Meter: Measures of different meters occur in rapid succession. Irregular Meter: Measures of different meters that occur randomly Poly ...
Chapter 1 summary
... note is the nota cambiata. The surrounding first and third notes are always consonant with the lowest voice. The second and fourth notes may or may not be dissonant. 13. Suspensions (3-voice): 9-8 (2-1), 4-3, plus the 7-6 and 2-3. 14. The 4th may be “consonant” in 3-part writing when a second invers ...
... note is the nota cambiata. The surrounding first and third notes are always consonant with the lowest voice. The second and fourth notes may or may not be dissonant. 13. Suspensions (3-voice): 9-8 (2-1), 4-3, plus the 7-6 and 2-3. 14. The 4th may be “consonant” in 3-part writing when a second invers ...
Vocal Music Intermediate Baseline Assessment Section One
... 4. A __________ sign indicates that a musical section should be repeated. a. fermata b. repeat c. slur 5. _____is a symbol that cancels a previous sharp or flat. a. Accent b. Natural c. Flat 6. The upper part of the trachea in the human throat, also called 'voice box', 'glottis', 'vocal apparatus', ...
... 4. A __________ sign indicates that a musical section should be repeated. a. fermata b. repeat c. slur 5. _____is a symbol that cancels a previous sharp or flat. a. Accent b. Natural c. Flat 6. The upper part of the trachea in the human throat, also called 'voice box', 'glottis', 'vocal apparatus', ...