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Chapter 4 - The Organization of Musical Sounds
music (musc 1110)
Gwinnett Technical College
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Chapter 4 - The Organization of Musical Sounds
Match the terms to the pieces that they best describe.
Mozart, Eine kleine Nachtmusik, III
2:
Correct label: sounds like it is in major (happier, more cheery)
Mozart, Symphony No. 40, III
1:
Correct label: sounds like it is in minor (sadder, more dramatic)
DO-RE-MI-FA-SOL-LA-TI-DO
Match the phrases to the pieces that they best describe.
Schumann, In the Lovely Month of May
1:
Correct label: does not resolve to a rest chord at the end
Brahms, Lullaby
1:
A flat sign is used to indicate that the pitch should be raised by a half step.
False
Drag the correct word to complete the sentence.
Music in a major or minor key is considered diatonic.
If a major scale is transposed to a different starting pitch, the pattern of half steps and whole steps changes.
False
Harmonies built on the dominant (fifth scale degree) have a tendency to move toward the: -> TONIC
Which of the following are active chords?
Correct Answer(s) dominant
subdominant
Incorrect Answer(s) tonic
Click on the tonic chord(s) in this example. (Click within the color bars.) I
Which of the following describes the major-minor harmonic system?
Correct Answer(s) The rest chord is the tonic chord.
It contains active and rest chords.
Incorrect Answer(s) The dominant chord is a rest chord.
Match the scale type to its corresponding description.
consists of all twelve half steps Correct label: chromatic
seven whole and half step patterns Correct label: diatonic
five-note scale Correct label: pentatonic
Music of the Baroque and Classical periods is mostly: -> DIATONIC
Which type of scale is commonly used in African, Far Eastern,
and Native American music? -> PENTATONIC SCALE
n Western music, an octave is divided into twelve half steps.
Chapter 4 - The Organization of Musical Sounds
Course: music (musc 1110)
University: Gwinnett Technical College
