11 - Analysis - Musical Compositions Flashcards
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True or False. In a Composition, the Composer’s name is written at the top right of the piece.
TRUE

True or False. In a Composition, the dates underneath the Composer’s name are the years of his/her birth and death.
TRUE

True or False. In a Composition, if there is only one date under the Composer’s name, it is the year of his/her birth and the Composer is still alive.
TRUE

True or False. In a Composition, the Time Signature is written at the beginning of every line of music.
False. The Time Signature is written at the beginning of the composition.
True or False. At the beginning of a Composition, the Key Signature is written before the Time Signature.
TRUE

True or False. In a Composition, the Tempo is written directly above the Time Signature.
TRUE

True or False. In a Composition, if there are two dates underneath the Composer’s name, the first date is the year of his/her death and the second is the year of his/her birth.
False. The first date is the year of birth; the second date is the year of death.
True or False. When numbering the measures in a piece, a repeat sign will not affect the measure numbers.
TRUE

True or False. In a Composition, the Composer’s name is written at the top right of each line in the piece.
False. The Composer’s name is only written at the top right of the first line.
Is the Time Signature Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. The Correct Time Signature is

Is the Time Signature Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. The Correct Time Signature is

Is the Time Signature Correct or Incorrect?

Correct

Is the Time Signature Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. The Correct Time Signature is

Is the Time Signature Correct or Incorrect?

Correct

Is the Time Signature Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. The Correct Time Signature is

Is the Time Signature Correct or Incorrect?

Correct

Is the Time Signature Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. The Correct Time Signature is

Is the Time Signature Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. The Correct Time Signature is

Is the Time Signature Correct or Incorrect?

Correct

Identify the time as Simple, Compound or Hybrid. Identify the missing Time Signature.

Compound Time. The Time Signature is

Identify the time as Simple, Compound or Hybrid. Identify the missing Time Signature.

Simple Time. The Time Signature is

Identify the time as Simple, Compound or Hybrid. Identify the missing Time Signature.

Hybrid Time. The Time Signature is

Identify the time as Simple, Compound or Hybrid. Identify the missing Time Signature.

Compound Time. The Time Signature is

Identify the time as Simple, Compound or Hybrid. Identify the missing Time Signature.

Simple Time. The Time Signature is

Identify the time as Simple, Compound or Hybrid. Identify the missing Time Signature.

Compound Time. The Time Signature is

Identify the time as Simple, Compound or Hybrid. Identify the missing Time Signature.

Hybrid Time. The Time Signature is

Identify the time as Simple, Compound or Hybrid. Identify the missing Time Signature.

Hybrid Time. The Time Signature is

Identify the time as Simple, Compound or Hybrid. Identify the missing Time Signature.

Hybrid Time. The Time Signature is

Identify the time as Simple, Compound or Hybrid. Identify the missing Time Signature.

Simple Time. The Time Signature is

Identify the time as Simple, Compound or Hybrid. Identify the missing Time Signature.

Hybrid Time. The Time Signature is

Identify the time as Simple, Compound or Hybrid. Identify the missing Time Signature.

Compound Time. The Time Signature is

Identify the time as Simple, Compound or Hybrid. Identify the missing Time Signature.

Hybrid Time. The Time Signature is

Identify the time as Simple, Compound or Hybrid. Identify the missing Time Signature.

Simple Time. The Time Signature is

Name the Tritone. Change the upper note enharmonically. Rename the Tritone.

The Tritones are

Name the Tritone. Change the upper note enharmonically. Rename the Tritone.

The Tritones are

Name the Tritone. Change the upper note enharmonically. Rename the Tritone.

The Tritones are

Name the Tritone. Change the upper note enharmonically. Rename the Tritone.

The Tritones are

Name the Tritone. Change the upper note enharmonically. Rename the Tritone.

The Tritones are

Name the Tritone. Change the upper note enharmonically. Rename the Tritone.

The Tritones are

Name the Tritone. Change the upper note enharmonically. Rename the Tritone.

The Tritones are

Name the Tritone. Change the upper note enharmonically. Rename the Tritone.

The Tritones are

Name the Tritone. Change the upper note enharmonically. Rename the Tritone.

The Tritones are

Name the Tritone. Change the upper note enharmonically. Rename the Tritone.

The Tritones are

Identify the Triad type/quality as: Major, minor, Augmented or diminished.

Augmented

Identify the Triad type/quality as: Major, minor, Augmented or diminished.

diminished

Identify the Triad type/quality as: Major, minor, Augmented or diminished.

minor

Identify the Triad type/quality as: Major, minor, Augmented or diminished.

Major

Identify the Triad type/quality as: Major, minor, Augmented or diminished.

Augmented

Identify the Triad type/quality as: Major, minor, Augmented or diminished.

diminished

Identify the Triad type/quality as: Major, minor, Augmented or diminished.

minor

Identify the Triad type/quality as: Major, minor, Augmented or diminished.

Augmented

Identify the Triad type/quality as: Major, minor, Augmented or diminished.

minor

Identify the Triad type/quality as: Major, minor, Augmented or diminished.

Major

Identify the Triad type/quality as: Major, minor, Augmented or diminished.

diminished

Identify the chord as a quartal chord, polychord or cluster chord.

cluster chord

Identify the chord as a quartal chord, polychord or cluster chord.

polychord

Identify the chord as a quartal chord, polychord or cluster chord.

quartal chord

Identify the type of seventh chord as Leading note diminished 7th or Dominant 7th.

Leading note diminished 7th chord

Identify the chord as a quartal chord, polychord or cluster chord.

quartal chord

Identify the type of seventh chord as Leading note diminished 7th or Dominant 7th.

Dominant 7th chord

Identify the chord as a quartal chord, polychord or cluster chord.

polychord

Identify the type of seventh chord as Leading note diminished 7th or Dominant 7th.

Leading note diminished 7th chord

Identify the chord as a quartal chord, polychord or cluster chord.

cluster chord

Identify the type of seventh chord as Leading note diminished 7th or Dominant 7th.

Dominant 7th chord

Name the root note of the Dominant 7th Chord of a flat minor in Open Position.

Root - E flat

Name the root note of the Dominant 7th Chord of A Major in Open Position.

Root - E

Name the root note of the Dominant 7th Chord of a minor in Open Position.

Root - E

Name the root note of the Dominant 7th Chord of g minor in Open Position.

Root - D

Name the root note of the Dominant 7th Chord of b minor in Open Position.

Root - F sharp

Name the root note of the Dominant 7th Chord of C Major in Open Position.

Root - G

Name the root note of the Dominant 7th Chord of D flat Major in Open Position.

Root - A flat

Name the root note of the Dominant 7th Chord of d minor in Open Position.

Root - A

Name the root note of the Dominant 7th Chord of E flat Major in Open Position.

Root - B flat

Name the root note of the Dominant 7th Chord of F Major in Open Position.

Root - C

Name the type of 7th Chord (Dominant 7th or Leading note diminished 7th). Name the Major or minor key to which it belongs.

Dominant 7th of c sharp minor

Name the type of 7th Chord (Dominant 7th or Leading note diminished 7th). Name the Major or minor key to which it belongs.

Dominant 7th of E Major

Name the type of 7th Chord (Dominant 7th or Leading note diminished 7th). Name the Major or minor key to which it belongs.

Leading note diminished 7th of f sharp minor

Name the type of 7th Chord (Dominant 7th or Leading note diminished 7th). Name the Major or minor key to which it belongs.

Dominant 7th of g minor

Name the type of 7th Chord (Dominant 7th or Leading note diminished 7th). Name the Major or minor key to which it belongs.

Dominant 7th of B Major

Name the type of 7th Chord (Dominant 7th or Leading note diminished 7th). Name the Major or minor key to which it belongs.

Leading note diminished 7th of b minor

Name the type of 7th Chord (Dominant 7th or Leading note diminished 7th). Name the Major or minor key to which it belongs.

Dominant 7th of G flat Major

Name the type of 7th Chord (Dominant 7th or Leading note diminished 7th). Name the Major or minor key to which it belongs.

Dominant 7th of b flat minor

Name the type of 7th Chord (Dominant 7th or Leading note diminished 7th). Name the Major or minor key to which it belongs.

Leading note diminished 7th of c minor

Name the type of 7th Chord (Dominant 7th or Leading note diminished 7th). Name the Major or minor key to which it belongs.

Dominant 7th of G Major

Name the type of 7th Chord (Dominant 7th or Leading note diminished 7th). Name the Major or minor key to which it belongs.

Dominant 7th of f minor

Name the type of 7th Chord (Dominant 7th or Leading note diminished 7th). Name the Major or minor key to which it belongs.

Leading note diminished 7th of a minor

Name the notes of the Aeolian mode descending starting on C.
The notes are

Name the notes of the c minor melodic scale ascending starting on the Dominant.
The notes are

Name the notes of the b flat minor harmonic scale descending starting on the Submediant.
The notes are

Name the notes of the Dorian mode ascending starting on A.
The notes are

Name the notes of the d minor melodic scale ascending starting on the Leading note.
The notes are

Name the notes of the D Major scale descending starting on the Mediant.
The notes are

Name the notes of the Lydian mode ascending starting on A.
The notes are

Name the notes of the F Major scale ascending starting on the Supertonic.
The notes are

Name the notes of the f sharp minor melodic scale descending starting on the Supertonic.
The notes are

Name the notes of the Phrygian mode ascending starting on F sharp.
The notes are

Name the notes of the C Major scale descending starting on the Dominant.
The notes are

Name the notes of the d minor harmonic scale descending starting on the Dominant.
The notes are

Name the notes of the Mixoydian mode ascending starting on A.
The notes are

Name the notes of the g minor natural scale ascending starting on the Mediant.
The notes are

Name the notes of the d minor melodic scale ascending starting on the Supertonic.
The notes are

Identify the scale (Major, harmonic minor or melodic minor) that contains these chords.

B Major scale

Identify the scale (Major, harmonic minor or melodic minor) that contains these chords.

g minor harmonic scale

Identify the scale (Major, harmonic minor or melodic minor) that contains these chords.

C sharp Major scale

Identify the scale (Major, harmonic minor or melodic minor) that contains these chords.

D flat Major scale

Identify the scale (Major, harmonic minor or melodic minor) that contains these chords.

a sharp minor melodic scale

Identify the scale (Major, harmonic minor or melodic minor) that contains these chords.

e flat minor harmonic scale

Identify the scale (Major, harmonic minor or melodic minor) that contains these chords.

F Major scale

Identify the scale (Major, harmonic minor or melodic minor) that contains these chords.

b flat minor melodic scale

Identify the scale (Major, harmonic minor or melodic minor) that contains these chords.

f minor harmonic scale

Identify the scale (Major, harmonic minor or melodic minor) that contains these chords.

d minor melodic scale

Is the notation for this chromatic scale starting on B flat Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. This notation starts and ends on different letter names.

Is the notation for this chromatic scale starting on B flat Correct or Incorrect?

Correct

Is the notation for this chromatic scale starting on D flat Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. The letter name “D” is used 3 times in a row - D flat, D natural, D sharp.

Is the notation for this chromatic scale starting on D flat Correct or Incorrect?

Correct

Is the notation for this chromatic scale starting on G Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. The letter name “B” has not been used.

Is the notation for this chromatic scale starting on G Correct or Incorrect?

Correct

Is the notation for this chromatic scale starting on G sharp Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. The naturals (to cancel the sharps) are missing.

Is the notation for this chromatic scale starting on G sharp Correct or Incorrect?

Correct

Is the notation for this chromatic scale starting on B Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. The letter name “F” is used 3 times in a row - F sharp, F natural, F flat.

Is the notation for this chromatic scale starting on B Correct or Incorrect?

Correct

Identify the type of Open Score. Identify the missing Clef.

Modern Vocal Score, Treble Clef

Identify the type of Open Score. Identify the missing Clef.

Modern Vocal Score, Treble Clef

Identify the type of Open Score. Identify the missing Clef.

Modern Vocal Score, Treble “8” Clef

Identify the type of Open Score. Identify the missing Clef.

Modern Vocal Score, Bass Clef

Identify the type of Open Score. Identify the missing Voice.

Modern Vocal Score, Soprano Voice

Identify the type of Open Score. Identify the missing Voice.

Modern Vocal Score, Alto Voice

Identify the type of Open Score. Identify the missing Voice.

Modern Vocal Score, Tenor Voice

Identify the type of Open Score. Identify the missing Voice.

Modern Vocal Score, Bass Voice

Identify the type of Open Score. Identify the missing Clef.

String Quartet Score, Treble Clef

Identify the type of Open Score. Identify the missing Clef.

String Quartet Score, Treble Clef

Identify the type of Open Score. Identify the missing Clef.

String Quartet Score, Alto Clef

Identify the type of Open Score. Identify the missing Clef.

String Quartet Score, Bass Clef

Identify the type of Open Score. Identify the missing Instrument.

String Quartet Score, First Violin

Identify the type of Open Score. Identify the missing Instrument.

String Quartet Score, Second Violin

Identify the type of Open Score. Identify the missing Instrument.

String Quartet Score, Viola

Identify the type of Open Score. Identify the missing Instrument.

String Quartet Score, Cello

Name the Major or minor key. Identify the cadence as Perfect (Authentic), Plagal or Imperfect (Half cadence).

C Major
Imperfect (Half cadence)

Name the Major or minor key. Identify the cadence as Perfect (Authentic), Plagal or Imperfect (Half cadence).

g minor
Imperfect (Half cadence)

Name the Major or minor key. Identify the cadence as Perfect (Authentic), Plagal or Imperfect (Half cadence).

E flat Major
Imperfect (Half cadence)

Name the Major or minor key. Identify the cadence as Perfect (Authentic), Plagal or Imperfect (Half cadence).

f minor
Perfect (Authentic)

Name the Major or minor key. Identify the cadence as Perfect (Authentic), Plagal or Imperfect (Half cadence).

A Major
Plagal

Name the Major or minor key. Identify the cadence as Perfect (Authentic), Plagal or Imperfect (Half cadence).

c minor
Imperfect (Half cadence)

Name the Major or minor key. Identify the cadence as Perfect (Authentic), Plagal or Imperfect (Half cadence).

b flat minor
Plagal

Name the Major or minor key. Identify the cadence as Perfect (Authentic), Plagal or Imperfect (Half cadence).

G Major
Perfect (Authentic)

Name the Major or minor key. Identify the cadence as Perfect (Authentic), Plagal or Imperfect (Half cadence).

e minor
Perfect (Authentic)

Name the Major or minor key. Identify the cadence as Perfect (Authentic), Plagal or Imperfect (Half cadence).

D Major
Perfect (Authentic)

Name the Major or minor key. Identify the cadence as Perfect (Authentic), Plagal or Imperfect (Half cadence).

E Major
Imperfect (Half cadence)

Are the rests Correct or Incorrect?

Correct

Are the rests Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. The Correct rests are

Are the rests Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. The Correct rests are

Are the rests Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. The Correct rests are

Are the rests Correct or Incorrect?

Correct

Are the rests Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. The Correct rests are

Are the rests Correct or Incorrect?

Correct

Are the rests Correct or Incorrect?

Correct

Are the rests Correct or Incorrect?

Incorrect. The Correct rest is

Are the rests Correct or Incorrect?

Correct

A melody for French Horn is written in B flat Major. When transposed to Concert Pitch, name the new key.
Concert Pitch would be E flat Major.
A melody for French Horn is written in c minor. When transposed to Concert Pitch, name the new key.
Concert Pitch would be f minor.
A melody for B flat Clarinet is written in A Major. When transposed to Concert Pitch, name the new key.
Concert Pitch would be G Major.
A melody for B flat Clarinet is written in d sharp minor. When transposed to Concert Pitch, name the new key.
Concert Pitch would be c sharp minor
A melody for English Horn is written in F sharp Major. When transposed to Concert Pitch, name the new key.
Concert Pitch would be B Major.
A melody for English Horn is written in b flat minor. When transposed to Concert Pitch, name the new key.
Concert Pitch would be e flat minor.
A melody for B flat Trumpet is written in D flat Major. When transposed to Concert Pitch, name the new key.
Concert Pitch would be C flat Major.
A melody for B flat Trumpet is written in f minor. When transposed to Concert Pitch, name the new key.
Concert pitch would be e flat minor.
Original key: a flat minor. Interval of transposition: up an Augmented 3. Name the new key.
c sharp minor
Original key: G Major. Interval of transposition: down a Major 6. Name the new key.
B flat Major
Original key: f sharp minor. Interval of transposition: up a Major 2. Name the new key.
g sharp minor
Original key: C flat Major. Interval of transposition: up an Augmented 3. Name the new key.
E Major
Original key: g minor. Interval of transposition: down a diminished 4. Name the new key.
d sharp minor
Original key: A Major. Interval of transposition: up a diminished 5. Name the new key.
E flat Major
Original key: b flat minor. Interval of transposition: up an Augmented 2. Name the new key.
c sharp minor
Original key: D flat Major. Interval of transposition: down a Perfect 4. Name the new key.
A flat Major
Original key: c minor. Interval of transposition: up a minor 7. Name the new key.
b flat minor
Original key: E Major. Interval of transposition: down an Augmented 5. Name the new key.
A flat Major
Name the note an Augmented 10 above the given note.

Augmented 10 above
C up to E sharp

Name the note a Major 13 below the given note.

Major 13 below
D down to F

Name the note a minor 6 above the given note.

minor 6 above
C sharp up to A

Name the note a Perfect 4 below the given note.

Perfect 4 below
D flat down to A flat

Name the note an Augmented 1 above the given note.

Augmented 1 above
C flat up to C natural

Name the note a diminished 5 below the given note.

diminished 5 below
E flat down to A

Name the note a Major 14 above the given note.

Major 14 above
E up to D sharp

Name the note a minor 7 below the given note.

minor 7 below
E sharp down to F double sharp

Name the note a Perfect 8 above the given note.

Perfect 8 above
F flat up to F flat

Name the note a diminished 15 below the given note.

diminished 15 below
F down to F sharp

Name the note a Major 3 above the given note.

Major 3 above
F sharp up to A sharp

Name the note a minor 9 below the given note.

minor 9 below
G flat down to F

Name the note a Perfect 12 above the given note.

Perfect 12 above
G up to D

Name the note an Augmented 2 below the given note.

Augmented 2 below
G sharp down to F

Name the note a diminished 11 above the given note.

diminished 11 above
A flat up to D double flat

Name the note a diminished 14 below the given note.

diminished 14 below
A down to B sharp

Name the note a minor 2 above the given note.

minor 2 above
A sharp up to B
