AOS 2: Harmony and Tonality Flashcards
1
Q
Diatonic/ Chromatic
A
Moving up or down the notes a semitone at a time.
2
Q
Consonant/ Dissonant
A
Pleasant, agreeable intervals. Dissonant is the opposite.
3
Q
Pedal
A
Used to sustain or hold notes.
4
Q
Drone
A
A continuous note underneath the other parts in the music, found in Indian style music.
5
Q
Cadences: perfect, plagal, imperfect, interrupted, tierce de picardie
A
Perfect: 5-1 (V-I) Plagal: 4-1 (VI-I) Imperfect: ?-5 (?-V) Interrupted: Minor Tierce de Picardie: Minor to Major
6
Q
Chords and progressions
A
A series of musical chords moving to establish a goal of tonality.
7
Q
Chord with Roman Numerals
A
I is tonic. II is supertonic. III is mediant. VI is subdominant. V is dominant. VI is submediant. VII is leading note. VIII is tonic.
8
Q
Tonal/ atonal
A
Major or minor, or no obvious key.
9
Q
Major/ minor
A
Keys that sound either happy or sad.
10
Q
Modal
A
Key with a seven-note scale.
