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Question 0

Chord

Answer 0

The simultaneous sounding of three or more pitches, chords are built from a particular scale or sequence of pitches

Question 1

Harmony

Answer 1

The vertical events in music, or how they sound together

Question 2

Triad

Answer 2

The most common chord in western music. Which has three notes built on alternate pitches of a scale.

Question 3

Major or minor scales

Answer 3

From which melody and harmony are derived

Question 4

Tonic

Answer 4

The central tone around which a melody and its harmonies are built, this principle of organization is called tonality

Question 5

Dissonance

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Is created by an unstable, or discordant, combination of tones. In need of resolution

Question 6

Consonance

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Occurs with a resolution of dissonance, producing a stable or restful sound.

Question 7

Scale

Answer 7

The intervals from which chords and melodies are built are chosen from a particular collection of pitches arranged in ascending or descending order known as a ?

Question 8

Octave

Answer 8

An interval of eight notes

Question 9

Drone

Answer 9

In Asian cultures harmony is relatively simple consisting of a single sustained tone called a drone

Question 10

Octave

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Is the interval spanning eight notes of the scale.

Question 11

Half steps

Answer 11

In western music, the octave is divided into twelve half steps

Question 12

Whole step

Answer 12

The smallest interval used, two half steps or sum of two half steps

Question 13

Chromatic scale

Answer 13

Made up of twelve half steps

Question 14

Diatonic scale

Answer 14

Built on patterns of seven whole and half steps that form major and minor scales

Question 15

Sharp

Answer 15

A symbol that raises a tone by half a step

Question 16

Flat

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Lowers a tone by a half step

Question 17

Microtones

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Other scale types are used around the world built on different numbers of pitches and sometimes using microtones which are intervals smaller than half steps

Question 18

Tonic chord

Answer 18

Built on the first scale tone, is the home base to which active chords need to resolve

Question 19

Transposition

Answer 19

Composers can shift the pitch of an entire work

Question 20

Key

Answer 20

Modulation

Question 21

Interval

Answer 21

The distance between any two tones

Question 22

Pentatonic

Answer 22

Five note scale

Question 23

Tritonic

Answer 23

Three note pattern scale

Question 24

Microtones

Answer 24

Have smaller intervals than a half step

Question 25

Inflection

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A brief microtonal dip or rise from the original pitch

Question 26

Active chords

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Seek to be completed

Question 27

Rest chord

Answer 27

Providing a coward direction and goal

Question 28

Dominant

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Forms the chief active chord, which has a feeling of restlessness and seeks to resolve the tonic

Question 29

Modulation

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Begin by establishing the home key then change to a related key

Question 30

Transposition

Answer 30

Begin on a different pitch and shift all tones a uniform distance or different level