Chapter 3

Question 1

Scale

Answer 1

a pool of definite pitches

Question 2

octave

Answer 2

same pitch, eight notes apart

Question 3

diatonic scales

Answer 3

consecutive letter names
C D E F G A B C

Question 4

Step

Answer 4

the distance between adjacent notes of a scale

Question 5

Half steps

Answer 5

the smallest interval
the distance between two adjacent notes (right next to each other)

Question 6

Whole step

Answer 6

two half steps equal a whole step

Question 7

Diatonic scales

Answer 7

contains even pitches
pattern: WWHWWWH

Question 8

Chromatic scale

Answer 8

consists entirely of half steps
requires sharps or flats

Question 9

sharps and flats

Answer 9

flat = lowers a note by a half step
sharp = raises a note by a half step

Question 10

Melody

Answer 10

an organized series of pitches
combines pitch and rhythm

Question 11

tune

Answer 11

a special kind of melody
simple, easy to sing
often catchy
folk songs, dances, pop songs, etc.

Question 12

parallelism

Answer 12

repetition of a phrase

Question 13

contrast

Answer 13

provides variety and interest
higher or lower phrases
shorter or longer phrases

Question 14

cadence

Answer 14

End of a phrase

Question 15

Motive

Answer 15

Chunk of music that is characteristic, keeps song moving, used to construct other melodies.

Question 16

Theme

Answer 16

the basic subject matter for a piece of music
usually a melody
can be a phrase, motive, tune, tone color

Question 17

Interval

Answer 17

the distance between any 2 notes

Question 18

chromatic scales

Answer 18

all half steps
C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B C

Question 19

Phrase

Answer 19

piece of a melody/tune put into shorter chunks