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what is the difference between the great staff and the grand staff
the great staff is not used in music notation, it is a roadmap to show middle C
when is the grand staff used
piano music and condensed scores
who uses specialty clefs
viola, tenor trombone, and bassoon
largo means
very slow
40-60
moderato means
moderately
100-120
Andante means
moderately, walking tempo
80-100
Adagio means
slow
60-80
what does a double dot do
adds Half the value of a already halved note
what meters are simple duple
2/4
2/8
2/16
cont
What meters are simple quadruple
4/4
4/8
4/16
Cont
What meters are simple triple
3/4
3/8
3/16
cont
what meters are simple compound
6/4
6/8
6/16
cont
what meters are quadruple compound
12/4
12/8
12/16
cont
what meters are triple compound
9/4
9/8
9/16
cont
what is the scale degree for the flat 7
subtonic
what is the natural minor interval pattern?
W H W W H W W
what is jazz minor
ascending melodic minor both ways
how many notes are the whole tone scales?
6
what is a fully diminished scale and when is it used?
WHWHWHWH
used with diminished harmony
what is a dominant diminished scale and when is it used?
HWHWHWHW
Dominant harmony
major pentatonic
1 2 3 5 6
minor pentatonic
1 b3 4 5 b7
order of sharps
FCGDAEB
order of flats
BEADGCF
circle of fifths mnemonic device
Fat Cats Get Down At Every Ball
parallel minor means
Same name different key
relative minor
same key signature different name
how many half steps is an octave
12
perfect intervals
4 5 octave unisons
major and minor intervals
2 3 6 7
formula for inverting intervals
always equal nine
consonant intervals
M m 3 6
P 5 U
what is a minor(Maj7) chord
1 b3 5 7
m3 M3 M3
Half diminished 7th chord
1 b3 b5 b7
m3 m3 M3
Diminished 7th chord
1 b3 b5 bb7
m3 m3 m3
Augmented 7th chord
1 3 #5 b7
M3 M3 d3
what are 6 chords
Maj 1 3 5 6
Min 1 b3 5 6
what is specified bass
/
chord over assigned bass note
C7/G
what is essential figured bass for triads
nothing root position, 6 first inversion, and 6/4 second inversion
what is full figured bass for triads
5/3 Root position, 6/3 First Inversion, 6/4 Second Inversion
What is essential figured bass for 7th chords
7 Root position, 6/5 first inversion, 4/3 second inversion, and 4/2 third inversion
What is full figured bass for 7th chords
7/5/3 Root position, 6/5/3 first inversion, 6/4/3 second inversion, and 6/4/2 third inversion
Major Triads
I ii iii IV V vi vii diminished
natural minor triads
i ii diminished III iv v VI VII
what triads are different between natural minor and harmonic minor
III to IIIAug
v to V
VII to vii diminished
what triads are different between natural minor and melodic minor
III to III Aug
iv to IV
v to V
VI to vi diminished
VII to vii diminished
Major 7th Chords
Imaj7 ii7 iii7 IVMaj7 V7 vi7 viihalfdim7
minor 7th chords
i7 iihalfdim7 IIImaj7 iv7 v7 VImaj7 VII7
what harmonic minor 7th chords different from natural minor
1 - i7 to i(maj7) - Raised 7th (7)
3 - IIImaj7 to IIIAug(maj7) - Raised 5th (7)
5 - v7 to V7 - Raised 3rd (7)
7 - VII7 to vii half dim - Raised root (7)
what melodic minor 7th chords different from natural minor
1 - i7 to i(maj7) - Raised 7th (7)
2 - iihalfdim7 to iim7 - raised 5th (6)
3 - IIImaj7 to IIIAug(maj7) - Raised 5th (7)
4 - iv7 to V7 - raised 3rd (6)
5 - v7 to V7 - Raised 3rd (7)
6 - VImaj to vi halfdim7 - raised root (6)
7 - VII7 to vii half dim - raised root (7)
primary triads in major
I IV V
primary triads in natural minor
i iv v
primary triads in harmonic minor
i iv V
primary triads in melodic minor
i IV V
secondary triads in major
ii iii vi viidim
secondary triads in natural minor
iidim III VI VII
secondary triads in harmonic minor
iidim IIIaug VI viidim
secondary triads in melodic minor
ii IIIaug vidim viidim
group 4 to group 1
group 4 - iii/III
group 3 - vi/VI
group 2 - ii/iidim/iv/IV
group 1 - V/III+/VII/viiDim
elision
when one or more chord groups is skipped
retrogression
when chords move right to left. followed by normal progression
in SATB which stems go down
Bass and Alto
In SATB which stems go up
Soprano and tenor
closed voicing
simple interval
octave or less between soprano and tenor voice
open voicing
compound interval
greater than an octave between soprano and tenor voice
conjunct motion
whole or half step
disjunct motion
greater than whole step
contrary motion
two voices in opposite directions
parallel motion
same direction by same interval without regard for quality
similar motion
same direction but by different intervals
oblique motion
one voice moving up or down while the other remains the same
what is an altered dominant chord
maj3 and b7
possible alterations include b5 #5 b9 #9 #11 b13
sus replaces what
the third with either the 4 or 2.
in extensions it refers to the 4
chromatic approach tones
NCT that approach a chord tone chromatically and do note belong to the scale and harmony
scale approach tones
NCT that approach a chord tone diatonically
scale/chromatic approach tones
NCT that approaches chord tone by a half step and is in the scale/harmony of he moment
characteristics of a PAC
V or V7
root position
tonic in the soprano
characteristics of a IACV
viidim to 1
V to 1 inverted
tonic not in melody
half cadence
any chord to V
deceptive cadence
V to ?
normally 6
Plagal cadence
IV to I
Plagal half cadence
I to IV
what is the most common form of transposition
by scale degree
what is another common way to transpose
transposition by intervals.
identify interval between new and original key then transpose each note by that interval
when is transposition by key signature used?
when the notes on the staff do not change
G to Gb ect
what instruments sound a P5 lower than written
French horn and English horn
what instruments sound a M2 lower than written
Bb clarinet, Bb trumpet, and Soprano Sax.
what instruments sound a M9 lower than written
Bb bass clarinet and Bb tenor sax
what instruments sound a m3 higher than written
Eb clarinet
what instruments sound a M13 lower than written
Eb baritone saxophone
what instruments sound a M6 lower than written
Alto sax
what instruments sound an octave higher than written
piccolo and xylophone
what instruments sound two octave higher than written
orchestral bels
what instruments sound an octave lower than written
Guitar, bass guitar, and string bass
sounds as written
flute, oboe, bassoon, trombone, bass trombone, euphonium, tuba, piano, timpani, chimes, marimba, and vibraphone.
timpani 1
20 in - F3-C4 (rarely used)
timpani 2
23 in - D3-A3
timpani 3
26 in - Bb2-F3
Timpani 4
29 inch - F2-C3
Timpani 5
32 inch - D2-A2