Fall Final Flashcards
Describe the different augmented 6 chords.
Italian 6, German 6/5, French 6/3. The Italian has only 3 notes, the German has to go I 6/4 then V.
explain what secondary fifths and sevenths are.
Is a dominant of a different key. In this example it would be in the key of the dominant or seventh of the tonic key.
What is a N6 chord.
A Neapolitan sixth is a lowered second of the tonic key.
What ways do composers develop motives?
Repetition, Sequence, Inversion, fragmentation, imitation
What is a key part of inventions?
invertible counterpoint.
What is invertible counterpoint?
Where the motives in each part switch and repeat or imitate.
What is the structure of a fugue?
Start with the exposition, then have a series of episodes and middle entries that eventually bring you to the final ending.
explain the structure of the exposition of a fugue.
First voice starts, then answer in the dominant with countersubject, then subject repeats with counter subject and free part. There is sometimes a bridge between the answer and the final voice entering. Often the bridge is used to modulate.
What is an episode? fugue
Subject is absent in compelete form and modulates.
What is a middle entry?
entrance of subject in any voice, usually in foreign key.
How do middle entries transform the subject and what do they do?
Inversion, flip the motive around so its opposite direction.
Augmentation, twice as slow.
Stretto, overlapping imitation, so before melody is done the imitation has started.
What is the structure of a sonata form?
Exposition, Development, recapitulation
What are the parts of an exposition in sonata form?
Theme 1 in tonic
Theme 2 in V
Transition with 1/2 cadence ending
Closing thme/section in V
What are the parts of a development?
material from exposition
goes through many keys
ends on V prep or semi cadence
Parts of the recapitulation in sonata form?
Theme 1, 2 and closing section in tonic key. might be a transition but with no modulation
