FINAL EXAM

Question 1

What is a tritone?

Answer 1

Augmented 4th, diminished 5th, 6 half steps between two notes

Question 2

What major mode only has a flat 7th?

Answer 2

Mixolydian

Question 3

Which major mode has a flat 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 7th?

Answer 3

Locrian

Question 4

What’s the difference between Jazz & Melodic minor?

Answer 4

Jazz minor has a flat 3rd ascending and descending, Melodic minor has a flat 3rd ascending, but descends in natural minor/flat 3rd, 6th, and 7th

Question 5

List all 7th chords in the G major scale

Answer 5

Gmaj7, Am7, Bm7, Cmaj7, D7, Em7, F#m7b5

Question 6

In the key of D, the chord E7 is what?

Answer 6

Five of five / V7/V7

Question 7

In the key of F, the chord Bb7 is what?

Answer 7

sub-five of three / sV7/iii-7

Question 8

What scale degrees make up a 7th sus4 chord?

Answer 8

1, 4, 5, 7

Question 9

What is the D minor pentatonic scale? Just notes, not chords

Answer 9

D, F natural, B, A, C natural

Question 10

What notes make up a Bm6 chord?

Answer 10

B, D, F#, G#

Question 11

Which major mode has a raised 4th?

Answer 11

Lydian

Question 12

Which major mode is the equivalent to a natural minor scale?

Answer 12

Aeolian

Question 13

What is the 7th scale degree called in a major scale?

Answer 13

Leading Tone

Question 14

What is the 7th scale degree called in a minor scale?

Answer 14

Subtonic

Question 15

Which major mode consists of a flat 2nd, 3rd, 6th, and 7th?

Answer 15

Phrygian

Question 16

In harmonic analysis, when do you use solid arrows?

Answer 16

From secondary dominant to dominant OR when a chord goes from five to one

Question 17

In harmonic analysis, when do you use solid brackets?

Answer 17

When a chord goes from the two to the five

Question 18

When do you use dotted brackets in harmonic analysis?

Answer 18

Any time a minor 7th chord is followed by a tritone sub a half step down

Question 19

When do you use dotted arrows in harmonic analysis?

Answer 19

For dominant chord resolution by a half step