Fundamentals of music theory: W4 Flashcards
MT: When you play an inversion of a triad, what note do you hear? what note is most important?
Always the root note
MT: What are cadences?
Points in a piece of music, where the music comes to rest. (e.g.back to the tonic)
MT: What are imperfect cadences?
cadences that end in a dominant scale degree
MT: What is the submediant?
6th scale degree
MT: What is the supertonic?
2nd scale degree
MT: What is the chromatic scale?
The chromatic scale is a musical scale with twelve pitches, each a semitone above or below another. On a modern piano or other equal-tempered instrument, all the semitones are the same size (100 cents).
MT: What happens if instead of a 1 chord, you use a 6 chord in a song?
You extend the song, you give it a new direction.
MT: What is a dominant seventh chord?
a chord composed of a root, major third, perfect fifth, and minor seventh
MT: How can you give your dominant chord a bigger pull to the tonic? Why is it extra strong?
Make the dominant a a dominant seventh chord (add minor seventh). It is extra strong because the fourth note wants to resolve to the third.
MT: Why is the 2 5(seven) 1 chord progression so good?
Because it uses the circles of fifths. It first goes up four keys (like going counterclockwise in the circle) and then goes 5 up (like going clockwise).
MT: What is a half diminished chord?
A diminished chord plus a minor seventh
MT: If you add sevenths to the chords in a harmonic minor scale. What are the chords names?
Aminmaj7 - B half-dim - Caug-maj7 - Dmin7 - E7 - Fmaj7 -G#dim7
MT: If you add sevenths to the chords in a major scale. What are the chords names?
Cmaj7 Dmin7 Emin7 Fmaj7 G7 Amin7 Bhalf-dim
MT: How can you remember the notes on the bass clef lines?
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MT: How can you remember the notes between the bass clef lines?
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