Gr 8 Orchestra Flashcards
(28 cards)
What are the most common enharmonic chords?
German 6th - Dominant 7th
What is an implied suspension?
A suspension that doesn’t resolve or resolves after a rest
What are the 3 common suspension?
4-3 9-8 7-6
What is a false/cross relation?
When a note is in close time proximity to a chromatically altered version of itself but played in another part
What structure do you often find in homophonic music?
Chords, broken arpeggios accompanying a simple melody harmonised in 3rds and 6ths
What structure do you often find in polyphonic music?
Less chords and melody drives the music, more contrapuntal with individual melody lines making up chords
What is a theme
main part of there music - the hook
What is a variation
an adaption of the main theme or hook
What is a reprise
The reuse of the hook at the end of a piece - usually altered in some way
what is an exposition and recapitulation
it is the beginning and end of a piece in sonata form both using the theme/hook
What is a coda
An end section used to finish a piece neatly or with a flourish
What gives away an N6 chord?
Built on flattened supertonic
What chord are you dealing with if you have diminished 3rd in it?
An aug 6 chord
What is a chord likely to be if it feels like a random jumble of notes?
An extended dominant - check next chord and it should be tonic
How do you name an extended dominant
Use the note furthest from the root
What is often dropped from an extended dominant chord
3rd
What determines an inversion?
Lowest SOUNDING note, not written note
How would you find prevailing key with and N6 chord
N6 - V - I
What is an N6 chord
simple 3 note chord with accidental 1 semitone from tonic
How do you find prevailing key in Aug 6th chord
Take the aug 6th interval and move semitone to make an active, this will be dominant of key aug6 - V - I
How do you find prevailing key with an extended dominant ?
Bassline should be rising by 4th or falling by fifth from dominant to tonic
Write out the simple and correspoding compound time sigs
Convert these into 9/8 time
What note do you not use to fill a whole bar in compound time?
A double dotted minim - use tied dotted notes instead
