Harmony

Question 1

What is the blending of notes

Answer 1

Harmony

Question 2

main group of pitches that form the melodic and harmonic foundation of a piece

Answer 2

Key

Question 3

What is a key marked with

Answer 3

Key Signature

Question 4

Where is the Key Signature

Answer 4

beginning of piece of music

Question 5

Other noted of melody gravitate towards this note

Answer 5

Tonic

Question 6

most melodies are built around a central tone or the ______

Answer 6

Tonic

Question 7

What is the key of the piece named after

Answer 7

the tonic

Question 8

What is it called when a key changed within a peice?

Answer 8

modulation

Question 9

Pitches of a piece of music arranged from low to high, starting and ending with the tonic

Answer 9

Scale

Question 10

all the tones that exist between two points

Answer 10

Chromatic Scale

Question 11

distance between each note in a chromatic scale

Answer 11

half step

Question 12

movement of two half steps

Answer 12

whole step

Question 13

Major Scale

Answer 13

WWHWWWH

Question 14

Minor Scale

Answer 14

WHWWHWW

Question 14

combination of three or more tones sounded at once

Answer 14

Chord

Question 14

series of chords

Answer 14

progression

Question 14

occures when a chord is considered unstable, creating tension that wants to resolve

Answer 14

Dissonance

Question 14

occurs when a cord is considered stable, creating a sense of arrival

Answer 14

Consonace

Question 15

What is the simplest chord

Answer 15

triad

Question 15

how many notes are in a triad

Answer 15

3

Question 15

movement from dissonance to consonace

Answer 15

resolution

Question 15

Major chords are labeled with _____

Answer 15

Roman captital letter

Question 15

How is each chrod labeled?

Answer 15

using the tone numbers in the scale it is built on using Roman Numeral

Question 15

How far apart are the three notes of a triad

Answer 15

third apart from each other

Question 15

top third of a major triad

Answer 15

minor triad

Question 15

What are minor chords labeled with

Answer 15

Roman lowercase numeral

Question 15

tone upon which a chord is built

Answer 15

root

Question 15

The bottom third of a triad is called the____

Answer 15

major third

Question 15

Minor triad is made up of a _____ on top and a _____ on bottom

Answer 15

major third, minor third

Question 15

built on the fifth note of the scale and is the next most important after the tonic.

Answer 15

dominant chord / V

Question 16

chord built on the first note of the scale, is the most reliable

Answer 16

tonic chord / I

Question 16

chord built on the 7th degree of the major scale

Answer 16

diminished chord

Question 17

often leads to the dominant chord, adding to the progression toward the tonic

Answer 17

subdominant chord / IV

Question 18

When a chord progression lands at a point of rest or resolution

Answer 18

harmonic cadence

Question 19

chord in which the tones are played one after another, also called a broken chord

Answer 19

arpeggie