Key Words - Harmony

Question 1

Consonance

Answer 1

Sounds good together

Question 2

Dissonance

Answer 2

Sounds bad together

Question 3

Major

Answer 3

A scale running: tone tone semitone tone tone tone semitone

Question 4

Minor

Answer 4

A scale with a flattened third and alternative 6th and 7th notes

Question 5

Modal

Answer 5

White note scale not starting at C

i.e. the order of tones and semitones is different without major

Question 6

Atonal

Answer 6

Music without a key centre

Question 7

Modulation

Answer 7

A change of key during a passage of music

Question 8

Transpose

Answer 8

Change the pitch of the music

Question 9

Pedal

Answer 9

Single sustained note

Question 10

Drone

Answer 10

Single sustained note or multiple notes

Question 11

Arpeggio / broken chords

Answer 11

Spread out notes of a chord

Question 12

Cadence - Perfect - V to I

Answer 12

Full close

Question 13

Cadence - Plagal - IV to I

Answer 13

Amen cadence

Question 14

Cadence - Interrupted - V to VI

Answer 14

Interrupted to a minor chord

Question 15

Cadence - Imperfect ? - V

Answer 15

Half close

Question 16

How do you invert a chord?

Answer 16

You move the highest / lowest note to a lower / higher octave

Question 17

Augmented chord

Answer 17

A chord where the highest note in the triad is raised by a sharp

Question 18

Diminished chord

Answer 18

A chord where the two highest notes are squashed with a flat

Question 19

7th chord

Answer 19

A chord but he leading note(7th note) is also added

Question 20

Relative key

Answer 20

A key that has the same key signature