Keys, Scales and Chords

Question 0

Minor

Answer 0

Sad or mournful key

Question 1

Major

Answer 1

A happy key. Ordinary major scale has 8 notes

Question 2

Pentatonic Scale

Answer 2

Used in Folk and Rock Music. Use 5 notes

Question 3

Interval

Answer 3

A gap between two notes. There are two ways of playing an interval

Question 4

Melodic Interval

Answer 4

When a note jumps up or down to another note. Describes the pattern of a melody

Question 5

Harmonic Interval

Answer 5

When two notes are played at the same time

Question 6

Five main sounds

Answer 6

Perfect
Major
Minor
Diminished
Augmented

Question 7

Chord

Answer 7

Two or more notes played together

Flutes & Clarinets don’t play chords

Guitars & Keyboards play chords

Question 8

Concordance / Consonance

Answer 8

When notes of some chords go well together

Question 9

Discordance / Dissonance

Answer 9

When the chords sound horrible

Question 10

Triads

Answer 10

Best sounding chords

Question 11

Texture

Answer 11

How thick or thin the piece is

Monophonic
Homophonic
Polyphonic

Question 12

Monophonic

Answer 12

Simplest - there’s no harmony - thin texture

Question 13

Polyphonic

Answer 13

More than one tune being played at once - Thick texture

Question 14

Homophonic

Answer 14

When lines of the music move at more or less the same time - A melody - Thick texture

Question 15

Imitation

Answer 15

When a phrase is repeated but with slightly different changes