Melody/Harmony

Question 1

What is an acciaccatura?

Answer 1

An ornament which sounds like a crushed note played very quickly on the beat or just before it

Question 2

What is an interrupted cadence?

Answer 2

Chords V-VI at the end of a phrase

Question 3

What is an interval?

Answer 3

The distance between 2 notes

Question 4

What is a melodic minor scale?

Answer 4

A minor scale with raised 6th and 7th but only when ascending

Question 5

What are modes/modals?

Answer 5

Early scales

Question 6

What is a mordent?

Answer 6

An ornament consisting of the main note, the note above and the main note

Question 7

What is an obbligato?

Answer 7

A prominent solo instrument part in a piece of vocal music

Question 8

What is a plagal cadence?

Answer 8

Chords IV-I at the end of a phrase

Question 9

What is the relative minor?

Answer 9

Minor key with the same key signature as one major key

Question 10

What is the relative minor?

Answer 10

Minor key with the same key as one major key

Question 11

What is tierce de picardie

Answer 11

The final chords of a piece in a minor key