Modes And Scales

Question 1

Which notes can be hexachords

Answer 1

C, F and G

C is a natural hexachors

Question 2

What’s the hexachord system calles

Answer 2

Guido d’Avezzo

Question 3

Where is the only semitone in a hexachord?

Answer 3

Between ‘mi’ and ‘fa’

Question 4

Who invented Solmisation

Answer 4

Guido

Question 5

What is solmisation

Answer 5

A system of associating each note with a syllabul

Question 6

Pentatonic scale

Answer 6

Gapped, no semitones

T, T, S, T

Question 7

Modes with major thirds

Answer 7

Ionian
Mixolydian
Lydian

Question 8

Modes with minor thirds

Answer 8

Dorian
Aeolian
Phyrygian
Locrian

Question 9

Modes with limited transposition

Answer 9

Wholetone
Octatonic
‘Acoustic scale’

Question 10

What was the 16th C. Tone system called

Answer 10

The Gamut

Question 11

What was the Gamut made of

Answer 11

20 diatonic notes
Low G - high E
3 cleffs

Question 12

Whats Voces Musicales

Answer 12

Simpler system for singers

Ut, Re, Me, Fa, Sol, La

Question 13

The e Hexachords

Answer 13

Hard/Durum = G
Natural = C
Soft/Molle = F

Question 14

Mutation

Answer 14

Switching between hexachords
Ascending = switch on ‘re’
Descending = switch on ‘la’

Question 15

Melodic

Answer 15

Sharp. 6th and 7th on way up

Flat. 6th and 7th on way down

Question 16

Ionian

Answer 16

Diatonic/western

T, T, S, T, T, T, S

Question 17

Mixolydian

Answer 17

Flat. 7th

T, T, S, T, T, S, T

Question 18

Lydian

Answer 18

Sharp. 4th

T, T, T, S, T, T, S

Question 19

Dorian

Answer 19

Flat. 3rd and 7th

T, S, T, T, T, S, T

Question 20

Aeolian

Answer 20

Flat. 3rd, 6th and 7th

T, S, T, T, S, T, T

Question 21

Phrygian

Answer 21

Flat. 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 7th

S, T, T, T, S, T, T

Question 22

Locrian

Answer 22

No perfect 5th
Flat. 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th
S, T, T, S T, T, T

Question 23

Acoustic scale

Answer 23

Sharp. 4th and flat. 7th

T, T, T, S, T S, T

Question 24

Whole-tone scale

Answer 24

All tones, no semitones
Only starts on C/C#
Only two transposition available, no pitches in common

Question 25

Octatonic scale

Answer 25

Alternating semitones and tones | Three transposition available overlapping by 50%

Question 26

Harmonic minor

Answer 26

Sharp 7th

Question 27

Which chords are minor in a major scale

Answer 27

ii, iii, vi

Question 28

Diminished chord in a major scale

Answer 28

Vii

Question 29

Diminished chord in a minor scale

Answer 29

ii

Question 30

When can you double thirds?

Answer 30

Minor scales

Question 31

What to do in chord VI

Answer 31

Double third

Question 32

Where should tue leading note go to?

Answer 32

Tonic