Modes & Chords

Question 1

mixolydian

Answer 1

flattened 7th

Question 2

ionian

Answer 2

identical to the major

Question 3

dorian

Answer 3

natural minor with a raised 6th

Question 4

phrygian

Answer 4

natural minor with a flattened 2nd

Question 5

lydian

Answer 5

major with the 4th raised

Question 6

Aeolian

Answer 6

identical to a natural minor

Question 7

Locrian

Answer 7

natural minor with the 2nd and 5th flattened

Question 8

What chord does not act with a pre-dominant function?

Answer 8

I

Question 9

Which chord is the only tonic chord?

Answer 9

I

Question 10

melodic minor scale

Answer 10

a scale that lowers 3rd and raises that 6th and 7th

Question 11

harmonic minor scale

Answer 11

a scale that lowers only the 3rd and 6th of its parallel major

Question 12

parallel minor scale

Answer 12

a scale that begins on the same note as its sister major scale, but lowers the 3rd, 6th and 7thma

Question 13

major scale

Answer 13

an arrangement of whole and half notes

Question 14

plagal cadence

Answer 14

IV - I

Question 15

rondo form

Answer 15

ABACA

Question 16

parallel sixth chords

Answer 16

first inversion triads in parallel motion

Question 17

minor seventh (m7)

Answer 17

minor triad with a m7 above the root

Question 18

major - minor seventh (Mm7)

Answer 18

major triad with a m7 above the root

Question 19

major seventh (M7)

Answer 19

major triad with a M7 above the root

Question 20

half-diminished seventh (^7)

Answer 20

diminished triad with a m7 above the root

Question 21

diminished seventh (*7)

Answer 21

diminished triad with a *7 above the root

Question 22

consecutive 5th’s and 8th’s in contrary motion

Answer 22

should be avoided

Question 23

French 6th

Answer 23

Augmented 6 + major 2

Question 24

Italian 6th

Answer 24

Augmented 6 + major 3

Question 25

German 6th

Answer 25

augmented 6 + minor 3

Question 26

Which harmonic progression is a rare chord progression?

Answer 26

I - ii

Question 27

acciaccatura

Answer 27

an ornament, or embellishment, in which the performed note is first brushed - as in a flam - by the note just above it, before playing that note for almost its entire value