Music Test Flashcards
1
Q
Claude Debussy
A
- Fluctuation in tempo
- lyrical, expressive
- arpeggios
2
Q
Gustav Holst
A
- Known primarily for The Planets
- Bigger instrumentation
- Orchestral/ percussion
- Timbre (Tonal color)
3
Q
What are the primary triads?
A
Roman numeral : 1, 4, and 5
4
Q
What are the secondary triads?
A
The rest of them so 2, 3, 6, 7
5
Q
Edward Grieg
A
- Recognizable melodies
- Repeated
- Folk Songs
6
Q
How do you find what scale it is with sharps?
A
Go up half a step from the farthest sharp
7
Q
How do you find a scale from flats?
A
The farthest flat from the right and go back on (second to last flat)
8
Q
What are the key scales to remember?
A
1 flat= F major
1 sharp= G major
3 sharps= A major
0 sharps or flats= C major
9
Q
What are the names of the triads in order?
A
Tonic, super tonic, mediant, subdominant, dominant, subtone/ leading tone
10
Q
Ravel
A
- Plucking violin
- Flowing
- Dissonant (clashing)
- exotic/ flavor
