Quiz 2

Question 1

Smallest Interval used in the Western System. Also the distance between two adjacent keys on a piano.

Answer 1

Half Step

Question 2

Interval between two notes that are eight diatonic pitches apart.

Answer 2

Octave

Question 3

An Interval consisting of two half steps.

Answer 3

Whole Step

Question 4

Melody or Harmony built from many, if not all 12 pitches of the octave. Consists of an ascending or descending sequence of half steps.

Answer 4

Chromatic (Out of Key) Scale

Question 5

Melody or Harmony built from the 7 pitches of a major or minor scale. Encompasses patterns of seven whole steps and half steps.

Answer 5

Diatonic (In the Key) Scale

Question 6

Scale consisting of 7 different pitches that comprise a specific pattern of whole and half steps. It’s third degree is raised half a step.

Answer 6

Major Scale

Question 7

Scale consisting of 7 different pitches that comprise a specific pattern of whole and half steps. It’s third degree is lowered half a step.

Answer 7

Minor Scale

Question 8

Musical symbol that indicates raising a pitch by a half step.

Answer 8

Sharp (Up a Half Step)

Question 9

Musical symbol that indicates lowering a pitch by a half step.

Answer 9

Flat (Down a Half Step)

Question 10

Triad built on the first scale note, the I chord.

Answer 10

Tonic Chord

Question 11

In the diatonic system, chords that need to resolve to the tonic chord. Includes the dominant and subdominant chords.

Answer 11

Active Chords

Question 12

The interweaving of melodic (horizontal) and harmonic (vertical) elements in the musical fabric.

Answer 12

Texture

Question 13

Single line texture, or melody without accompaniment. One sound, one melody.

Answer 13

Monophony

Question 14

Two or more melodic lines combined into a multivoiced texture. Multiple sounds, not moving together.

Answer 14

Polyphony

Question 15

Texture with a principal melody and accompanying harmony. More than one sound, all moving together.

Answer 15

Homophony

Question 16

Melodic idea presented in one voice or part, and then restated in another.

Answer 16

Imitation

Question 17

Texture in which all voices, or lines, move together in the same rhythm.

Answer 17

Homorhythm.

Question 18

Structure and design in music, based on repetition, contrast, and variation; the organizing principle of music.

Answer 18

Form

Question 19

Melodic idea used as a basic building block in the construction of a piece.

Answer 19

Theme

Question 20

Musical expression of theme by varying its melodic outline, harmony, or rhythm.

Answer 20

Thematic Development

Question 21

Short melodic or rhythmic idea; the smallest fragment of a theme that forms a melodic-harmonic-rhythmic unit.

Answer 21

Motive

Question 22

Restatement of an idea or motive at a different pitch level.

Answer 22

Sequence

Question 23

Performance style with a singing leader who is imitated by a chorus of followers.

Answer 23

Call and Response

Question 24

Singing, especially in Gregorian chant, in which a soloist or a group of soloists alternates with the choir.

Answer 24

Responsorial Singing

Question 25

The creation of music while it is being performed.

Answer 25

Improvisation

Question 26

A short melodic, rhythmic, or harmonic pattern that is repeated throughout a work or section.

Answer 26

Ostinato

Question 27

Complete, self-contained part within a larger work.

Answer 27

Movement

Question 28

The use of opposing musical elements to emphasize difference and variety.

Answer 28

Contrast

Question 29

The compositional procedure of altering a pre-existing musical idea.

Answer 29

Variation

Question 30

A scale which uses only FIVE notes, and contains NO HALF STEPS.

Answer 30

Pentatonic Scale