Scales

Question 1

The sequence of degrees in the _____ scale is always as follows: whole tone, whole tone. semitone, whole tone, whole tone, whole tone. semitone. Works written in _____ keys are often felt by listeners to have a positive, affirming character.

Answer 1

Major

Question 2

Often felt by listeners to have a more poignant, less positive sense

Answer 2

Minor

Question 3

A five-note scale on which much

folk music is based

Answer 3

Pentatonic

Question 4

Melancholic, usually guitar-based, modern folk music, originating in the work songs of the black American plantation workers.

Answer 4

Blues

Question 5

A note equal in time value to two half

notes or four quarter notes

Answer 5

Whole Tone

Question 6

In tonal music, notes that do not belong to the key in which a piece is written. the ___________ includes all twelve notes in the octave.

Answer 6

Chromatic