Test 8.2.19

Question 1

What are the degrees of the scale

Answer 1

The 8 individual notes that make up every major and minor scale

Question 2

What term describes - The 8 individual notes that make up every major and minor scale

Answer 2

The degrees of the scale

Question 3

What is note 1 in the degrees of the scale

Answer 3

Tonic

Question 4

What number is the tonic note in the degrees of the scale

Answer 4

note 1 and/or 8

Question 5

What is note 2 in the degrees of the scale

Answer 5

Supertonic

Question 6

What number is the supertonic note in the degrees of the scale

Answer 6

2

Question 7

What is note 3 in the degrees of the scale

Answer 7

Mediant

Question 8

What number is the mediant note in the degrees of the scale

Answer 8

3

Question 9

What number is the subdominant note in the degrees of the scale

Answer 9

4

Question 10

What is note 4 in the degrees of the scale

Answer 10

Subdominant

Question 11

What number is the dominant note in the degrees of the scale

Answer 11

5

Question 12

What is note 5 in the degrees of the scale

Answer 12

Dominant

Question 13

What number is the submediant note in the degrees of the scale

Answer 13

6

Question 14

What is note 6 in the degrees of the scale

Answer 14

Submediant

Question 15

What number is the leading note note in the degrees of the scale

Answer 15

7

Question 16

What is note 7 in the degrees of the scale

Answer 16

Leading note

Question 17

What is note 8 in the degrees of the scale

Answer 17

Tonic

Question 18

Describe - texture

Answer 18

How tempo, melody and harmony / the layers of a piece of music combine

Question 19

What term describes How tempo, melody and harmony / the layers of a piece of music combine

Answer 19

Texture

Question 20

Describe monophonic texture

Answer 20

A single melody - like one string of spaghetti

Question 21

Describe polyphonic texture

Answer 21

Many melodies interweaving with one another - like spaghetti on a plate

Question 22

Describe homophonic texture

Answer 22

Literal meaning - sounding together - like many strands of music placed directly on top of one another and lined up - like uncooked spaghetti in a packet - sometimes called chordal music

Question 23

Describe unison texture

Answer 23

All voices or instruments singing or playing the same melody (but perhaps in different octaves) e.g. many people singing Happy Birthday

Question 24

Describe antiphonal texture

Answer 24

More than one group of instruments or voices usually placed in different parts of a church or concert venue - usually dialogue and melodic ideas are passed between them e.g. Renaissance composer Gabrieli

Question 25

Which texture describes - A single melody - like one string of spaghetti

Answer 25

Monophonic

Question 26

Which form of texture describes - Many melodies interweaving with one another - like spaghetti on a plate

Answer 26

Polyphonic

Question 27

Which texture describes - Literal meaning - sounding together - like many strands of music placed directly on top of one another and lined up - like uncooked spaghetti in a packet - sometimes called chordal music

Answer 27

Homophonic

Question 28

Which texture describes - All voices or instruments singing or playing the same melody (but perhaps in different octaves) e.g. many people singing Happy Birthday

Answer 28

Unison

Question 29

Which texture describes - More than one group of instruments or voices usually placed in different parts of a church or concert venue - usually dialogue and melodic ideas are passed between them e.g. Renaissance composer Gabrieli

Answer 29

Antiphonal

Question 30

Give the structure of Binary form and in which period was it mainly used

Answer 30

AB - commonly used in Baroque period
A - begins with tonic key ends with dominant key and usually repeated
B - begins with dominant key and returns to tonic

Question 31

Which form is defined as AB and was used mainly during the Baroque period

Answer 31

Binary

Question 32

Give the structure of Ternary form and in which period was it mainly used

Answer 32

ABA
Commonly found in minuet and Baroque dances
Later used as a movement within Classical symphonies
Repeat of section A not always exact but very close

Question 33

Describe the term - structure

Answer 33

The different sections of keys melodies or chord sequences that make up a piece or song

Question 34

Where was Mozart born

Answer 34

Salzburg, Austria

Question 35

When was Mozart born

Answer 35

1756

Question 36

Which composer was born in Salzburg Austria in 1756

Answer 36

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Question 37

Name 3 of Mozart’s pieces

Answer 37

Don Giovanni - opera
Symphony no 15 in G Major
Piano concerto no 15 in Bb major

Question 38

Give two facts about Mozart

Answer 38

He earned a lot of money from his successful operas, but ended up in financial difficulties

By the age of 5 he could play the clavier (like a harpsichord) faultlessly