Theory 3 Final

Question 1

What is a variation?

Answer 1

a technique used to modify a musical idea, each variation is complete within itself

Question 2

What is an Alberti bass?

Answer 2

the bass is an ascending and descending arpeggio of the chord

Question 3

What is a change of mode?

Answer 3

the theme changes to a new mode, typically parallel or relative major/minor

Question 4

What is an extended pitch range?

Answer 4

the melody is extended across a larger pitch interval

Question 5

What is a passacaglia?

Answer 5

ground bass, usually chromatic, triple meter, slow

Question 6

What is a harmonic motive?

Answer 6

a repeated chord progression

Question 7

What is a chaconne?

Answer 7

uses a repeated chord progression throughout the composition

Question 8

What is a continuous variation?

Answer 8

uses a repeated bass line, repeated harmonic prig, repeated rhythmic patter, or versions of the three

Question 9

What is a ground bass?

Answer 9

a short melody maintained in the lowest voice and repeated throughout the piece

Question 10

What are borrowed chords?

Answer 10

chords borrowed from the parallel major/minor

Question 11

What is a modal mixture?

Answer 11

borrowing chords from the parallel major/minor

Question 12

When in a major key, what chords may be borrowed from the minor mode?

Answer 12

ii^dim6
ii^half dim7
iv
bVI
vii^fully dim7

Question 13

What chord may be borrowed when in the minor?

Answer 13

I

Question 14

What is the name for the chord borrowed when in the minor?

Answer 14

Picardy 3rd

Question 15

To what chord does the bVI resolve?

Answer 15

Tonic

Question 16

What is a basso ostinato?

Answer 16

ground bass; short melody maintained in the lowest voice and repeated throughout the composition

Question 17

What is a Neapolitan 6th chord?

Answer 17

a major triad on the lowered second scale degree of a major or minor scale

Question 18

What is the proper abbreviation for a Neapolitan 6th chord?

Answer 18

N^6

Question 19

Is the Neapolitan 6th chord used more often in major or minor keys?

Answer 19

minor

Question 20

In what inversion does the Neapolitan 6th chord usually appear?

Answer 20

first inversion

Question 21

In what era did the Neapolitan 6th chord first appear?

Answer 21

baroque

Question 22

In what eras were Neapolitan 6th chords primarily used?

Answer 22

baroque, classical, and romantic

Question 23

Spell a Neapolitan 6th chord in the key of c minor.

Answer 23

F Ab Db

Question 24

Spell a Neapolitan 6th chord in the key of g# minor.

Answer 24

C# E A

Question 25

What is a retransition in rondo?

Answer 25

connects an episode to a refrain

Question 26

To what chord does an N6 usually resolve?

Answer 26

V

Question 27

What is a seven part rondo?

Answer 27

A B A C A B A | used in final mvmts

Question 28

What is an episode?

Answer 28

occurs between refrains in a rondo, typically in a contrasting key

Question 29

For the Dorian mode, name the final and write patter of whole and half steps.

Answer 29

D | WHWWWHW

Question 30

For the Lydian mode, name the final and write pattern of whole and half step.

Answer 30

F | WWWHWWH

Question 31

For the Phrygian mode, name the final and write pattern of whole and half steps.

Answer 31

E | HWWWHWW

Question 32

For the Mixolydian mode, name the final and write pattern of whole and half steps.

Answer 32

G | WWHWWHW

Question 33

What pitch is most often changed in musica ficta?

Answer 33

B to Bb

Question 34

What mode is the same as the modern major scale?

Answer 34

Ionian

Question 35

What mode is the same as the modern natural minor scale?

Answer 35

Aeolian

Question 36

What is a plagal cadence in 16th century writing?

Answer 36

the lower voice moves up a P5 or down a P4

Question 37

What intervals were consonant i 16th century style? Name of all 7 of them?

Answer 37

P1, m3, M3, P5, m6, M6, P8

Question 38

Can a non-accented passing tone contain a melodic skip?

Answer 38

no

Question 39

Does the suspended note in a suspension occur on or off the beat?

Answer 39

on the beat

Question 40

What is the difference between syllabic and melismatic text settings?

Answer 40

``` syllabic = one syllable per note melismatic = many notes per syllable ```

Question 41

In 2-part counterpoint, what are the only suspensions allowed?

Answer 41

7-6 and 2-3

Question 42

What additional types of suspensions can be used in 3 part counterpoint?

Answer 42

9-8 and 4-3

Question 43

What is a clausula vera cadence?

Answer 43

voices move out to the octave or unison

Question 44

What is a sequence?

Answer 44

the immediate restatement of a melodic motive or longer figure in the same voice at a higher or lower pitch

Question 45

What is a fugue subject?

Answer 45

short melody that is the basis of the entire fugue

Question 46

What is a fugue answer?

Answer 46

restatement of the subject in another voice

Question 47

What is a fugue exposition?

Answer 47

the first section that introduces melodic materials

Question 48

What is a fugue countersubject?

Answer 48

the continuation of counterpoint in the voice that began as the subject; goes against the answer

Question 49

What is the second section of a fugue?

Answer 49

consists of episodes and entries; also referred to as development

Question 50

What ways can subjects and answers be varied?

Answer 50

stretto - overlapping augmentation - double or triple note values diminution - note values are reduced retrograde - played backwards melodic inversion - reverses direction of the melody

Question 51

What is the final section of the fugue?

Answer 51

Coda

Question 52

Italian 6th

Answer 52

M3 + A6

Question 53

French 6th

Answer 53

M3 + A4 + A6

Question 54

German 6th

Answer 54

M3 + P5 + A6

Question 55

Write an It^6 chord in the key of c minor.

Answer 55

Ab C F#

Question 56

Write a Gr^6 chord in the key of Db major

Answer 56

Bbb Db Fb G

Question 57

Write a Fr^6 chord in the key of d minor.

Answer 57

Bb D E G#

Question 58

What factors are used for 9th chords in 4 voice writing?

Answer 58

R 3 7 9

Question 59

What factors are used for 11th chords in 4 voice writing?

Answer 59

R 7 9 11

Question 60

What factors are used for 13th chords in 4 voice writing?

Answer 60

R 3 7 13