Theory 4 Final

Question 1

What is aleatoric music?

Answer 1

Chance music; aspects of the composition or performance are beyond the composer’s control; some elements are determined by chance

Question 2

What is chance music?

Answer 2

aspects of the composition or performance are beyond the composer’s control; some elements are determined by chance

Question 3

What type of sounds are used in musique concrete?

Answer 3

natural sounds from the environment

Question 4

How can the sounds in musique concrete be processed or modified?

Answer 4

splicing; played backward; varying speed and pitch; tape loops; tape delay

Question 5

What is a “sound mass”?

Answer 5

a texture so dense and complex that it must be viewed as a whole rather than its individual parts

Question 6

What is a tone cluster?

Answer 6

3+ notes located closely together that are played in a harmonic interval

Question 7

In what country did Impressionism begin?

Answer 7

France

Question 8

What is a pentatonic scale?

Answer 8

5 note scale that doesn’t allow ½ steps

Question 9

What is a whole tone scale?

Answer 9

each scale degree is a whole step apart

Question 10

What is a chord of omission?

Answer 10

removes a factor to thin the sound

Question 11

What is a chord of addition?

Answer 11

adds factors to enrich the sound

Question 12

How is a chord with an added 9th different from a chord of addition?

Answer 12

chord of addition added the factor closely within the triad; 9th chord adds it above

Question 13

What are split thirds?

Answer 13

a double inflection of the 3rd of the chord to create a major-minor combination

Question 14

What is a quartal chord?

Answer 14

chord built on P4s

Question 15

What are third relationship cadences?

Answer 15

the roots of the chords lie a 3rd apart leading to the cadence point

Question 16

What is a linear cadence?

Answer 16

melodic lines converge or diverge to the cadence point

Question 17

How is melodic doubling used in Impressionism?

Answer 17

adds a single note at a fixed harmonic interval to the melody

Question 18

Spell a ii 13 chord in the key of Ab major. Put brackets around the notes that commonly are not present in the chord.

Answer 18

Bb Db [F] Ab [C] [Eb] G

Question 19

What is planing?

Answer 19

moving chords in parallel motion to camouflage the effects of harmonic progression

Question 20

What is common practice for the use of the vii chord?

Answer 20

resolves to the tonic
used in 1st inversion
never double the leading tone

Question 21

List four items that you are never allowed to do in the common practice period.

Answer 21

1) Never double the leading tone of the scale
2) No parallel P4, P5, P8
3)
4)

Question 22

For the Dorian mode, name the final and write the pattern of whole and half steps or the note of the major scale that it begins on.

Answer 22

Final - D

2nd

Question 23

For the Lydian mode, name the final and write the pattern of whole and half steps or the note of the major scale that it begins on.

Answer 23

Final - F

4th

Question 24

For the Phrygian mode, name the final and write the pattern of whole and half steps or the note of the major scale that it begins on.

Answer 24

Final - E

3rd

Question 25

For the Mixolydian mode, name the final and write the pattern of whole and half steps or the note of the major scale that it begins on.

Answer 25

Final - G

5th

Question 26

Can you legally use a lyric or melody written before 1923 in a piece you are writing?

Answer 26

sometimes, but it is not guaranteed

Question 27

What must you do to legally copyright music you write?

Answer 27

Place the copyright on the sheet music and mail it to yourself

Question 28

What is a two-part invention? What are the main parts of the invention?

Answer 28

a contrapuntal piece of music for 3 or more parts

subject, answer, and countersubject

Question 29

Give (or make up) an example of text painting.

Answer 29

If the lyric is “falling,” then the composer would have the notes going downward

Question 30

What pitch is most often changed in music ficta?

Answer 30

Bb

Question 31

What mode is the same as the modern major scale?

Answer 31

Ionian

Question 32

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

Answer 32

no

Question 33

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

Answer 33

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

Question 34

What is a change of mode in a piece of music?

Answer 34

modulation

Question 35

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

Answer 35

on the beat

Question 36

What is the difference between syllabic and melismatic text settings?

Answer 36

syllabic = 1 note per syllable
melismatic = many notes per syllable

Question 37

What are borrowed chords?

Answer 37

chords that can be borrowed from the parallel major/minor

Question 38

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

Answer 38

7-6
2-3
9-8
4-3

Question 39

What is a clausal vera cadence?

Answer 39

the notes move outward to the octave or unison

Question 40

Spell a Neapolitan 6th chord in the key of b minor. Write notes as they would appear in the music from lowest to highest.

Answer 40

E G C

Question 41

To what chord does the bVI resolve?

Answer 41

Dominant