Topic 5 - Harmony and Tonality

Question 1

Tonality

Answer 1

The key of the music. The piece will be built mainly from a particular scale.

Question 2

Major

Answer 2

A happy uplifting sound. Play C - C to get the sound.

Question 3

Minor

Answer 3

A sad, more serious sound. Play A - A.

Question 4

Modal

Answer 4

Came before scales.

Question 5

Atonal

Answer 5

Music with no sense of fixed tonality. May sound random.

Question 6

Tonal

Answer 6

Will have a sese of key/tonal centre.

Question 7

Pentationic

Answer 7

A five note scale.

E.g C D F G A

Question 8

Whole Tone

Answer 8

A scale made up of only whole tones. Spooky and unsettling.

E.g C D E F# G# A#

Question 9

Harmony

Answer 9

Two or more notes of different pitches create harmony.

Question 10

Chromatic

Answer 10

Scale made up of semitones.

Question 11

Diatonic

Answer 11

Harmony used only the notes that belong to the major or minor keys.

Question 12

Consonance

Answer 12

Music/Harmony that sound constant and nice.

Question 13

Dissonance

Answer 13

Clashing music.

Question 14

Discords

Answer 14

Harsh, dissonant sounding combination of notes.

Question 15

Close Harmony

Answer 15

Where the notes are close together within separate parts.

Question 16

Modulation

Answer 16

Change the key. Move to the dominant or sub dominant.

Question 17

Tierce de Picardie

Answer 17

When a piece in a minor key finishes with a major chord.

Question 18

Cadence

Answer 18

Formed by the two chords that come at the end of a musical phrase.

Question 19

Perfect cadence

Answer 19

Sounds final.

Question 20

Plagal Cadence

Answer 20

Sounds complete but not strong.

Question 21

Imperfect Cadence

Answer 21

Unfinished.

Question 22

Interrupted Cadence

Answer 22

Surprise.