U2: Minor, Whole Tone, Pentatonic Scale, Compound Intervals, Instrument Families, Texture Types + Devices, Rhythmic Devices Flashcards
Key characteristics to harmonic minor?
Raised 7th (LT)
Key characteristics to melodic minor?
Raised 6th and 7th (LT).
Goes back to natural minor when descending
Parallel
Minor or major key with the same tonic note
Relative
The related minor or major key
Do re meh so leh teh do
Natural minor
Do re meh so la ti do
Melodic minor
Do the meh so leh ti do
Harmonic minor
Closely related keys
Keys with no more than 1 accidental different
A scale with 6 whole step notes
Doesn’t have a feeling of home when listening to it
Whole tone scale
Major Pentatonic scale
1,2,3,5,6 scale degrees of a major key or the major tried with a ii and vi
Minor pentatonic scale
1,3,4,5,7 scale degrees of minor
A half-step away and 2 half steps away
m2 & M2
4 halfstep
M3
3 halfstep
m3
9 half-step away
M6
Inversions
Maj-min
Aug-dim
Perf-perf
4554, 3663, 2772
Conjunct contour melodic
Stepwise movement in melody
Disjunct contour melodic
Leapwise movement in melody
How can I transpose a melody?
Transpose by interval or transpose by finding the new key and matching the scale degrees
Monophony
One melodic line without accompaniment
Homophony
One melody with one or more accompaniment voices
Polyphony
Multiple relevant melodies are played at the same time
Heterophony
Varied versions of one melody performed simultaneously
What can I ask myself in order to identify textures?
How many musical lines are there?
What role does each line play and how do they interact?
