Vocab Chapter 3

Question 1

Melody

Answer 1

meaningful succession of pitches

Question 2

Phrase

Answer 2

section of a melody, comparable to a section or a phrase of a section

Question 3

Cadence

Answer 3

stopping point

Question 4

Sequence

Answer 4

melodic phrase repeated at different levels of pitch

Question 5

Tune

Answer 5

melody that is easy to recognize, memorize, and sing

Question 6

Theme

Answer 6

melody that recurs throughout a section, a movement, or and entire composition

Question 7

Motive, motivic melody

Answer 7

short melodic phrase that may be effectively developed

Question 8

Lyrical melody

Answer 8

relatively long song like melody

Question 9

Scale

Answer 9

ascending or descending pattern of half steps, whole steps, or both

Question 10

Major scale

Answer 10

ascending pattern of steps as follows: whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half

Question 11

Minor scale

Answer 11

ascending pattern of steps as followings: whole, whole, half, whole, whole, half, whole, whole

Question 12

Tonic

Answer 12

first and most important note of the major or minor scale, to which all other notes in the scale are subordinate

Question 13

Key

Answer 13

the major or minor scale on which a composition is based

Question 14

Chromatic scale

Answer 14

twelve consecutive half steps within the range of an octave

Question 15

Whole-tone scale

Answer 15

six consecutive whole steps within the range of an octave

Question 16

Pentatonic scale

Answer 16

five-note scale