Week 3 Flashcards
Solfeg order for major:
Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti, Do
Solfeg order for Natural Minor:
De, Re, Me, Fa, Sol, Le, Te, Do
Solfeg order for Harmonic Minor:
Do, Re, Me, Fa, Sol, Le, Ti, Do
Solfeg order for Melodic Minor (Up and Down):
Do, Re, Me, Fa, Sol, La, Ti, Do, Te, Le, Sol, Fa, Me, Re, Do
True or false: A bass line uses melodic leaps with less frequency than upper voices
false
Allowable melodic leaps for bass lines in four-part
thirds, perfect fourths and fifths, sixths, octaves, and if resolved properly descending diminished fifths
When are repeated notes in bass lines acceptable?
on strong beats
When are repeated notes on weak beats in bass lines acceptable?
At the beginning of a phrase or if the second note is a suspension
what note value do 18th-century chorale bass lines tend to use?
quarter notes
What is a phrase?
a complete musical passage that ends with a cadence
What are the two most common phrase lengths?
Four-measure and Eight-measure
6 types of Cadence:
Perfect authentic, imperfect authentic, half, Phrygian, plagal, Deceptive
What kind of cadence does the final cadence in a piece have to be?
A perfect authentic cadence or plagal
What types of cadences are inconclusive?
Half, Imperfect authentic, and deceptive
What types of cadences are conclusive?
perfect authentic and plagal
