Notes, Rhythms, Time Signatures
What is the difference between a half step and a whole step?
A half step is between two DIRECTLY adjacent notes, such as A and A#.
A whole step is between two adjacent notes, such as A and B.
In solfege, all minor scales begin on ______.
la
Please draw a major triad on the staff magnet on the board.
[major triad]
Which society had the aulos: Babylonians, Greeks, or Romans?
Greeks
The two types of secular musicians in the middle ages were_________ and __________.
troubadours and jongleurs
A dotted half note is how many beats?
Three
sol
Please draw a minor triad on the staff magnet on the board.
[minor triad]
Greeks believed that music was:
1.______________
2. _____________
3._____________
1. abstract science
2. power
3. art
The first written music was _____________________, in ____________, named for ________________.
Gregorian chant, Latin, Pope Gregory I.
How many dotted quarter notes are in a dotted whole note?
Four
Which of the following intervals CANNOT be minor?
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Bonus +100: Why?
4th and 5th
Bonus: Because perfect intervals cannot be minor--they can only be diminished.
Please draw an augmented triad on one of the staff magnets on the board.
[augmented triad]
Greek _________invoked music in their works.
poets
The first known composer was ________________.
Hildegard von Bingen
Which of these time signatures is duple meter, which is triple meter, and which is compound meter?
7/8, 6/8, 3/4
7/8: compound meter
6/8: triple meter
3/4: duple meter
Harmonic minor raises the _____. Melodic minor raises the ________and__________ on the way up, and lowers them back down on the way down.
Harmonic: raises the seventh (sol to si)
Melodic: raises the sixth (fa to fi) and the seventh (sol to si) ascending, and lowers them back to fa and sol on the way down.
Please draw a root position seventh chord on one of the staff magnets on the board.
[four notes stacked on top of each other]
True or False: Ancient Babylonians got their lyra from the Greeks.
False. Babylonians came before the Greeks.
The primary composer of the ars nova was_________________.
Guillaume de Machaut
What are the three ways you can write 7/8 meter?
duple-duple-triple
triple-duple-duple
duple-triple-duple
What is the interval from C to B sharp?
Extra 250 points: What is this interval's enharmonic equivalent?
1. Augmented Seventh
2. Perfect Octave
A second inversion seventh chord has the _______ on the bottom.
fifth
True or False: Ancient Greeks believed that music affected the ethos of a population and so should be regulated by the state.
True
Name the five chants of the Mass Ordinary in order.
Extra 250 points: Translate two of the chants into English.
1. Kyrie eleison
2. Gloria in excelsis Deo
3. Credo in unum Deum
4. Sanctus
5. Agnus Dei
Extra 250: Lord have mercy, Glory to God in the highest, I believe in one God, Holy, Lamb of God