Notes, Rhythms, and Time Signatures
What is the difference between a half step and a whole step?
Half steps are directly adjacent to one another (A and A#).
Whole steps are adjacent to one another (A and B).
In solfege, the natural half steps are between _____ and _____, and _____ and ________.
mi and fa
ti and do
What is the interval from low C to high C?
(Perfect) Octave
Who had the lyra first: Greeks or Babylonians?
Babylonians
The most important musicians in the middle ages were the ________.
Clergy
How many beats (in duple meter) does a dotted half note get?
3 beats.
In solfege, all minor scales begin on ______.
la
What is the interval from C to G?
Perfect Fifth
True
Kyrie eleison is Greek for:
Lord, have mercy.
What is the difference between duple meter and triple meter?
Duple meter subdivides evenly into groups of 2.
Triple meter subdivides evenly into groups of 3.
In solfege, Mixolydian mode starts on _______.
sol
Which of the following intervals are always perfect, and which of the following intervals are always major?
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
Major: 2nd and 3rd
Perfect: 4th and 5th
1.___________
2._________
3._________
1. abstract science
2. power
3. art
Polyphony was invented as __________.
A way to decorate Gregorian chant.
What is the difference between simple and compound meter?
Simple meter subdivides evenly into groups of 2 or into groups of 3.
Compound meter subdivides unevenly into groups of 2 and 3.
In harmonic minor, you raise the __________. In melodic minor, you raise the _________ and __________ on the way up and lower them back to normal on the way down.
Harmonic Minor: Raise the seventh (sol to si)
Melodic Minor: Ascending--Raise the sixth (fa to fi) and seventh (sol to si). Descending-- lower the sixth and seventh back to normal (fa and sol).
In a triad, if the distance from the root to the fifth is a diminished fifth, then the triad is a __________________ triad.
Diminished triad.
True
The two types of secular musicians in the Middle Ages were:
jongleurs and troubadors
What are the three ways you can divide 7/8 meter?
7/8:
1. duple-triple-duple
2. triple-duple-duple
3. duple-duple-triple
What is the pattern of whole and half steps for natural minor?
WHWWHWW
whole-half-whole-whole-half-whole-whole
In a triad, if the distance from the root to the fifth is a perfect fifth, then the triad is either __________ or ________.
Major triad or minor triad
True or False: Ancient Romans believed that music could affect a person's moral character, so it should be regulated by the state.
False, it was the Ancient Greeks who believed this.
The primary genre of the ars nova (beginning in France) was the _________, which was a chant melody while the other voices sang another text (usually a poem) in Latin or French. This could sometimes become very complex, using something known as "retrograde motion."
motet