Modes & Other Scales
A natural minor scale can also be known as this mode.
What is aeolian?
This type of music breaks away from traditional harmonic theory.
What is atonal music?
Rather than Roman numerals, most jazz music uses this method of chord notation.
What is lead sheet notation?
In this musical form, the transition section leads from the first theme into the development.
What is sonata form?
If a V chord resolves to a VI instead of a I, it is known as this.
What is a deceptive cadence?
In a major pentatonic scale, these two scale degrees are omitted.
What are 4 and 7?
A type of music in which each note of the chromatic scale is assigned a number and melodies are based on different sequences of these numbers.
What is serialism?
This type of rhythmic pattern is characterized by accents falling on weak beats or off-beats.
What is syncopation?
A tool used for modulation which borrows chords from other keys in order to transition more smoothly between keys.
What is a secondary dominant?
The sections in this form can be notated as ABACABA.
What is rondo form?
The order of whole/half steps in this modal scale is HWWWHWW.
What is phrygian?
This early twentieth century Austrian composer is known for popularizing atonal music.
Who is Arnold Schoenberg?
This type of chord is commonly used in jazz and contains intervals greater than an octave.
What is an extended chord?
In vocal music, this section is intended to provide contrast to the rest of the song and typically has something different from everything else, such as a new chord progression, key, or tempo.
What is a bridge?
A very common chord progression that is used frequently in both classical music and modern pop music.
What is I-IV-V-I?
This scale is derived from two diminished seventh chords at the interval of a half or whole step.
What is an octatonic scale?
This is the 12x12 grid that is used to lay out the different series of numbers.
What is a matrix?
There are several types of seventh chords, but this one is very prominent in jazz music.
What is a major-minor/dominant seventh?
This term is found at the end of a movement and signifies to begin the next movement immediately and without pause.
What is attacca?
In figured bass notation, a ♭ or # symbol in place of a number refers to this scale degree.
What is the third scale degree?
This is the only type of tertian triad that can be formed using the notes of the whole tone scale.
What is an augmented triad?
In serial music, this term refers to when the prime series of numbers is played backwards.
What is retrograde?
This six note scale is essentially a minor pentatonic scale with an added chromatic pitch that does not occur naturally in the key of the scale.
What is a blues scale?
These two periods of music run into each other rather seamlessly and there is much debate about where one period ends and the other begins. One composer known for aiding in this transition is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
What are Classical and Romantic?
This German opera is notorious for being so long that it takes four separate performances on four different days to get through the entire work.
What is Wagner's Ring Cycle?