Musical Textures
Non-Chord Tones
Modes
Secondary Chords
Voice Leading
odds & ends
100
It's a single shared voice
What is Monophony?
100
This NCT is approached by a step and resolves by a step in the same direction.
What is a passing tone?
100
This mode starts on the fourth note of a major scale.
What is Lydian?
100
These are the notes of a V7/ii in the key of C major
What is A, C#, E, and G?
100
This part-writing error:
What are parallel 5ths?
100
3/4 is an example of this meter type
What is simple triple?
200
This is when a main melody is accompanied by chords
What is Homophony?
200
This NCT is approached by a step and then resolves by a step in the opposite direction.
What is a neighbor tone?
200
This mode is the same as the natural minor scale.
What is Aeolian?
200
These are the notes of a V7/V in the key of F major
What is F, A, C, and Eb?
200
When this is found in the melody, it must resolve up.
What is a leading tone?
200
This scale: C, D, E, F#, G#, A#
What is the whole tone scale?
300
Many voices
What is Polyphony?
300
This NCT is approached by a leap and resolves by a step in the opposite direction.
What is an escape tone?
300
This mode has a lowered seventh scale degree when compared to a major scale.
What is Mixolydian?
300
These are the notes of a vii/III in the key of D minor
What is E, G, and Bb?
300
This must resolve down in good 18th century part-writing.
What is the chordal 7th?
300
The following is this type of cadence:
What is an imperfect authentic candence?
400
This is when a melodic line is accompanied by an ornamented and embellished version of itself
What is Heterophony?
400
This NCT is approached by a leap and resolves by a step
What is an appogiatura?
400
This mode also has a cadence named after it. It's based on the 3rd scale degree of a major scale.
What is Phrygian?
400
These are the notes of V7/VI in the key of B minor
What is D, F#, A, and C?
400
This should never be done with the leading tone.
What is doubled?
400
This interval:
What is a diminished 5th?
500
This texture:
What is Homophonic?
500
This NCT is approached by a consonance and resolved by up by a step
What is a retardation?
500
This rarely used mode begins on the seventh scale degree of a major scale.
What is Locrian?
500
These are the notes of a vii fully diminished 7 of V in the key of C-flat major
What is F, Ab, Cb, Ebb?
500
This is the chord type that is found on beat three of the first measure in this example:
What is an arpeggiated 6-4 chord?
500
This is another name for a pick-up note.
What is an anacrusis?