Music Fundamentals
Scales, Keys, and Modes
Intervals, Triads, and Seventh Chords
Chords in Diatonic Context
Cadences and Harmonic Progressions
100

What note is enharmonic to E#?

F

100

What is the pattern of half and whole steps for a major scale?

W, W, H, W, W, W, H
100

What are the two different names for a tritone?

Aug4 and dim5

100

What do musicians use to label chords in a diatonic context?

Roman numerals

100

Where does a cadence normally occur?

At the end of a musical phrase

200

What type of meter is 6/8 time signature?

Compound duple

200

What major and natural minor key signature is this?

E major and C# natural minor

200

Write out a A Major triad with accidentals (if necessary)

A, C#, E

200

What are the Roman numerals to the chords in a major scale?

I, ii, iii, IV, V, vi, vii°

200

What are the 5 most common types of cadences?

PAC, IAC, PC, HC, DC

300

What is enharmonic to G double sharp?

A

300
What is scalar variance?

The use of all three forms of minor scales in the same piece.

300

Name this chord in root position.

G minor

300

If Bbm is the iii of the key, what is vi?

Ebm.

300

What is this an example of?

Picardy third

400

What is a hemiola?

A special type of syncopation in triple meters where the beat is temporarily grouped into two.

400

What is the difference between tonality and modality?

Tonality is the principle of organizing the composition around the tonic, modality is the way of arranging notes to create a scale.

400

Label the three inversions of a seventh chord

First inversion- 65

Second- 43

Third- 42

400

Write out and label the correct seventh chord of the V in B Major

F#, A#, C#, E, F#7

400

What type of cadence is this?

Half cadence

500

Name 4 different tempo markings.

4 of any: Largo, adagio, lento, andante, moderato, allegro, vivace, presto

500

Name all 7 modes.

Ionian, dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolydian, aeolian, and locrian.

500

What is this seventh chord?

C#°7

500

Why would using a seventh chord be better in certain cases?

Seventh chords often have a stronger resolution than triads due to the unstable 7th.

500

What is the difference between a PAC and an IAC?

PAC has to be V or V7 to I, while IAC can be any other chord moving to I