Pitch, Meter and Tempo
Hold it together, man!
These are the pitch names for the lines of the bass clef
A(part)
F(all)
D(on't)
B(urritos)
G(ood)
The difference between a Major Pentachord and a Minor Pentachord
The Mediant
Major just has 3
Minor has a b3
It was once rumored that by lowering this perfect interval by a half step, once could summon the devil himself, turning it in to...
P5 to a d5 becoming a Tritone!
This harmonic intervals are considered too taboo for 1st Species counterpoint.
2nd, 4th, 7th, and any Augmented or Diminished intervals
This is area of the basic phrase is often made up of the dominant area followed by a tonic area.
Cadential Area
This tempo marking moves just a little faster than Mozart is moving right now.
I know that's a little morbid.
Grave
The parallel key to Eb Major would have this many flats or sharps.
6 Flats
This chordal member is the foundation of a 1st inversion triad.
The chordal 3rd
Something's wrong with the opening of this 1st species counterpoint.
Parallel Octaves in the first two measures.
In d minor, this would be __________ type of cadence
A weak (contrapuntal) Imperfect Authentic Cadence
Name this octave designation.
G 5
Using scale degrees, this would be the upper tetrachord to a harmonic minor scale
5 - b6 - 7 - 8
This is the name and quality of the triad shown here:
A Augmented Triad
The following is an example of this type of counterpoint part writing error.
Crossed Voicings
(When your bass voice is higher than your treble voice)
When using a V7 chord in a cadence, you will generally omit this from one of the chords.
Omit the 5th
(from either the V7 or the I(i) chord)
These are the names of each scale degree in a major scale
Tonic (1)
Super Tonic (2)
Mediant (3)
Sub Dominant (4)
Dominant (5)
Sub Mediant (6)
Leading Tone (7)
The key of E Major might be preparing for this relative to visit for the holidays.
C# Minor
Diatonically in the key of B minor, this would be the quality of a seventh chord with scale degree 2 as it's root.
half-diminished seventh chord
Define the "Leap Rule"
Step in one direction
Leap in the other direction
Fill in the gap
Besides the bass and the tenor voices, this is the distance you don't want to exceed between voices.
Don't exceed an octave
What would be the meter for:
21/8
Compound Septuple
This is the modal name for a natural minor scale
Aeolian
Name the chord, the quality and the inversion shown here:
F# minor/minor Seventh in 3rd Inversion
This embellishment contains as step, skip, step, step motion and is often used to turn around a melody
Cambiata
When moving from a Predominant chord to a Dominant Chord, this is where the upper three voices need to move to and it's direction.
The upper three voices should move DOWN to the nearest chord tone