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95 Cards in this Set
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The difference in pitch between tones is called..
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An interval
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the term Scale is derived from
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Latin. Meaning staircase or ladder.
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A device used in the construction and analysis of scales is called...
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Tetrachord
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Major tetrachord
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221
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Minor Tetrachord
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212
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Natural Tetrachord
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122
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Harmonic Tetrachord
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131
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Formula for Major Scale
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MLM
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order of Flat keys
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F Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Cb
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Cb has how many flats
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7
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Keys that have different names but sound the same are called...
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enharmonic keys.
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What are the enharminic keys
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B and Cb
Gb and F# C# and Db |
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How many enharmonic keys are there...
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6
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Tendency tones in Major are
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Subdominant (pulling to Mediant)
leading tome (pulling to tonic) |
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Stable tomes in Major are
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Tonic
Mediant Dominant |
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The leading tone will most often move to the tonic unless it...
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is a part of scalewise motion in the opposite direction
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Minor Scale tetrachord
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mLn
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Tendency Tones in Natural Minor
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Submediant(pulls o dominant)
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Harmonic Minortetrachord
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mLH
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Tendency Tones in Harmonic minor
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Submediant(pulls to dominant)
Leading Tone (Pulls to Tonic) |
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Ascending Melodic minor scale formula
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mLM
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Descending melodic Minor
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NLm
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Tendency Tones in melodic Minor
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Lowered Submediant(pulls to dominant)
Leading Tone (pulls to tonic) |
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In the circle of minor keys what are the enharmonic keys
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g# minor and ab minor
d# and eb minor a# minor and bflat minor |
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Keys having the same key signature are called..
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relative keys
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Parallel keys do not have the same key signature
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True
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Lydian
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LMM
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Ionian
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MLM
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Mixolydian
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MLm or MML
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Dorian
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mLm
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Aeolian
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mLN-same as natural minor
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Phrygian
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NLN
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Locrian
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NNL
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Modes with a major sound are...
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Lydian
Ionian Mixolydian |
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Modes witha minor sound are
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Dorian
Aeolian Phrygian |
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The circle of fifths on the Lydian scale begin on what note
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F
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D lydian has how many sharps or flats
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3 #'s
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Enharmonic keys in Lydian are
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E and Fb
B and Cb F# and Gb (lydian respectively) |
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tendency tones in Lydian are...
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Subdominant(pulls to dominant)
leading tone (pulls to tonic) |
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the circle of Mixolydian Keys begins on what note
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G
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In the circle of fifths, enharmonic keys begin to occur on what position of the circle..
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6th position
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Enharmonic keys in Mixolydian are
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F# and Gb
C# and Db G# and Ab |
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Tendency Tones in Mixolydian Mode
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Subdominant (pulls to Mediant)
Mediant (can pull to subdominant) Subtonic (pulls to submediant) |
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Dorian circle of fifths begins an what note
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D
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The key of A Dorian has how many sharps or flats
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one sharp
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Enharmonic keys in a dorian are
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c# and d flat
g# and ab d# and eb |
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When compared to its parallel major a dorian scale has...
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a lowered submediant and a lowered 7th (subtonic)
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When compared to its parallel major, phrygian has...
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a lowered supertonic
lowered mediant lowered submediant and lowered 7th (subtonic) |
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When compared to it's parallel minor scale, phrygian has a...
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lowered supertonic
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Tendency tones in Phrygian are
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Supertonic
Submediant |
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When compared to its parallel major, locrian has a...
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lowered supertonic
lowered mediant lowered dominant lowered submediant lowered 7th (subtonic) Only the subdominant remains unaltered. |
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Any pitch requiring an accidental is wriiten as a chromatic alteration of...
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the previous pitch
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Whole tone scale
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222 222
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Pentatonic Major
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2 2 3 2 3
(1 2 3 5 6 8) |
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How many notes in a whole tone scale...
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6
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pentatonic minor
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3 2 2 3 2
(1 b3 4 5 b7 8) |
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When interval tones sound simultaneously, the interval is...
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a harmonic interval
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When interval tones sound in succession the interval is...
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a melodic interval
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When an interval encompasses an octave or less it is a ...
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simple interval
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When an interval encompasses a ninth or more it is....
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a compound interval
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The perfect fourth contains how many half steps...
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5
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Perfect intervals are
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P1
P4 P5 P8 |
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Augemented Prime contains...
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one half step
eg. c-c# |
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Aug 4 contains
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six half steps
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b# to b is
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dim 8
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gb to g is
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Aug 8
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e# to f is
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dim 2
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What three simple intervals don't invert
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perfect prime
perfect octave augmented octave |
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The sum of a simple interval and it's inversion is always...
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nine
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augemented intervals become....when inverted
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diminished
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The perfect fourth contains how many half steps...
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5
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Perfect intervals are
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P1
P4 P5 P8 |
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Augemented Prime contains...
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one half step
eg. c-c# |
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Aug 4 contains
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six half steps
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b# to b is
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dim 8
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gb to g is
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Aug 8
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e# to f is
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dim 2
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What three simple intervals don't invert
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perfect prime
perfect octave augmented octave |
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The sum of a simple interval and it's inversion is always...
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nine
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augemented intervals become....when inverted
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diminished
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Compounding a simple interval is accomplished by...
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moving the lower note down an octave or tye upper note an octave.
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When compounding an interval the number....
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is always added to the name of the interval
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A compunded P4 is a...
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P18
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a min10 compounded is a ...
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min 17
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When reducing a compound interval the number....is subtracted from the name of the interfval
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7
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When compounding or reducing an interval the quality of the interval remains....
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the same
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What two simple intervals may be reduced..
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Aug8 becomes Aug prime or Aug1
P8 becomes P1 |
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P4 is dissonant or consonant
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dissonant
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P1,P5,P8 are...
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consonant intervals
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min 3 is.....but a aug second is...
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consonant, dissonant
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Dissonant intervals are...
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P4
Maj2, Maj7 min 2, min7 All augmented intervals all diminished intervals |
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Consonant intervals are...
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P1, P5, P8
Maj3, Maj6 min3, min6 |
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Pitches forign to a scale are called..
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chromatic
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Diatonic interval
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upper an loer notes are diatonic to the key
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Chromatic Interval
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Upper or lower note is not diatonic to the key.
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