Harmony Study Chapters 1-4

Front 1

DESCRIBE THE VOCAL RANGES FOR THE 4 PRINCIPAL PARTS

Back 1

Soprano=a2 down to c1
Alto=d2 down to g
Tenor=a1 down to c
Bass=d1 down to F

Front 2

HOW DOES HARMONY ESTABLISH TONALITY?
HOW DOES MELODY ESTABLISH TONALITY?

Back 2

--Vertically

--Horizontally

Front 3

Define the Study of Harmony

Back 3

Examines the structure and relationship between vertical combinations of musical tones and their succession

Front 4

Define the Study of Counterpoint

Back 4

Examines the structure and relationship between horizontal combinations of musical tones and their succession

Front 5

Name the Primary tones or tonal notes in major/minor key systems

Back 5

Tonic, Dominant & Subdominant scale degrees

Front 6

Name the Secondary tones (modal notes) in major/minor key systems

Back 6

Leading tone, Sub-tonic, Mediant, Submediant scale degrees

Front 7

Which scale degree tends to be Secondary, but has the effect of a Primary tone?

Back 7

The supertonic scale degree

Front 8

When does CONJUNCT MOTION in a melody occur?

Back 8

When one pitch moves in STEPWISE MOTION to another

Front 9

When does DISJUNCT MOTION in a melody occur?

Back 9

When one pitch moves by LEAP to another

Front 10

Rules of Melodic Motion:
Leap greater than 5th can normally be followed by...(4 part answer by order of frequency)

Back 10

(1) Conjunct motion in the opposite direction (2) Disjunct motion in the opposite direction (3) Conjunct motion in the same direction (4) Disjunct motion in the same direction

Front 11

Two consecutive moves in the same direction create a ________ ________ and are __________.

Back 11

- compound interval
- forbidden

Front 12

True or False:
Augmented intervals are acceptable.

Back 12

False
Augmented intervals are forbidden.

Front 13

True or False:
Compound intervals are forbidden.

Back 13

True

Front 14

True or False:
Major 7ths are acceptible.

Back 14

False
Major 7ths are forbidden

Front 15

Minor 7ths and Diminished intervals must be followed by ________ motion in the ________ direction.

Back 15

- Conjunct
- Opposite

Front 16

No more than ___ tendency tones may occur in succession.

Back 16

Two

Front 17

When one active tone is followed by another more than a 3rd away, the first active tone is ___________.

Back 17

Disregarded

Front 18

When may rules concerning scale degree activity not apply?

Back 18

When employing broken chords (arpeggiated)

Front 19

Repose is accomplished by melodic &/or harmonic cessation (caesura), also called a _______.

Back 19

Cadence

Front 20

Two phrases form a _______. The 1st is called the _______ and the 2nd, the _______ phrase.

Back 20

Period; Antecedent phrase; Consequent phrase

Front 21

A similarity between antecedent & consequent phrases means that they are _______. No similarity signifies that they are _______.

Back 21

Parallel; Contrasting

Front 22

List the types of rhythms in order of frequency.

Back 22

(1) Regular (2) Irregular (3) Uniform (4) Syncopation

Front 23

A simple interval between Soprano & Tenor voices represents ______ _______.

Back 23

Close position

Front 24

When a _______ interval exists between the upper 2 voices, it is called Open Position.

Back 24

Compound

Front 25

Harmonic intervals between Soprano & Alto or Alto & Tenor voices MUST be _______ intervals.

Back 25

Simple

Front 26

_______ intervals may occur between the Tenor & Bass voices.

Back 26

Compound

Front 27

LOW INTERVAL LIMITS (between Tenor & Bass voices)
Name the bass note for the following low intervals 1) 2nd 2) 3rd 3) tritone 4)min6th

Back 27

(1) e (2) c (3) B (4) G

Front 28

Indirect motion occurs when 2 parts move in ______ directions.
______ ______ is when both parts move in opposite directions.
_____ _______ is when one part moves & the other sustains or repeats.

Back 28

Dissimilar; Contrary motion; Oblique motion

Front 29

Direct motion occurs when 2 parts move in _______ directions. When 2 parts move in the same direction but produce different intervals, it's called _____ _____. When 2 parts move in the same direction and also produce the same intervals, it's called _____ _____.

Back 29

Same; Similar motion; Parallel motion

Front 30

Name the 5 kinds of parallel harmonic motion that should usually not occur because they destroy the 4-part texture.

Back 30

Parallel OCTAVES, UNISONS, PERFECT 5ths & DISSONANT INTERVALS; Parallel PERFECT 4ths are acceptable only in the upper 3 voices

Front 31

Define HIDDEN MOTION

Back 31

When 2 voices move in similar motion to end in unison, perfect 5th or perfect octave.

Front 32

What types of HIDDEN MOTION are forbidden?

Back 32

(1) Hidden unisons.
(2) Hidden P5 & P8 when in Soprano & Bass voices at the change of a chord with Soprano voice moving disjunctly.

Front 33

1. Define PARALLELS BY CONTRARY MOTION
2. What parallels should be avoided?

Back 33

(1) When 2 voices move by contrary motion from one interval to the same interval.
(2) Parallel to unison, P5 or P8.

Front 34

1. Define CROSSED VOICES
2. Are they permissible?

Back 34

(1) When a lower adjacent voice has a note above that of an upper adjacent voice (or vice versa).
(2) Not normally.

Front 35

1. Define OVERLAPPING VOICES
2. Are they permissible?

Back 35

(1) When a lower voice move to a pitch higher than the previous pitch in an upper voice (or vice versa).
(2) Not normally.