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20 Cards in this Set
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The manner in which ascending/descending musical tones are ordered is in accordance with a specified _____ scheme. |
interval
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Define interval
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difference in pitch between 2 tones
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Define tetrachord
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a series of 4 successive staff degrees with 5 semitone or 1/2 step intervals
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Which tetrachord is signified by 2-2-1?
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major tetrachord
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Which tetrachord is signified by 2-1-2?
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minor tetrachord
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Which tetrachord is signified by 1-2-2?
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natural tetrachord
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Which tetrachord is signified by 1-3-1?
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harmonic tetrachord
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How many semitones compose a tetrachord "link"?
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2 semitones
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What scale is defined by the tetrachord formula MLM?
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major scale
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What scale is defined by the tetrachord formula mLM?
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melodic minor scale
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What scale is defined by the tetrachord formula mLH?
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harmonic minor scale
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What scale is defined by the tetrachord formula mLN?
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natural minor scale
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Name the active tones in a natural minor scale.
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supertonic, subdominant, submediant, subtonic
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What is the difference between an active tone and a tendency tone.
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tendency tones are active tones that want to move toward a specific scale pitch
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Name the tendency tones in a major scale.
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subdominant (pulls to mediant), leading tone (pulls to tonic)
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Name the tendency tones in an harmonic minor scale.
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submediant (pulls to dominant), leading tone (pulls to tonic)
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Name the active & tendency tones in a melodic minor scale.
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active: supertonic, subdominant, raised submediant, subtonic;
tendency: lowered submediant (pulls to dominant), leading tone (pulls to tonic) |
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Describe keys that are relative
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they have different tonics, but the same key signature
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Describe keys that are parallel
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they have the same tonics, but different key signatures
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In what way does the natural minor differ from the harmonic minor?
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natural minor scale has the subtonic instead of the leading tone
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