What is Counterpoint?

A single melody line or voice added to another line or voice

Why does a seventh chord have a bit of dissonance?

the leading tone wants to resolve to the tonic

What is the difference between a major and minor interval?

A major interval is one half step bigger than minor, A minor interval is one half step smaller than major

The way notes are simultaneously sounded in a piece of music

Triads that have a note other than the root as the base

The distance between two pitches

What are enharmonic intervals?

2 intervals that sound the same but are labeled differently

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(Chapter 5) Harmonic Organization I: Intervals, Triads, and Seventh Chords

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1
What is the enharmonic interval for this?
Diminished 2nd
Minor 3rd
Major 2nd
Augmented 2nd
2
Which interval is this? (Treble Clef)
Perfect Octave
Major 7th
Perfect 5th
Augmented Major 6th
3
Which interval is this? (Treble Clef)
Minor 5th
Perfect 5th
Perfect 4th
Minor 4th
4
What is Counterpoint?
When two instruments play together with the same pitch.
When a voice and an instrument play at the same pitch
A single melody line or voice added to another line or voice
It is the same as harmony
5
What is the base if this was in first inversion?
G flat
B flat
D flat
F
6
Why does a seventh chord have a bit of dissonance?
the leading tone wants to resolve to the tonic
The interval between the 5th and 1st are unstable
It doesn't have any dissonance
the 3rd in the seventh chord has to be dimished
7
What is the difference between a major and minor interval?
A major interval doesn't have any accidentals
A minor interval is one half step bigger than major
A major interval is one half step bigger than minor
A minor interval is one half step smaller than major
8
What is Harmony?
An interruption of the regular flow of rhythm
the definition of harmony...
The way notes are simultaneously sounded in a piece of music
The coincidence in pitch of sounds or pitch
9
What is an interval that is one half step smaller than a perfect or minor?
augmented
double augmented
diminished
harmonic minor
10
What note is in the base?
E flat
Middle C
E
G
11
What note would be in the base if this was 2nd inversion?
G
B
E flat
Middle C
12
What are inversions?
Another word for modulating
moving the root to an octave higher
Triads that have a note other than the root as the base
Replacing the base into the center of the chord
13
What interval is G (base) to E
Perfect 5th
Minor 5th
Major 7th
Major 6th
14
In a third inversion seventh chord, where is the 5th located
right above the base
the very top of the chord
the bottom of the chord
nowhere on the staff, it become omitted
15
What are Intervals?
The amount of time a note is played
The distance between two pitches
The distance between a ledger line and the grand staff
I don't know, I'm only half a year into AP Music Theory...
16
If A was the base of a seventh chord, what would be the seventh note
A
F augmented
G
G diminished
17
What inversion would it be if E was on the top
third inversion
no inversion
first inversion
second inverson
18
What type of chord has 2 intervals that are stacked by 3rds
major chords
triads
melodic chords
augmented chords
19
Which intervals are these?
Minor 6th and Minor 7th
Minor 6th and Major 7th
Augmented 6th and Minor 7th
Major 6th and Minor 7th
20
What are enharmonic intervals?
The name for augmented and diminished intervals
2 intervals that sound different but labeled the same way
harmonic minor intervals
2 intervals that sound the same but are labeled differently

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