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Scales: Music Theory and Analysis

Scales: Music Theory and Analysis

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the most common type of scale in Western music?

  1. Major scale
  2. Minor scale
  3. Chromatic scale
  4. Pentatonic scale
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the difference between a major scale and a minor scale?

  1. The major scale has a higher pitch than the minor scale
  2. The minor scale has a lower pitch than the major scale
  3. The major scale has a brighter sound than the minor scale
  4. The minor scale has a darker sound than the major scale
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What are the three main types of minor scales?

  1. Natural minor scale, Harmonic minor scale, Melodic minor scale
  2. Major scale, Minor scale, Chromatic scale
  3. Pentatonic scale, Hexatonic scale, Heptatonic scale
  4. Whole tone scale, Half tone scale, Quarter tone scale
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a chromatic scale?

  1. A scale that has all 12 notes of the octave
  2. A scale that has only the white keys of the piano
  3. A scale that has only the black keys of the piano
  4. A scale that has a repeating pattern of notes
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a pentatonic scale?

  1. A scale that has five notes
  2. A scale that has seven notes
  3. A scale that has nine notes
  4. A scale that has eleven notes
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the difference between a whole step and a half step?

  1. A whole step is two half steps
  2. A half step is two whole steps
  3. A whole step is one half step
  4. A half step is one whole step
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the tonic of a scale?

  1. The first note of the scale
  2. The last note of the scale
  3. The middle note of the scale
  4. The highest note of the scale
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the dominant of a scale?

  1. The fifth note of the scale
  2. The fourth note of the scale
  3. The third note of the scale
  4. The second note of the scale
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the subdominant of a scale?

  1. The fourth note of the scale
  2. The fifth note of the scale
  3. The third note of the scale
  4. The second note of the scale
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a cadence?

  1. A sequence of chords that ends a musical phrase
  2. A sequence of chords that begins a musical phrase
  3. A sequence of chords that is used to transition between two musical phrases
  4. A sequence of chords that is used to create a sense of tension or drama in music
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the most common type of cadence?

  1. Perfect cadence
  2. Imperfect cadence
  3. Plagal cadence
  4. Deceptive cadence
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is an imperfect cadence?

  1. A cadence that ends on the dominant chord of the scale
  2. A cadence that ends on the subdominant chord of the scale
  3. A cadence that ends on a chord other than the tonic, dominant, or subdominant chord
  4. A cadence that ends on a chord that is not in the key of the music
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a plagal cadence?

  1. A cadence that ends on the subdominant chord of the scale
  2. A cadence that ends on the tonic chord of the scale
  3. A cadence that ends on a chord other than the tonic, dominant, or subdominant chord
  4. A cadence that ends on a chord that is not in the key of the music
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a deceptive cadence?

  1. A cadence that ends on a chord other than the tonic, dominant, or subdominant chord
  2. A cadence that ends on a chord that is not in the key of the music
  3. A cadence that ends on the tonic chord of the scale
  4. A cadence that ends on the dominant chord of the scale
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a modulation?

  1. A change in the key of a piece of music
  2. A change in the tempo of a piece of music
  3. A change in the dynamics of a piece of music
  4. A change in the instrumentation of a piece of music
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