T2 THEORY UNIT 2 ALTERNATE PORTFOLIO ANSWER KEY
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1.
Where does the melody line typically sit in the musical texture of a composition?
Answer: High
2.
The melody line usually has more rhythmic activity than the chords or bass line of
a composition.
Answer: TRUE
3.
There is something in the laws of acoustics that makes minor scales feel sad or somber.
Answer: FALSE
4.
Which cultures/countries tend to use "octave duplication" in their music?
Answer: All of the above
5.
Western music relies on musical notation more than other types of world music.
Answer: TRUE
6.
What non-Western culture uses the 6 note scale called a raga?
Answer: India
7.
In the video, jazz artist Nora Jones uses a 6 note scale called the ________.
Answer: Blues scale
8.
Many Eastern cultures use a 5 note scale called a _____.
Answer: Pentatonic scale
9.
What culture used mathematical formulas that formed our 7 note Western scales?
Answer: Greek
10.
How many equal pitches are there in an octave?
Answer: 12
11.
What is the pattern of the Major scale steps? (W = whole step, H = half step)
Answer: WWHWWWH
12.
What is the pattern of the minor scale steps? (W = whole step, H = half step)
Answer: WHWWHWW
13.
What is the primary note of a scale that all other notes gravitate around?
Answer: Tonic
14.
Most popular music is written in a minor key.
Answer: FALSE
15.
Jewish traditional music in the klezmer style goes between what two types of keys.
Answer: Major and minor
16.
What is the critical scale degree that determines Major from minor scales and how we "feel" about the music?
Answer: Third
17. Using the chromatic scale made up of half steps between every note adds _____ to a composition.
Answer: Tension
18.
Chromatic scales are not often used for entire compositions, but for short effects within a larger structure.
Answer: TRUE
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