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1.[3p]

Match each non-chord tone to how it behaves.

  • Passing tone

  • Neighbour tone

  • Suspension

  • Anticipation

  • Appoggiatura

  • held over from the previous chord, dissonant on a strong beat, resolves down by step

  • approached by leap, on a strong beat, resolves by step

  • a note of the next chord arriving early

  • steps away from a chord tone and back to it

  • fills a gap by step between two chord tones a third apart

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Passing tone: fills a gap by step between two chord tones a third apart Neighbour tone: steps away from a chord tone and back to it Suspension: held over from the previous chord, dissonant on a strong beat, resolves down by step Anticipation: a note of the next chord arriving early Appoggiatura: approached by leap, on a strong beat, resolves by step

2.[2p]

A bar is harmonised with F major. The melody plays A, G, F, E, F in eighth notes. What is the G?

Correct
The answer is: A passing tone
The answer is: A passing tone
The answer is: A passing tone

3.[3p]

A B flat trumpet reads a written D5. What pitch sounds? Answer in the form C5.

CorrectNot quite: C5

4.[2p]

How many semitones below the written pitch does a horn in F sound?

CorrectNot quite: 7

5.[2p]

Put the families of an orchestral score in order from the top of the page down.

  1. percussion

  2. keyboard and voices

  3. woodwind

  4. brass

  5. strings

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a, b, c, d, e

6.[3p]

A G chord with D in the bass falls on a strong beat and then resolves to D7 and G. What is it?

Correct
The answer is: A cadential six-four, functionally a dominant with two notes delayed
The answer is: A cadential six-four, functionally a dominant with two notes delayed
The answer is: A cadential six-four, functionally a dominant with two notes delayed

7.[1p]

Dynamic marks such as f and p specify loudness in absolute terms, so an f is the same volume on any instrument.

The answer is: False
Correct

8.[2p]

Match each tempo term to its approximate speed in beats per minute.

  • Largo

  • Adagio

  • Andante

  • Allegro

  • Presto

  • 120 to 168

  • 76 to 108

  • 168 to 200

  • 40 to 60

  • 66 to 76

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Largo: 40 to 60 Adagio: 66 to 76 Andante: 76 to 108 Allegro: 120 to 168 Presto: 168 to 200

9.[3p]

In a phrase in G major, the chord A7 appears and is followed by D. What is the roman numeral for A7?

Correct
The answer is: V7/V
The answer is: V7/V
The answer is: V7/V