Pitch, Major Scales and Key Signatures, Rhythm, Meter, and Expressive Elements
What kind of scale ascends in a pattern of whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, then another whole step?
What type of beat does a dotted quarter note usually represent in compound time signatures?
How would you notate the interval between two notes where one is four diatonic steps higher than the other?
How would you describe the process used to reinterpret dotted quarter notes as triplet half-notes within a measure in time?
What non-harmonic tone is defined by leaping away from a chord tone and then resolving back by stepwise motion?
Which rhythmic feature would indicate that a melody is written in compound time rather than simple time?
In a composition where all strings play the same rhythm but different notes that create harmonies, what kind of texture are they producing?
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What kind of non-harmonic tone occurs when a note is sustained over a change in harmony and then steps down to resolve into the new chord?
How might a composer alter a ii-V-I progression in jazz to create increased tension before resolution?
In a Baroque era fugue subject, if the countersubject is primarily constructed of sixteenth notes against the subject's eighth notes, what articulation would typically be most appropriate to apply to the countersubject for stylistic accuracy?