Chord Function, Cadence, and Phrase
What best describes proper voice leading involving sevenths?
Static harmonic rhythm
Smooth continuous lines
Repeated notes
Leap between disjunct intervals
In a four-part choral setting, if the soprano voice sings a note that resolves by step to a chord tone on the next beat, what non-harmonic tone is being used?
Suspension
Anticipation
Appoggiatura
Passing Tone
When writing a viio65/V in a minor key, what accidental must be included to ensure correct resolution and function?
Lower the submediant of vii with an accidental.
Lower the mediant of V with an accidental.
Raise the leading tone of V with an accidental.
Raise the subtonic of vii with an accidental.
When analyzing four-part harmony, which type of non-chord tone remains stationary while surrounding voices change chords?
Cambiata
Anticipation
Pedal Point
Escape Tone
Which scale includes a pattern of whole steps and half steps in the order of W-H-W-W-H-W-W?
Melodic minor scale
Natural minor scale
Major scale
Harmonic minor scale
What issue arises when using second inversion fully diminished seventh chords outside the context of direct modulation to related keys?
They don't provide sufficient tension and require careful handling so the listener's ear isn't led astray from the intended tonic region being emphasized by the composer.
Diminished sevenths tend to lose functionality and become ambiguous as the tonal center begins to shift unpredictably due to the lack of clear resolution cues present in more conventional progressions.
These complex structures may overwhelm inexperienced performers, causing performance errors and thereby detracting from the overall effectiveness of the compositional intent.
They can introduce enharmonic confusion, especially if enharmonically reinterpreted to modulate to distant, unrelated areas of the musical space, making it difficult to determine the true harmonic goal of the piece.
When resolving a V7 chord to a I chord in four-part harmony, which voice should typically move to the root of the tonic triad if the leading tone is in an inner voice?
An outer voice not containing the leading tone.
The bass voice, moving by leap rather than step.
The soprano voice, regardless of its previous pitch.
The same inner voice that contains the leading tone.

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What advanced rationale defends irregular resolutions like a moving directly into instead of based on historical practice?
Through examining late-Romantic period modulation techniques where chromaticism allowed for more flexible harmonic movement including such progressions.
Through examining late-Romantic period modulation techniques where chromaticism allowed for more flexible harmonic movement including such progressions. Incidents like these suggest some composers intentionally bending established rules for expressive purposes.
When resolving a V7 chord in root position within a harmonic progression, which note typically moves down by step to resolve the leading tone?
The root of the V7 chord resolves down by step.
The 3rd of the V7 chord resolves down by step.
The 7th of the V7 chord resolves down by step.
The 5th of the V7 chord resolves down by step.
What is another name for Ionian mode which corresponds to playing from C to C on white keys only?
Key Signatures
Major Scale
Mixolydian Mode
Aeolian Mode