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Music 101 Final Exam
Trinity College Music 101 Final Exam
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Undergraduate 1
05/11/2010

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Term
Seventh Chord
Definition
Four-note chord built in 3rd (snowman with a hat)
Term
Major Seventh Chord:
Definition
Built off a major triad with a major seventh at the top
Term
Dominant Seventh Chord:
Definition
Built off a major triad with a lower 7th degree; starts on 5th degree of a scale
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Minor Seventh Chord:
Definition
Built off the minor triad (lowered 3rd and lowered 7th degrees)
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Half Diminished Seventh Chord:
Definition
Built of diminished triad with 7th degree a half step lower
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Full Diminished Seventh:
Definition
Built off diminished triad with 7th degree a whole step lower than normal
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Dominant
Definition
5th scale degree
Term
Voice Leading
Definition
Process of moving from one chord to another using common tones
Term
Accompaniment
Definition
Harmonic background to a melody
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Common Tones
Definition
Pitch that is shared by two different chords (must stay in the same voice!!)
Term
Mode
Definition
Type of scale that is diatonic in arrangement
Term
Pentatonic Scales
Definition
Five-note scale
Term
Blues Scale
Definition
Comprised of six notes involving a 1, lowered 3rd, 4, lowered 5, 5, lowered 7, and 8
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Period
Definition
Two musical phrases dependent on each other for balance
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Antecedent
Definition
First phrase of a period
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Consequent
Definition
2nd phrase of a period
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Parallel Period
Definition
Phrases within a period that begin the same way
Term
Contrasting Period
Definition
Phrases within a pyramid that begin differently
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Double Period
Definition
Two phrases, separated by a half cadence, that balance each other
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Half Cadence
Definition
Point of rest at the end of a musical phrase that seems temporary or incomplete (typically ends on V chord)
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Full Cadence
Definition
Point of rest at the end of a consequent phrase in a period that seems complete and final; almost always ends on tonic I chord
Term
Triplet
Definition
Division of a note into three equal parts (123)
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Syncopation
Definition
Rhythms created by accented notes that fall between or off beats
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