OAE Music [Exam Prep] Questions With Revised Correct Answers BEST UPDATED!!
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OAE Music [Exam Prep]
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Whole Tone Scale - ANSWER
A scale consisting entirely of
intervals of a tone, with no semitones.
Octatonic Scale - ANSWER
A scale that most often refers
to the symmetric scale composed of alternat...
OAE Music [Exam Prep]
Questions With Revised Correct
Answers
BEST UPDATED!!
Whole Tone Scale - ANSWER A scale consisting entirely of
intervals of a tone, with no semitones.
Octatonic Scale - ANSWER A scale that most often refers
to the symmetric scale composed of alternating whole and half
steps.
Pentatonic Scale - ANSWER A scale which removes the 4th
and the 7th from the major scale.
Blues Scale - ANSWER A musical scale consisting of 1, flat3,
4, sharp4, 5, and a flat7.
, Arpeggiation - ANSWER Refers to the sounding of notes of
a chord one after another melodically rather than
simultaneously.
Conjuct Motion - ANSWER The interval between two
consecutive scale degrees. Any larger interval is called a skip
(also called a leap), or disjunct motion.
Parallel Period - ANSWER Indicates that the second phrase
is a repetition of the first phrase.
Asymmetrical Period - ANSWER There is an uneven
number of antecedents and conseequents.
Contrasting Period - ANSWER Form where the two phrases
are completely different.
Retrograde Motion - ANSWER A musical term that literally
means "backwards and upside down": "The inverse of the
series is sounded in reverse order."
, Sonata-Allegro Form - ANSWER The primary structural
form used in the first movement of symphonies, string
quartets, and sonatas.
Theme and Variations - ANSWER A very common musical
structure you will come across, especially in classical music. The
structure is built upon a musical idea called the theme which is
played at the start of the piece, then altered a little by each
following theme.
Passacaglia and Fugue - ANSWER It is usually of a serious
character and is often, but not always, based on a bass-ostinato
and written in triple metre. combined with a fugue. Used quite
often during the Baroque period.
Sonata-Rondo Form - ANSWER A musical form often used
during the Classical music era. As the name implies, it is a blend
of sonata form and rondo form.
Rondo Form - ANSWER Involves the repeated use of a
theme, set in the tonic key, with episodes, each involving a new
theme, intervening among the repetitions.
, Sonata Form - ANSWER A type of composition in three
sections (exposition, development, and recapitulation) in which
two themes or subjects are explored according to set key
relationships. It forms the basis for much classical music,
including the sonata, symphony, and concerto.
Pedal Point - ANSWER A sustained tone, typically in the
bass, during which at least one foreign, i.e., dissonant harmony
is sounded in the other parts.
Block Chords - ANSWER A chord or voicing built directly
below the melody either on the strong beats or to create a
four-part harmonized melody line in locked-hands rhythmic
unison with the melody, as opposed to broken chords.
Alberti Bass - ANSWER A kind of broken chord or
arpeggiated accompaniment, where the notes of the chord are
presented in the order lowest, highest, middle, highest.
Cadenza - ANSWER A virtuoso solo passage during the
Classical Era inserted into a movement in a concerto or other
work, typically near the end.
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