Harmony and Tonality test questions - Edexcel

1

Listen to the following piece of music. What is the tonality at the beginning of the piece?

Major

Minor

Modal

2

The 12-tone system is found in which period?

Baroque

Romantic

20th century

3

Extended chords are often found in which musical style?

Expressionism

Impressionism

Baroque

4

A perfect cadence is the movement between which two chords?

V-I

I-V

V-vi

5

Which of the following cadences is NOT an imperfect cadence.

I-V

ii-V

I-IV

6

Which two chords were the most important in the Classical period?

Tonic and dominant

Tonic and subdominant

Tonic and supertonic

7

What is a ground bass?

A repeating bass line

A musical instrument

A long held note in the bass line

8

What is a dissonance?

A diatonic chord

A chord which contains notes that do not belong to the chord

When the notes sound good together

9

False relations can be found frequently in which period of music?

Baroque

Romantic

Renaissance

10

What are the three primary chords?

I, IV and V

I, V and VI

II, VI and VII