If a melody is said to be diatonic, which scale is it based on?
Mode
Whole tone scale
Major or minor scale
Listen to this piece of music. What type of melody is played by the flutes?
Minor scale
Broken chord or arpeggio
Major scale
Listen to the following piece of music. Which technique is used in the opening melody?
Pitch bend
Acciaccatura
Trill
Listen to this piece of music. What melodic device is used at 0:09-0:13?
Trills and mordents
Sequence
Glissando
Listen to this piece of music. What type of melody does it have?
Diatonic
Even phrases
Fragmented and disjunct
What type of phrasing is used in the following piece of music?
Long notes, flowing melody
Question and answer, even and balanced phrases
Irregular phrases
What is the definition of a leitmotif?
A musical idea that represents a character, theme or mood
A musical idea from the Baroque period
A musical cell which is manipulated and repeated frequently
The 12 tone scale is found in which period?
Baroque
Romantic
20th century
What new type of scale did impressionist composers such as Debussy use in their music in the early 20th-century?
What's the name of the 20th-century style of music that seeks to make maximum impact out of the smallest amount of musical material?
Serialism
Minimalism
Impressionism