Week 7

Question 1

What are phrases made up of?

Answer 1

short melodic and/or rhythmic ideas called motifs

Question 2

what are variations on phrases generated by?

Answer 2

melodic and rhythmic procedures

Question 3

what are variations on phrases/motifs called?

Answer 3

motivic transformation

Question 4

what is fragmentation?

Answer 4

sections of alterations on the melody

Question 5

what is literal repetition?

Answer 5

repeating the melody exactly

Question 6

what is sequential repetition?

Answer 6

the same melodic segment moved higher or lower

Question 7

what is sequential repetition also called?

Answer 7

thematic transformation

Question 8

does sequential repetition usually move higher or lower?

Answer 8

higher

Question 9

What is Rhythmic Diminution:

Answer 9

shortening the note value of the rhythm (as in quarter notes to eight notes)

Question 10

What is rhythmic augmentation?

Answer 10

lengthening the note value of the rhythm (quarter notes to half notes)

Question 11

When does melodic sequence occur

Answer 11

when a melodic segment is immediately followed by one or more transpositions of the segment which all move up by the same interval

Question 12

when does harmonic sequence occur?

Answer 12

when a segment of chords is immediately followed by one or more transpositions of the same segment which all move up by the same interval

Question 13

Tonicization:

Answer 13

scale degrees of chords other than the tonic made to sound as if they are temporary tonics

Question 14

what is the most common type of tonicization?

Answer 14

secondary dominants

Question 15

what are secondary dominants also called?

Answer 15

applied dominants

Question 16

what is a secondary dominant?

Answer 16

a major or minor triad other than the actual tonic is preceded by its one dominant chord, the secondary dominant, allowing the original triad to be felt as a temporary tonic

Question 17

what is the most common secondary dominant?

Answer 17

V/V

Question 18

what are two other common secondary dominants and their resolutions?

Answer 18

V/ii resolving to ii and V/IV resolving to IV

Question 19

where does V/V usually resolve?

Answer 19

V

Question 20

True or False: When using secondary dominants all doubling and voice-leading rules of normal dominant chords must be followed

Answer 20

True

Question 21

what two chords other than dominants may also be used to tonicize a major or minor triad in a given key

Answer 21

secondary leading-tone chords and secondary diminished seventh chords

Question 22

can the triad of leading tone or secondary leading tone chords be inverted?

Answer 22

no

Question 23

can the seventh chord or leading tone or secondary leading tone chords be inverted?

Answer 23

yes