Gr 8 Trio Sonata

Question 1

What does the melody of a trio sonata mainly move by?

Answer 1

Step or a third

Question 2

What leaps are rare?

Answer 2

7th

Question 3

What intervals are common at cadences?

Answer 3

rise of a 4th or fall of a fifth (also sometimes used elsewhere in melody for short period)

Question 4

What corresponds with each note of the main melody?

Answer 4

Usually a change of chord or of inversion

Question 5

When can you use a diminshed 4th?

Answer 5

In minor key when the 3rd of tonic chord falls to 3rd of dominant chord and then revolves to tonic

Question 6

When do you need to ensure your raise the 6th from melodic scale?

Answer 6

when 6th and 7th degrees moving towards tonic When scale down on dominant

Question 7

Write out how to decorate

unison

rising 2nd

falling 2nd

3rds

4+5ths

Answer 7

Question 8

What added 7th chords are most likely in a trio sonata?

Answer 8

Dominant 7th and ii/II 7

Sometimes diminshed 7th in first inversion or root

Very rarley maybe a IV7

Question 9

What happens when writing a seventh chord in 3 part harmony?

Answer 9

You have to miss out one oif the notes as a main note but usually complete the chord by using that note as a meldic decoration

Question 10

How would you approach a V7 chord and a ii7 chord?

Answer 10

V7 by preperation or a leap

ii7 only bt preperation

Question 11

What is preperation

Answer 11

Using the 7th note from your V7 or ii7 chord in the chord before it and keeping it in the same part - often using a tie

Question 12

What is quite likely if you see two root postion 7th chord together in same bar

Answer 12

One is melodic decoration of 7th note

Question 13

WHat do you do if you see chord V move to V7

Answer 13

Make the root of V move downwards by step to the 7th

Question 14

How do you move out of any added 7th note?

Answer 14

Step downwards

Question 15

How do you deal with II7 - V7 - I

Answer 15

You need to move one partr chromatically across the three chord

Question 16

How can you spot if a diminshed 7th might be in use?

Answer 16

The bassline will have a chromatic progression

Question 17

How do you approach a diminshed 7

Answer 17

prepeartion or leap

Question 18

How are 9ths figured and prepared

Answer 18

With a 9 symbol only and the 9th has to be preparfed as it is a dissonance, it also resolves by step down - treat the 9th as you would a 7th

Question 19

What must you be careful of if you write a 9th

Answer 19

If you alread have the root and the 9th adding the third will create a clash - idealyy use 3rdmelodically as accented passing note

or add 5th or double the root

Question 20

How can you decorate suspensions

Answer 20

Auxilliary note or an aux harmony note