Harmony & Tonality

Question 1

A chord played by a guitar and selected to sound good at loud volume and high levels of distortion (e.g., rock music). There are two notes spaced a fifth apart

Answer 1

Power chord

Question 2

Commonly used sequences of chords that form the harmonic foundation of many songs. For example, the I–VI–IV progression is a sequence of chords built on the first (I), sixth (VI), and fourth (IV) degrees of a scale.

Answer 2

Chord progression

Question 3

A musical scale consisting of five notes (e.g., C, D, E, G, A)

Answer 3

Pentatonic

Question 4

A six-note minor pentatonic scale with the addition of a flattened fifth

Answer 4

Blues scale (e.g., a blues scale in C includes the notes C, Eb, F, Gb, G, and Bb)