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Voice Leading Flashcards

1
Q

Escape tone

A

Approach by step left by leap

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2
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Appogitoras

A

Leap to and step from

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3
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Anticipation tone

A

Approached by step and left by common tone. Chord arrives eearly

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4
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Retardation tone

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Approached by common tone left by step up. Similar to suspension

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5
Q

Suspension
Accented or unaccented

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Approached by common tone and left by step down. Accented embellishing tone

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6
Q

Examples of suspensions

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9-8, 7-6, 6-5, 4-3, 2-3

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7
Q

Parallel fives are allowed when….

A

Between different voices

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8
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Can you leap to perfect intefvals?

A

No

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9
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What are tendency tones

A

7, 4….need resolution

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10
Q

Avoid perfect intervals between outer voices UNLESS….

A

The soprano moves by step

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11
Q

How do chordal 7ths resolve

A

Down

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12
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How do you resolve leading tones? Outer voices? Inner voices?

A

Up in outer voices. Down by third in middle-voice?

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13
Q

How can you leap to a leading tone

A

No

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14
Q

Suspension matrix

A

Prep, suspend, resolve
Weak, strong, weak
Consonant, dissonant, consonant

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15
Q

Three types of passing and neighbor tones

A

Regular, chromatic, accentdd

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16
Q

Standard range of soprano

A

C below staff and g that sits on staff

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17
Q

Standard range of alto

A

G two ledger lines below staff and d in staff

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18
Q

Standard range of tenor

A

C in staff and g above staff

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19
Q

Standard range of bass

A

E below staff, c above staff

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20
Q

How much space can be between tenor and base

A

No more than twelfth

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21
Q

What chord can half cadences end on?

A

V but not V7

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22
Q

Chords in dominant function category

A

Fully diminished 7 and V

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23
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Chords in subdominant function category

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Both 4s, minor two, fully diminished two

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24
Q

Quality of steps in major scale

A

WWhWWWh

25
Q

Quality of steps in minor scale

A

WhWWhWW

26
Q

Quality of steps in a harmonic scale

A

W h WW h 1.5 h

27
Q

Melodic scale

A

Raised 6th and 7th reverts back to natural minor on the way down

28
Q

Harmonic scale

A

Raised 7th

29
Q

Parallel keys

A

Majors and minors who share tonics

30
Q

What do relative keys share

A

Key signatures

31
Q

How do you resolve 7ths in a V7 chord

A

Move down

32
Q

What do V43 chords often resolve too

A

1 6

33
Q

What cannot come before a cadentional 6/4

A

V

34
Q

What type of beat is a pedal 6/4 on

A

Weak

35
Q

What type of beat is a cadential 6/4 on

A

Strong

36
Q

Contrapuntal

A

Two independent lines (Melodie’s)

37
Q

Descending 5ths sequence

A

Roots alternative up 4 down 5

38
Q

Ascending 5th sequence

A

Up 5 down 4

39
Q

What two rules of voice leading don’t apply in sequences

A

You can double leading tone and you don’t have to raise scale degree 7 in minor

40
Q

What are sequences based on

A

Roots not basses

41
Q

How do your tendency tones resolve

A

4th down, 7th up

42
Q

In a minor keys, what can’t scale degree six do

A

Move up by step

43
Q

How do you approach an octave

A

Interval of 6th

44
Q

Continuous

A

Ends on HC in home key or authentic cadence in new

45
Q

Sectional

A

AC in home key

46
Q

Rounded

A

Start of A returns in B section in home key

47
Q

Balanced

A

Cadences of A/B rhyme. Remember can’t rhyme with same word

48
Q

Simple

A

Cadences don’t rhyme

49
Q

Coda

A

Follows recapitulation. Optional. In tonic key. Follows end of recap. Not repeated

50
Q

Altered transition

A

Sounds like it’s modulating but it’s nottt… sequences, dominant prolongation, linear chromaticism.

51
Q

What makes rondo a Ronda

A

A. The refrain. It’s the same every time. Home key

52
Q

Deceptive cadence

A

V leads to a 6

53
Q

Distantly related keys

A

Includes chromatic mediant. Further away than one sharp or flat

54
Q

Pivot chords in chromatic movement

A

May only be diatonic to one key and be mode mixture in the other.

55
Q

Strict chromatic sequence

A

Amount of half steps is the same each time. No longer diatonic

56
Q

Equal division of octave

A

With strict chromatic sequences. If it repeats enough times it will return to where it started

57
Q

Common tone modulation

A

Chord before modulation and chord after share a note . Often sustained without accompaniment
Can also be Enharmonically respelled

58
Q

What are the types of chromatic modulation

A

Enharmonically reinterpreted o7, common tone modulation, pivot chord modulation, chromatic sequence

59
Q

What is furthest modulation you can go?

A

Tritone?

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