Voice Leading

Question 1

Escape tone

Answer 1

Approach by step left by leap

Question 2

Appogitoras

Answer 2

Leap to and step from

Question 3

Anticipation tone

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Retardation tone

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Suspension
Accented or unaccented

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Examples of suspensions

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Parallel fives are allowed when….

Answer 7

Between different voices

Question 8

Can you leap to perfect intefvals?

Answer 8

No

Question 9

What are tendency tones

Answer 9

7, 4….need resolution

Question 10

Avoid perfect intervals between outer voices UNLESS….

Answer 10

The soprano moves by step

Question 11

How do chordal 7ths resolve

Answer 11

Down

Question 12

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

Answer 12

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

Question 13

How can you leap to a leading tone

Answer 13

No

Question 14

Suspension matrix

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Three types of passing and neighbor tones

Answer 15

Regular, chromatic, accentdd

Question 16

Standard range of soprano

Answer 16

C below staff and g that sits on staff

Question 17

Standard range of alto

Answer 17

G two ledger lines below staff and d in staff

Question 18

Standard range of tenor

Answer 18

C in staff and g above staff

Question 19

Standard range of bass

Answer 19

E below staff, c above staff

Question 20

How much space can be between tenor and base

Answer 20

No more than twelfth

Question 21

What chord can half cadences end on?

Answer 21

V but not V7

Question 22

Chords in dominant function category

Answer 22

Fully diminished 7 and V

Question 23

Chords in subdominant function category

Answer 23

Both 4s, minor two, fully diminished two

Question 24

Quality of steps in major scale

Answer 24

WWhWWWh

Question 25

Quality of steps in minor scale

Answer 25

WhWWhWW

Question 26

Quality of steps in a harmonic scale

Answer 26

W h WW h 1.5 h

Question 27

Melodic scale

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Harmonic scale

Answer 28

Raised 7th

Question 29

Parallel keys

Answer 29

Majors and minors who share tonics

Question 30

What do relative keys share

Answer 30

Key signatures

Question 31

How do you resolve 7ths in a V7 chord

Answer 31

Move down

Question 32

What do V43 chords often resolve too

Answer 32

1 6

Question 33

What cannot come before a cadentional 6/4

Answer 33

V

Question 34

What type of beat is a pedal 6/4 on

Answer 34

Weak

Question 35

What type of beat is a cadential 6/4 on

Answer 35

Strong

Question 36

Contrapuntal

Answer 36

Two independent lines (Melodie’s)

Question 37

Descending 5ths sequence

Answer 37

Roots alternative up 4 down 5

Question 38

Ascending 5th sequence

Answer 38

Up 5 down 4

Question 39

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

Answer 39

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

Question 40

What are sequences based on

Answer 40

Roots not basses

Question 41

How do your tendency tones resolve

Answer 41

4th down, 7th up

Question 42

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

Answer 42

Move up by step

Question 43

How do you approach an octave

Answer 43

Interval of 6th

Question 44

Continuous

Answer 44

Ends on HC in home key or authentic cadence in new

Question 45

Sectional

Answer 45

AC in home key

Question 46

Rounded

Answer 46

Start of A returns in B section in home key

Question 47

Balanced

Answer 47

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

Question 48

Simple

Answer 48

Cadences don’t rhyme

Question 49

Coda

Answer 49

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

Question 50

Altered transition

Answer 50

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

Question 51

What makes rondo a Ronda

Answer 51

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

Question 52

Deceptive cadence

Answer 52

V leads to a 6

Question 53

Distantly related keys

Answer 53

Includes chromatic mediant. Further away than one sharp or flat

Question 54

Pivot chords in chromatic movement

Answer 54

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

Question 55

Strict chromatic sequence

Answer 55

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

Question 56

Equal division of octave

Answer 56

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

Question 57

Common tone modulation

Answer 57

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

Question 58

What are the types of chromatic modulation

Answer 58

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

Question 59

What is furthest modulation you can go?

Answer 59

Tritone?