SHOSYS ACADEMY 9.1 TEST: CONVENTIONS OF LABELING DEGREES AND INTERVALS
Kelvin Sholar
1 Introduction To The Blog Series
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2 Testing Recall Of Degrees and Intervals
In Lesson 9.1, we learned about about labeling degrees and intervals. Here in this Test, remembrance is assessed; the primary task for the student is to find cues in test questions that make it easy to remember answers. There may be more than one correct answer for a given test question. Correct answers are given at the end of this test.
2.1 Test Questions
1. Harmony is the study of:
a). tonal structures
b). rhythmic structures
c). melodic structures
2. In order to label tones as ordered positions of a scale in a given direction, they are numbered with:
a). Roman numerals
b). ordinal numbers
c). cardinal numbers
3. Which term is not a conventional name for scale degrees:
a). tonic
b). supertonic
c). mediant
d). supermediant
e). subdominant
f). superdominant
g). dominant
h). submissive
i). submediant
j). supermediant
k). subtonic
4. We measure intervals in units in order to:
a). qualify distances
b). quantify distances
5. Intervals are _____ the particular tones involved:
a). dependent on
b). independent of
6. Intervals can be defined numerically in terms of:
a). direction
b). magnitude
7. In terms of interval direction we use terms like “evolution” to describe:
a). ascension upwards
b). descent downwards
8. In terms of interval direction we use terms like “involution” to describe:
a). ascension upwards
b). descent downwards
9. As the equal temperament tuning system gradually became standard:
a). twelve tones gradually replaced seven tones
b). seven tones gradually replaced twelve tones
10. The traditional definition of western intervals require:
a). a tonal reference point
b). a scale reference
c). directed scale degrees
3 Test Answers
1. Harmony is the study of:
a). tonal structures
2. In order to label tones as ordered positions of a scale in a given direction, they are numbered with:
a). Roman numerals
3. Which term is not a conventional name for scale degrees:
a). tonic
b). supertonic
c). mediant
e). subdominant
g). dominant
i). submediant
k). subtonic
4. We measure intervals in units in order to:
b). quantify distances
5. Intervals are _____ the particular tones involved:
b) independent of
6. Intervals can be defined numerically in terms of:
a). direction
b). magnitude
7. In terms of interval direction we use terms like “evolution” to describe:
a). ascension upwards
8. In terms of interval direction we use terms like “involution” to describe:
b). descent downwards
9. As the equal temperament tuning system gradually became standard:
a). twelve tones gradually replaced seven tones
10. The traditional definition of western intervals require:
a). a tonal reference point
b). a scale reference
c). directed scale degrees
3 Bibliography
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Brandt, Carl; Roemer, Clinton. Standardized Chord Symbol Notation. Sherman Oaks: Roerick Music Co, 1976
Kamien, Roger. Music: An Appreciation. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2018
Loy, Gareth. Musimathics The Mathematical Foundations of Music: Volume 1. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2006
Miller, Michael. The Complete Idiots Gude To Music Theory. New York: Alpha Books, 2005