SHOSYS ACADEMY 9.3 TEST: CONVENTIONS OF LABELING SCALES
Kelvin Sholar
1 Introduction To The Blog Series
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2 Testing Recall Of Scales
In Lesson 9.3, we learned about conventions of labeling scales. 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. Scales which can be found in Western music include:
a). pentatonic
b). whole tone
c). half tone
d). augmented
e). diminished
f). demented
g). mother
h). father
i). chromatic
2. A scale is a group of successive tones from which_______ are derived:
a). melody tones
b). intervals
c). chords
3. In traditional western music, scales have:
a). twelve
b). six
c). seven tones
4. Western scales are normally called “major” or “minor” according to whether the third tone of the scale composes the interval of a _______ with the root tone:
a). major third
b). minor third
5. The Pentatonic Scale has:
a). five tones
b). six tones
c). seven tones
6. The most common pentatonic scales are anhemitonic, or those without:
a). names
b). half steps
c). whole steps
7. The Whole Tone Scale has:
a). five tones
b). six tones
c). seven tones
b). six tones
c). seven tones
9. The Diminished scale has:
a). six tones
b). seven tones
c). eight tones
10. The Mother scale has:
b). eight tones
c). nine tones
11. The Chromatic scale has:
b). eight tones
c). twelve tones
3 Test Answers
16. Scales which can be found in Western music include:
a). pentatonic
b). whole tone
d). augmented
e). diminished
g). mother
i). chromatic
17. A scale is a group of successive tones from which_______ are derived:
a). melody tones
b). intervals
c). chords
18. In traditional western music, scales have:
c). seven tones
19. Western scales are normally called “major” or “minor” according to whether the third tone of the scale composes the interval of a _______ with the root tone:
a). major third
b). minor third
20. The Pentatonic Scale has:
a). five tones
21. The most common pentatonic scales are anhemitonic, or those without:
b). half steps
22. The Whole Tone Scale has:
b). six tones
b). six tones
24. The Diminished scale has:
c). eight tones
25. The Mother scale has:
c). nine tones
26. The Chromatic scale has:
c). twelve tones
4 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