SHOSYS ACADEMY 9.3 TEST: CONVENTIONS OF LABELING SCALES

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

8. The Augmented Scale has:
a). five 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:

a). six tones

b). eight tones

c). nine tones

11. The Chromatic scale has:

a). six tones

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

23. The Augmented Scale has:

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

Bloom, B. S.; Engelhart, M. D.; Furst, E. J.; Hill, W. H.; Krathwohl, D. R. Taxonomy Of Educational Objectives: The Classification Of Educational Goals. Handbook I: Cognitive Domain. New York: David McKay Company, 1956

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