Music theory quiz (OT)
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15 out of 20; I would have got 16, but I was stupid, and missed the f natural earlier in the bar in the first question ...
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I got 15/20, but I've never done Schenkerian analysis, nor do I speak (or have played much music notated with) German.
One error was stupid... I read "secondary dominant" simply as "dominant" (that's what I get for doing the quizz just as I wake up.
And while I got it right, I HATE reading in those stupid movable C clefs.
One error was stupid... I read "secondary dominant" simply as "dominant" (that's what I get for doing the quizz just as I wake up.
And while I got it right, I HATE reading in those stupid movable C clefs.
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76 correct and counting
Why was the fig'd bass question so easy? I nearly killed myself trying to find a trick.
Why was the fig'd bass question so easy? I nearly killed myself trying to find a trick.
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The "correct" answer was "All of the Above". That was explained by the fact the scholars have suggested all 3, but don't agree. However, "All of the Above" was third on the list when I took the test. Now it is at the top. "All of the Above" means the answers above. How can that work if "All of the Above" is at the top of the list? It should be at the bottom.
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I think the thing randomizes the choices each time, which I agree doesn't work with "all of the above"! Seems pointless.
The Tristan chord is a "secondary dominant (V of V)" only in, I suppose, that it can lead to the dominant. But it can lead many other places, as Wagner shows. It certainly doesn't sound like a dominant or dominant seventh chord to me!
Can you tell this is one of the ones I missed? Also never heard of the jazz scale or those sixth chords, and never learned the church modes.
The Tristan chord is a "secondary dominant (V of V)" only in, I suppose, that it can lead to the dominant. But it can lead many other places, as Wagner shows. It certainly doesn't sound like a dominant or dominant seventh chord to me!
Can you tell this is one of the ones I missed? Also never heard of the jazz scale or those sixth chords, and never learned the church modes.
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I see you're not totally convinced. OK, it was a bit lower; much lower, actuallyRonald J Brown wrote:
76 out of 20? Must be a record.
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I was intrigued by the Australian 6th chord definition. I think that was added after my 4th semester harmony class (many moons ago).
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the secondary dominant question was just to identify which of the chords was a secondary dominant in the key of the Mahler excerpt, it wasn't the Tristan chord question.motet wrote:That's the one answer (the Tristan chord) I have a quibble with.Michel R E wrote:I read "secondary dominant" simply as "dominant"
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The Mahler asked about a second inversion subdominant chord. Is that the one you are talking about?
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I don't remember anymore. all I remember is that it asked for a "secondary" dominant, and I just didn't see the word "secondary".
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it has a bouncy quality to it, and a hole in the middle to put its Joey.motet wrote:So, why is the Australian sixth so called? Upside down? Invented by Percy Grainger?
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I got 16 of 20 right, but as a native german, language wasn't an issue...
The twelve-tone RI2 thing got me, I've never dealt much with that composition technique, so I guessed wrong. The australian sixth was also a down-under mystery to me . I remember another diminshed jazz scale than the one presented and I wasn't aware that all Tristan chord analyses would be equally right.
Thanks for pointing me to the quiz!
Harald
The twelve-tone RI2 thing got me, I've never dealt much with that composition technique, so I guessed wrong. The australian sixth was also a down-under mystery to me . I remember another diminshed jazz scale than the one presented and I wasn't aware that all Tristan chord analyses would be equally right.
Thanks for pointing me to the quiz!
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In the quiz, it referred to it as Octatonic in classical theory.SMS wrote:Is the diminished scale really only in "Jazz theory"?
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zuill wrote:In the quiz, it referred to it as Octatonic in classical theory.SMS wrote:Is the diminished scale really only in "Jazz theory"?
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That's what I'm asking. I seem to remember it being called diminished in theory class.
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