Scales and Melody

Scales are made up of

• twelve pitches.
• A fixed set of pitches
• no fewer than five and no more than twelve pitches.
• eight pitches.

An interval is

• the pitch range of an instrument or voice.
• the distance or difference between two pitches.
• a segment of vibrating string on a violin, viola, cello, or bass.
• the time it takes to perform one tune.

The distance between two pitches that seem to duplicate each other and are 8 pitches apart.

• diatonic
• a scale
• an octave
• chromatic

The set of seven pitches used in Western music is called a(n):

• chromatic scale
• octave
• diatonic scale
• interval

The chromatic scale consists of

• half steps
• whole steps
• a certain combination of half steps and whole steps.
• a variable number of half steps and whole steps.

The diatonic scale consists of:

• a particular arrangement of whole steps and half steps within an octave
• an arrangement of quarter tones
• all half steps.
• sequence.

An organized series of pitches played or sung in a certain rhythm is called a:

• melody
• phrase
• tune
• sequence

Tunes tend to be:

• long and elaborate
• simple and easily singable.
• experienced separate from rhythm.
• complex structures

The shortest identifiable melodic idea is called a

• half step
• motive
• phrase
• tune

What is true regarding a musical theme?

• A theme is generally heard only once, at the beginning of a work.
• A theme is longer than three phrases.
• A theme is a main musical idea as part of a melody
• A theme appears only in the foreground of a work.