Tonality

What is the tonality of this extract?

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What is the tonality of this extract?

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Which of the following best describes the tonality of this extract?

• major

• modal

• dissonant

• atonal

Which of the following best describes the tonality of this extract?

• major

• modal

• chromatic

• atonal

Comment on the tonality of the extract (3 marks)

You need to make 3 valid points

Answer explanation

first phrase is major

second phrase is dissonant or clashy

3rd phrase is atonal

Which of the following applies to this extract (select 2)

• Tonality is in a minor key

• Tonality is in a major key

• There are elements of cromaticism

• The extract is mainly dissonant

• The extract is atonal

How does tonality help identify this as an example of folk music?

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How does tonality help you identify this as an example of Jazz? (Select 3 answers)

• Blue notes

• Major key

• Chromaticism

• Mild dissonance

• Atonal

This extract is taken from a piece called "Mongrel Airs" Which 3 aspects of tonality reflects the title?

Mongrel = a dog of no type or breed

• not settled into major or minor

• in a major key

• in a minor key

• dissonant

• made up of different types of tonality

This extract is taken from a soundtrack depicting imaginary fantasy worlds. Which of the following aspects of tonality apply? (3 answers)

• changing between major and minor

• in a major key

• in a minor key

• use of dissonance suggesting something unfamiliar

• unsettled without a clear sense of key