Enj. Mus. Chapter 4

How many notes in a scale does an octave span?

• five

• six

• eight

• ten

In Western music, the octave is divided into ______ equal intervals.

• six

• eight

• twelve

• fifteen

The smallest interval in the Western musical system is the:

• half step

• whole step

• octave

• third

A twelve-tone scale, including all the semitones of the octave, is called:

• chromatic

• diatonic

• major

• minor

The musical symbol # represents a:

• note

• sharp

• flat

• pitch

On the piano, the black key between the white kets C and D is called:

• C-sharp or D-flat

• C-Flat or B

• D-sharp or E

• none of the above

Tonality means that we hear a piece of music in relation to a central tone, called the:

• dominant

• subdominant

• scale

• tonic

The principle of organization whereby we hear a piece of music in relation to a central tone is called:

• tonality

• transposition

• modulation

• chormaticism

A group of related tones with a common center, a tonic, is called a(n):

• interval

• key

• octave

• melody

In a major scale, the greatest tension lies between what two tones?

• 3 and 4

• 4 and 5

• 6 and 7

• 7 and 8