Intervals, Chords & Harmony: GCSE Revision

What are the five main sounds of intervals?

• A) perfect, major, minor, diminished, augmented

• B) sharp, flat, natural, harmonic, melodic

• C) tonic, supertonic, mediant, subdominant, dominant.

To work out the description part of an interval’s name, think of the _____ note of the interval as the first note of a major scale.

• lower

• higher

• middle

• last

If the top note of the interval is part of that major scale, it’s either _______ or major.

If the interval is one semitone LESS than a major interval, then it’s _____.

If the interval is one semitone MORE than a minor or a perfect interval, then it’s _________.

Identify the type of interval you would hear when listening to the notes C to E.

• Major 3rd

• Minor 3rd

• Perfect 5th

• Augmented 7th

• Diminished 5th

A ............ ............ is when there are chords played in one part or voice, and a constant repeating note is played at the same time.

• Pedal tone

• Harmonic sequence

• Melodic inversion

• Rhythmic pattern

Which harmonic device features a long sustaining note whilst other moving parts are being played at the same time?

• pedal tone

• drone

• sustain

• counterpoint

Chords can be thought of as (a)   intervals, when the notes are played simultaneously.

• Harmonic
• Melodic

• Rhythmic

• Dynamic

What is the term used to describe chords that fit together really well and have a nice ring to them?

• Discordance

• Consonance

• Dissonance

• Resonance