ASD Unit 5 Review

What is improvisation?

• Reading notated music exactly the way it was written

• Making up music as you go along

• Two or more sounds at once

• Singing very loudly for all to hear

Theses are the sharps, flats, and natural not in the key signature that appear in the music.

• Notes

• Rests

• Accidentals

• Clefs

What is the order of sharps?

• FCGDEAB

• FCGDAEB

• BEADGCF

• BEADGFC

What notes are flat in the key signature?

• F, C, G, D

• B, E, A, D

• A, B, C, D

• G, D, E, B

Using a C Major scale, what chords make up the I-IV-V (one, four, five) chord progression? (C Major = I)

• C Major - C Minor - C Diminished??!

• G Major - F Major - E Minor

• C Major - F Major - G Major

• C Money - E Money - G Money

In the Key of G, name the chords in this progression: I, IV, V

• G Major, C Major, D Major

• G Major, D Major, C Major

• G minor, C Major, D minor

• G major, C major, D, major

Which of the following cadences is considered the most conclusive and is often used to end a piece of music?

• Plagal cadence

• Perfect (authentic) cadence

• Half cadence

• Deceptive cadence

What is the chord progression for a plagal cadence?

• V - I

• IV - I

• V - vi

• ii - V

Which cadence ends on the dominant chord and often creates a sense of pause or suspense?

• Deceptive cadence

• Half cadence

• Plagal cadence

• Perfect (authentic) cadence

Which of the following is a common scale used for improvising in jazz music?

• Major pentatonic scale

• Chromatic scale

• Blues scale

• Whole tone scale