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VCE Music Theory

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the correct scale degrees for a Natural Minor Scale

a)

1 2 b3 4 b5 6 b7 8

b)

1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7 8

c)

1 2 3 4 5 b6 b7 8

d)

1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 8

2.

On what scale degree is the Supertonic found?

a)

3

b)

7

c)

2

d)

1

3.

What scale degrees would you find in a Minor 7th chord?

a)

1 - 3 - 5 - b7

b)

1 - 4 - b5

c)

1 - b3 - 5 - b7

d)

1 - b3 - b5 - 7

4.

C Major has 1 sharp

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What scale degree would you find the Augmented chord in a harmonic minor scale?

a)

3

b)

5

c)

2

d)

7

6.

Is scale degree 7 in an Harmonic Minor chord structure able to be a Half Diminished or Full Diminished (Dim7)?

a)

Half Diminished

b)

Full Diminished (Dim 7)

c)

Are you serious? It's Major silly...

7.

How many flats in the key or Ab Major?

a)

2

b)

1

c)

4

d)

7

8.

What notes make up the chord of G Suspended 4th?

a)

G - C - D

b)

G - B - D

c)

G - E - D

d)

G - C - D - E

9.

What rhyme to we use to remember key signatures and writing the circle of 5ths?

a)

Father Goes Down And Ends Charles' Battle

b)

Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle

c)

For Crying Out Loud This Is Hard

d)

Battle Charles' Father And Goes Down

10.

What's the correct scale degree structure for a Melodic Minor scale?

a)

1 2 b3 4 5 6 7 8 b7 b6 5 b4 b3 2 1

b)

1 2 b3 4 5 #6 #7 8 b7 b6 5 4 b3 2 1

c)

1 2 b3 4 5 #6 #7 8 7 6 5 4 b3 2 1

d)

1 2 b3 4 5 6 7 8 b7 b6 5 4 b3 2 1

11.

What must we remember to do to our chord structure when answering a chord progression question in a Minor key?

a)

Add 7ths to all the chord options so we're sorted

b)

Raise the 7th scale degree (Harmonic Minor)

c)

Add a Major 7th on Chord number 1

d)

Raise the 6th and 7th Scale Degrees (Melodic Minor)

e)

Pick my nose

12.

What's a good method to understand 2/2 time signatures?

a)

It's exactly the same as 4/4 so no stress

b)

It's like 6/8 but not as fast

c)

It's like 4/4 but all rhythms are halved

d)

It's like 3/4 but slower overall

13.

How many sharps in the key of C# Major

a)

4

b)

4

c)

9

d)

7

14.

What note would be a Perfect 4th above an F ?

a)

B

b)

Bb

c)

C

d)

E

15.

What note would be a minor 3rd below F ?

a)

E

b)

F#

c)

Db

d)

D

16.

I want to write a Dominant 7th Chord. What are the steps?

a)

Stack Note, Apply Minor Key Signature, Raise the 7th Scale Degree

b)

Stack Notes, Apply Major Key Signature, Lower the 7th Scale Degree

c)

Stack Notes, Apply either Major or Minor Key Signature and kick back

d)

Stack Notes, Apply Major Key Signature, Lower the 3rd Scale Degree

17.

What scale degree would you find a Dominant 7th chord?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

7

18.

In VCE Music, a melodic transcription question can be in a Major or Melodic Minor tonality only.

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

19.

Writing an Augmented chord starting on Bb, what other notes would I need?

a)

D# and F

b)

D and F#

c)

D# and F#

d)

D and F

20.

What chord has the notes Eb-G-Bb-Db?

a)

Major 7th

b)

Dominant 7th

c)

Minor 7th

d)

Augmented