GCSE Music EDUQAS Appendix C - Tonality and Harmony

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What does 'major' tonality mean in music?

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Music that sounds bright and happy

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What does 'minor' tonality mean in music?

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Music that sounds sad or serious

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What does it mean to modulate to the dominant key?

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Changing key to the fifth degree of the scale

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What is meant by modulation to the relative major or minor?

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A key change to a related key that shares the same key signature

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What is a pentatonic scale?

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A scale using five different notes

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What are primary chords in a key?

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Chords built on the 1st, 4th and 5th degrees of the scale

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What are secondary chords?

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Chords built on the 2nd, 3rd and 6th degrees of the scale

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What is an inversion in harmony?

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Changing the order of notes in a chord so a different note is in the bass

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What does the tonic chord refer to?

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The main 'home' chord built on the first note of the scale

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What is the subdominant chord?

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Chord built on the fourth degree of the scale