Intro to Music - CH 3 Study Guide

A scale consists of

• all the sounds that exist in nature

• all the white keys on the piano

• a collection of fixed pitches

• all the white and black keys on the piano

an interval is

• the pitch range of an instrument

• the distance between two pitches

• a segment of vibrating string on a string instrument

• the time it takes to perform one tune

The distance between two pitches that is the same pitch just higher or lower is

• diatonic

• a scale

• an octave

• chromatic

The set of seven pitches used in Western music is called a(n)

• chromatic scale

• octave

• interval

• diatonic scale (major)

The chromatic scale consists of

• all the black keys on the piano

• all the white keys on the piano

• all the black and white keys on the piano

• any collection of pitches in an octave segment

The chromatic scale is made up of what interval(s)

• half steps

• whole steps

• half and whole steps

• wwhwwwh

The diatonic scale consists of

• a particular arrangement of whole and half steps (wwhwwwh)

• any arrangement of whole and half steps

• all half steps

• all whole steps

An organized series of pitches played or sung in a certain rhythm is called a

• melody

• phrase

• scale

• sequence

Tunes tend to be

• long and elaborate

• simple and easy to sing

• experienced separately from rhythm

• complex structures

The shortest identifiable melodic fragment is called a

• half step

• motive

• phrase

• theme