GCSE music harmony keywords

What is a drone?

• a repeated or sustained sound (like bagpipes)

• a single chord

• an ostinato

When notes of the chord 'clash' this is called......

• conjunct

• consonant/consonance

• dissonant/dissonance

Primary chords are......

• Chords I, II & III

• Chords II, IV &VI

• Chords I, IV & V

What note is the subdominant?

• 4th

• 2nd

• 1st

What is a cadence?

• Your heart rate

• the chords at the end of a phrase

• the first chords of the piece

When the harmony is in keeping with a major or minor key this is called....

• dissonant

• chromatic

• diatonic

The order of chords is called a.....

• chord progression/chord sequence

• chord spelling

• binary

chords II, III & VI are called

• nursery chords

• primary chords

• secondary chords

Chords which omit the 3rd are called...

• quiet chords

• weak chords

• power chords

Harmonic rhythm is.......

• when the backing singers sing a rhythm

• the frequency of the chords (harmony) changes. i.e from one chord per bar to two chords per bar

• ostinato but as chords