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1. What is an appoggiatura?
A type of arpeggiated accompaniment pattern
A dissonant note that resolves by step to a chord tone
A rapid alternation between two neighboring notes
2. What does the term "hemiola" describe?
A shift from simple to compound meter
A sudden change in tempo
The feeling of three beats grouped as two, or two as three
3. What is bitonality?
The use of two keys at the same time
A scale that uses two different modes
A chord built on two stacked fifths
4. In tonal harmony, what is a Neapolitan chord typically built on?
The raised fourth scale degree
The lowered second scale degree
The leading tone
5. Augmented sixth chords normally resolve to which function?
The tonic in first inversion
The subdominant
The dominant or dominant harmony
6. What is "Sprechgesang" (or Sprechstimme)?
A vocal style between speech and song with approximate pitches
A type of virtuosic coloratura singing
A chanted recitative with fixed pitch
7. In twelve‑tone music, what is a tone row?
A repeating rhythmic cell used throughout a piece
An ordered series of all twelve chromatic pitches
A scalar pattern used only in the bass
8. What does the term "modal mixture" (borrowed chords) refer to?
Changing key by a direct modulation
Using several modes in quick succession
Using chords from the parallel major or minor key
9. What is a pedal point?
A sustained or repeated note while harmonies change above it
A rapid alternation between two notes in the bass
A type of syncopated accompaniment pattern
10. What is a leitmotif?
A short prelude that opens a larger work
A recurring musical theme linked to a character, object, or idea
A free improvisation inserted between movements
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