English For Music Students

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1


  1. The tonic of the parallel major key is the same note as ____.
    a. the tonic of the parallel minor
    b. the third degree of the parallel minor
    c. the sixth degree of the parallel minor
    d. the seventh degree of the parallel minor




  2. The natural minor key can be defined as ____.
    a. a major scale with a lowered third, sixth, and seventh
    b. a major scale with a lowered third, fifth and seventh
    c. a scale with half steps above the second and fifth notes
    d. a and c




c. Answer the following questions orally.




  1. What are the two primary qualities in music? How do they sound?




  2. How can we identify a key signature as major or minor?




  3. How are the relative major and minor keys connected to each other?
    What is the relationship between the tonics of the two keys?




  4. What can we find out by comparing the parallel keys?



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