Keys (Leaving Cert Music): Quizzes
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What does a key define in a piece of music?
What does a key define in a piece of music?
The tonal centre and associated scale
What sound quality characterises major keys?
What sound quality characterises major keys?
Bright and stable
What tone do minor keys typically have?
What tone do minor keys typically have?
Darker, more expressive
What do relative minor and major keys share?
What do relative minor and major keys share?
The same key signature
What do parallel major and minor keys share?
What do parallel major and minor keys share?
The same tonic
Which is a common modulation destination?
Which is a common modulation destination?
The dominant (5th note)
In sharp keys, where is the last sharp positioned?
In sharp keys, where is the last sharp positioned?
One semitone below the tonic
In flat keys, which flat indicates the tonic?
In flat keys, which flat indicates the tonic?
The second-last flat
Moving clockwise on the Circle of Fifths shows which keys?
Moving clockwise on the Circle of Fifths shows which keys?
Sharp keys
Which are the four main types of cadences?
Which are the four main types of cadences?
Perfect, imperfect, plagal, interrupted