Harmony and Tonality 0.0 / 5 ? MusicKey WordsGCSEAQA Created by: LAB99Created on: 21-04-15 11:44 The key of the music Tonality 1 of 21 A happy uplifting sound Major 2 of 21 A sad, more serious sound Minor 3 of 21 Will have a sense of key/tonal centre. Tonal 4 of 21 A piece with no sense of fixed tonality/key that may sound ‘random’. Atonal 5 of 21 A five note scale. Often used in Chinese, African and Celtic Folk Pentatonic 6 of 21 Ccame before scales. E.g. D-D on the white notes-this is the Dorian mode. Often used in early music, folk and jazz Modal 7 of 21 A scale made up of only whole tones, sounds quite mysterious Whole tone 8 of 21 Two or more notes of different pitch create..... Harmony 9 of 21 Scale made up of semitones Chromatic 10 of 21 Uses only the notes that belong to the major or minor keys Diatonic harmony 11 of 21 Musc/harmonies that sound nice (consonant) Consonance 12 of 21 Clashing music/harmonies (dissonant) Dissonance 13 of 21 Where the notes are close together within the separate parts Close harmony 14 of 21 A long held note, usually in the bass. Often 2 notes held together, used a lot in Indian music Drone 15 of 21 A cadence is formed by the two chords that come at the end of a musical phrase Cadences 16 of 21 When a piece in a minor key finishes with a major chord Tierce de Picardie 17 of 21 V-I, sounds final and complete. Perfect cadence 18 of 21 IV-I, also sounds complete, but not as strong. Used for the “Amen” at the end of hymns. Plagal cadence 19 of 21 I -V, unfinished feel to the music. Imperfect cadence 20 of 21 V-VI, expect it to go to the tonic as in a perfect cadence, but instead it goes to the VI chord – so is the surprise cadence Interrupted cadence 21 of 21
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