A Level Music Edexcel Review Questions and Answers

Organisation of pitch (melodically and harmonically) 'Pitch' refers how high or low a sound is Augmented 6th chord A chord containing the interval of an augmented 6th (e.g. A flat to F sharp in the chord A flat, C, E flat, F sharp) Cadence The chords that conclude a musical phrase (e.g. a perfect cadence with chords V‒I or an imperfect cadence with I (or other non-dominant chord) and V) Chord The simultaneous sounding together of two or more notes Circle of fifths A chord progression where the root of each chord is a 5th lower (or a 4th higher) than its predecessor (e.g. in C major with chords of C F Bdim Em Am Dm G C). In practice, segments of the circle of 5ths (rather than complete circles) are often used Chord sequence A series of chords, usually repeated (e.g. in a 12-bar blues)