GACE Music Exam Part 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Chord inversion - CORRECT ANSWER - A chord where the order of notes has been
rearranged so the root note is not at the bottom of the chord.
Different chord inversions - CORRECT ANSWER - 6 , 6/5. (seventh chords - 7 , 6/5 , 4/3 ,
4/2)
C Blues Scale - CORRECT ANSWER - C Eb F Gb G Bb C
G minor melodic scale - CORRECT ANSWER - G A Bb C D E F# G F Eb D C Bb A G
Modes (in music) - CORRECT ANSWER - Ionian - Key of C
Dorian - Key of D (Raised 6th)
Phrygian - Key of E (Flat 2nd)
Lydian - Key of F (Raised 4th)
Mixolydian - Key of G (Flat 7th)
Aeolian - Key of A
Locrian - Key of B (Flat 5th)
Aeolian mode key of E has _______ sharp(s) - CORRECT ANSWER - 1 (#F)
Ionian, Lydian, Mixolydian - CORRECT ANSWER - have tonic major
German 6th - CORRECT ANSWER - An augmented 6th chord which has four different
notes, the intervals being a M3, P5, and A6 above the root
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Chord inversion - CORRECT ANSWER - A chord where the order of notes has been
rearranged so the root note is not at the bottom of the chord.
Different chord inversions - CORRECT ANSWER - 6 , 6/5. (seventh chords - 7 , 6/5 , 4/3 ,
4/2)
C Blues Scale - CORRECT ANSWER - C Eb F Gb G Bb C
G minor melodic scale - CORRECT ANSWER - G A Bb C D E F# G F Eb D C Bb A G
Modes (in music) - CORRECT ANSWER - Ionian - Key of C
Dorian - Key of D (Raised 6th)
Phrygian - Key of E (Flat 2nd)
Lydian - Key of F (Raised 4th)
Mixolydian - Key of G (Flat 7th)
Aeolian - Key of A
Locrian - Key of B (Flat 5th)
Aeolian mode key of E has _______ sharp(s) - CORRECT ANSWER - 1 (#F)
Ionian, Lydian, Mixolydian - CORRECT ANSWER - have tonic major
German 6th - CORRECT ANSWER - An augmented 6th chord which has four different
notes, the intervals being a M3, P5, and A6 above the root
