PEDAGOGY PROFESSIONAL ISSUES AND
TECHNOLOGY MUSIC PRAXIS 5113 EXAM
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◍ First inversion triad . Answer: Third, fifth, root
◍ Second inversion triad . Answer: Fifth, root, third
◍ Third inversion seventh chord . Answer: Seventh, root, third, fifth
◍ Authentic Cadence . Answer: V-I or V-i
◍ Which cadence is the strongest? . Answer: Authentic cadence
◍ Perfect Authentic cadence . Answer: V to I; in root position; melody
ends on tonic
◍ Imperfect authentic cadence . Answer: V-I not in root position, or
soprano doesn't end on tonic
,◍ Plagal cadence . Answer: IV-I or iv-i
◍ Which cadence is closely associated with Protestant hymns? .
Answer: Plagal cadence
◍ Deceptive cadence . Answer: V-VI or V-vi
◍ What is another name for the deceptive cadence? . Answer:
Interrupted cadence
◍ Half-cadence . Answer: Any chord to V
◍ Scale degrees . Answer: Assigned number to the sequential notes of
any major or minor scale
◍ Tonic . Answer: I
◍ Supertonic . Answer: II
◍ Mediant . Answer: III
◍ Subdominant . Answer: IV
,◍ Dominant . Answer: V
◍ Submediant . Answer: VI
◍ leading tone . Answer: viio
◍ Subtonic . Answer: VII
◍ Circle of fifths . Answer: The relationship and pattern of major and
minor keys from one to the next as they move up or down in fifths.
◍ Natural minor scale . Answer: whole, half, whole, whole, half, whole,
whole
◍ Harmonic minor scale . Answer: a natural minor scale with a raised
7th scale degree
◍ Melodic minor scale . Answer: a minor scale with raised 6th and 7th
scale degrees ascending
◍ Whole tone scale . Answer: A scale where each pitch is separated by a
whole step
, ◍ Chromatic scale . Answer: Each pitch is separated by a half step
◍ 12-tone music . Answer: A type of composition in which 12 pitches
are used in a specific order. Uses serial rows.
◍ How can serial rows be manipulated in 12-tone music? . Answer:
Retrograde, inversion, or retrograde-inversion
◍ Fugue . Answer: A form of imitative counterpoint in which a theme is
introduced at the beginning of the work and then echoed in all of the
other voices through imitation and development.
◍ Where does the term "fugue" originate? . Answer: Latin for "to flee."
◍ Initial subject of a fugue . Answer: Known as the leader or dux.
Presented in the tonic key.
◍ Real answer to a fugal subject . Answer: Theme is transposed note by
note in the dominant key
◍ Tonal answer to a fugal subject . Answer: Theme is transposed loosely
in the dominant key. Modified to maintain harmonic congruity or to
facilitate modulations.
TECHNOLOGY MUSIC PRAXIS 5113 EXAM
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◍ First inversion triad . Answer: Third, fifth, root
◍ Second inversion triad . Answer: Fifth, root, third
◍ Third inversion seventh chord . Answer: Seventh, root, third, fifth
◍ Authentic Cadence . Answer: V-I or V-i
◍ Which cadence is the strongest? . Answer: Authentic cadence
◍ Perfect Authentic cadence . Answer: V to I; in root position; melody
ends on tonic
◍ Imperfect authentic cadence . Answer: V-I not in root position, or
soprano doesn't end on tonic
,◍ Plagal cadence . Answer: IV-I or iv-i
◍ Which cadence is closely associated with Protestant hymns? .
Answer: Plagal cadence
◍ Deceptive cadence . Answer: V-VI or V-vi
◍ What is another name for the deceptive cadence? . Answer:
Interrupted cadence
◍ Half-cadence . Answer: Any chord to V
◍ Scale degrees . Answer: Assigned number to the sequential notes of
any major or minor scale
◍ Tonic . Answer: I
◍ Supertonic . Answer: II
◍ Mediant . Answer: III
◍ Subdominant . Answer: IV
,◍ Dominant . Answer: V
◍ Submediant . Answer: VI
◍ leading tone . Answer: viio
◍ Subtonic . Answer: VII
◍ Circle of fifths . Answer: The relationship and pattern of major and
minor keys from one to the next as they move up or down in fifths.
◍ Natural minor scale . Answer: whole, half, whole, whole, half, whole,
whole
◍ Harmonic minor scale . Answer: a natural minor scale with a raised
7th scale degree
◍ Melodic minor scale . Answer: a minor scale with raised 6th and 7th
scale degrees ascending
◍ Whole tone scale . Answer: A scale where each pitch is separated by a
whole step
, ◍ Chromatic scale . Answer: Each pitch is separated by a half step
◍ 12-tone music . Answer: A type of composition in which 12 pitches
are used in a specific order. Uses serial rows.
◍ How can serial rows be manipulated in 12-tone music? . Answer:
Retrograde, inversion, or retrograde-inversion
◍ Fugue . Answer: A form of imitative counterpoint in which a theme is
introduced at the beginning of the work and then echoed in all of the
other voices through imitation and development.
◍ Where does the term "fugue" originate? . Answer: Latin for "to flee."
◍ Initial subject of a fugue . Answer: Known as the leader or dux.
Presented in the tonic key.
◍ Real answer to a fugal subject . Answer: Theme is transposed note by
note in the dominant key
◍ Tonal answer to a fugal subject . Answer: Theme is transposed loosely
in the dominant key. Modified to maintain harmonic congruity or to
facilitate modulations.
