DEVELOPMENT FUNDAMENTALS TEST
PAPER 2026
◉ scale degrees
Answer: 1 tonic
2 supertonic
3 mediant
4 subdominant
5 dominant
6 submediant
7 leading tone/subtonic
◉ Altered Intervals
Answer: Perfect: raised a halfstep- augmented, lowered a half step-
diminshed
Major: raised a halfstep- augmented, lowered a half step- minor
Minor: lowered a halfstep- diminished
◉ Tritone
, Answer: three wholesteps; interval of an augmented 4th or
diminshed 5th
◉ Dominant 7th Chord
Answer: chord of 4 notes a third apart: a major traid plus a minor
7th
◉ Diminished 7th Chord
Answer: chord of 4 notes a third apart: a diminished traid and from
root to seventh a diminished seventh
◉ Authentic Cadence vs Plagal Cadence
Answer: V to I (V i in minor) or IV to I (iv to i in minor)
◉ Perfect Position vs Imperfect Position
Answer: Perfect: root of tonic chord in soprano voice, root of both
chords in bass voice
◉ Subscript 6/4
Answer: Used when fifth of chord is in the bass
◉ Simple Meters