Music Theory · Unit 8 · Paper 1

Modes and Form unit test

A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.

Paper 1 Paper 2 Paper 3

Each paper is built from this unit’s 18 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 8, Paper 1” and every student sits the identical test. Multiple choice is marked objectively; the written sections you mark yourself against the model answer and rubric.

Suggested time 34 min 31 points0/17 attempted

Through-composed

Ternary form

Theme and variations

Twelve-tone technique

Cadences that end a form

Modal vs tonal harmony

Sonata form

Pentatonic scale

Binary form

Octatonic scale

Strophic and modified strophic

The modes by their altered degree

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Rondo form

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Whole-tone scale

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Listening for form

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Identifying a mode from a score

3 pts

Free response

7 pts

Answer each of the following.

Name the mode that uses the pitches of the C major scale but treats D as its final.

State how that mode differs from the natural minor scale on the same final.

Name the mode whose characteristic feature is a lowered second scale degree.

A piece is in G Mixolydian. State the key signature it would normally carry and identify the characteristic altered tone relative to G major.

Identify the form of a piece consisting of a section A, a contrasting section B, and a return of A.

Describe simple binary form and explain how rounded binary differs from it.

Name the form used for the first movement of most Classical-era symphonies and sonatas, and name its three main sections in order.