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The Music Theory / History Test

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  • Hi, and welcome to my Classical Music Theory Test. If you haven't studied any Theory, you're screwed, but it might be fun to take anyways. Well, okay, probably not, but feel free if you want. Some of the terminology varies from school of thought to school of thought, and there's no standard for ASCII notation, so we'll clear a few things up here: Tonic and Dominant functions are self explanatory - T and D, respectively. The third function I've seen referred to as Dominant Preparation (DP in short), Pre-Dominant (PD), and Subdominant (S). I'll be using DP to designate this function. Roman Numerals (RNs): There are two schools of thought - all caps (a major scale being I II III IV V VI VII), and, "dependent on the quality of the chord" (major scale being I ii iii IV V vi vii°). I will be using the latter. Figured Bass (FB): I'll refer to a first inversion tonic as I/6, and a second inversion as I/6-4. That should clarify the notation I'm using and if it doesn't, you probably don't know what Roman Numerals and Figured Bass have to do with music, anyways. "Scale Degree" and "Scale Step" mean the same thing. I prefer "Degree", so that's what I'll be using. In major mode, I refer to the 3rd note of the scale as 3. In minor, b3. If I mention a "raised" scale degree in major, that means it's up a semitone from where the key signature would normally place it - IE, raising a leading tone to complete a dominant seventh chord. On to the fun, and good luck. Don't worry, it probably won't be quite so complicated, but I don't want anyone being unable to understand the questions - anyone who understands the basics of functional tonality, that is :)