FREE BM or BMus Bachelor of Music Diatonic and Chromatic Harmony Questions and Answers

Question 1

In the key of C Major, a chord progression moves from C Major (I) to A-flat Major (♭VI). Which chromatic harmony technique is being employed?

Accepted Answer

Modal Mixture

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Secondary Dominant

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Neapolitan Chord

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Augmented Sixth Chord

Question 2

Which of the following is a key characteristic of a secondary dominant chord?

Accepted Answer

It is a major or dominant seventh chord that resolves to a diatonic chord other than the tonic.

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It is a minor or diminished chord that resolves to the tonic.

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It is always built on the lowered second scale degree.

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It resolves by moving all voices in parallel motion to the tonic.

Question 3

A composer writes a passage in G minor and includes a chord consisting of the notes A-flat, C, and F-sharp. This chord resolves to a D Major chord (V). What is the most precise classification of this chromatic chord?

Accepted Answer

Italian Augmented Sixth (It+6)

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French Augmented Sixth (Fr+6)

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German Augmented Sixth (Ger+6)

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Common-Tone Diminished Seventh

Question 4

The Neapolitan chord (N6 or ♭II6) most commonly functions as which type of harmony?

Accepted Answer

Predominant

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Tonic Prolongation

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Dominant Substitute

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Mediant Mixture

Question 5

A student is analyzing a piece in E Major and encounters a D♯ fully-diminished seventh chord that resolves to an E Major chord. The D♯ is the leading tone to E. However, a different fully-diminished seventh chord, F-A-C-E♭, appears between two E Major chords. What is the likely function of this second diminished chord?

Accepted Answer

Common-Tone Diminished Seventh Chord (CT°7)

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Secondary Leading-Tone Chord (vii°7/V)

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Enharmonic German Augmented Sixth Chord

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Borrowed iv°7 from the parallel minor

Question 6

Which statement accurately distinguishes between diatonic and chromatic harmony?

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Diatonic harmony exclusively uses chords built from the notes of the prevailing key signature, while chromatic harmony incorporates notes and chords from outside the key.

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Diatonic harmony uses only major and minor triads, while chromatic harmony introduces diminished and augmented triads.

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Diatonic harmony is primarily found in minor keys, whereas chromatic harmony is the basis for major keys.

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Chromatic harmony refers to any chord in an inversion, while diatonic harmony refers only to root-position chords.