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Taken from The Musician's Guide to Aural Skills.

Chapter 12, Example 4, Track 61

The following questions are based on the audio excerpt that you can download here.

1. Which is the meter type of the excerpt?

  • simple duple
  • simple triple
  • compound duple
  • compound triple

2. At the first cadence, the bass line ends on which scale degree?

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 5
  • 6

3. The bass line ends on which scale degree

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 5
  • 6

4. At the first cadence, the melody ends on which scale degree?

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 5
  • 6

5. The melody concludes on which scale degree

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 5
  • 6

6. The opening melody arpeggiates which type of chord?

  • major triad
  • minor triad
  • dominant seventh
  • diminished seventh

7. Which pair represents the order of the cadences of this excerpt?

  • inconclusive; inconclusve
  • inconclusve; conclusve
  • conclusve; conclusve
  • conclusve; inconclusve

8. Phrase 1 concludes with which type of cadence?

  • half
  • imperfect authentic
  • perfect authentic

9. Phrase 2 concludes with which type of cadence?

  • half
  • imperfect authentic
  • perfect authentic

10. At the beginning of phrase 2, the melody arpeggiates which type of chord?

  • major triad
  • minor triad
  • dominant seventh
  • diminished seventh

11. Compared with the beginning of phrase I, the beginning of phrase 2 is transposed:

  • down a second
  • down a third
  • up a second
  • up a third