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Taken from The Musician's Guide to Aural Skills.

Chapter 9, Example 1, Track 45

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

1. What is the meter of the excerpt?

a. 9/8 b. 12/8 c. ¾ d. 4/4

2. Which is the first pitch interval in the higher part?

a. P5 b. m6 c. M6 d. m7 e. M7

3. The first melodic pitch and its bass-line counterpoint outline which type of chord?

a. minor triad b. major c. Mm7 d. MM7 e. mm7

4. The second melodic pitch and its bass-line counterpoint outline which type of chord?

a. minor triad b. major c. Mm7 d. MM7 e. mm7

5. The counterpoint in measure 5 illustrates what principle?

a. double neighbor tones b. parallel motion c. oblique motion d. voice exchange

6. Notate rhythms, then pitches (key of G), then transpose for Bb clarinet and Eb alto sax.

7. Write in the harmonic intervals between the voices (2, 3, 4, etc.) For each harmonic interval of a 7 th, label its function using the abbreviations below:

Chord tone (CT) Incomplete neighbor (IN) Passing tone (PT)

8. Are they both cellos? Is either one of them a cello?

9. Possible composer? What are the style traits that would justify this answer?