Study Guide for MHIS 146 Final Exam

You will be responsible for all materials covered this semester including:

• Chord vocabulary
  • Be able to identify roman numerals for all diatonic chords including 7ths.
  • Recognize the following "non-diatonic chords":
    • Scalar variants
    • Modally borrowed chords
    • Secondary dominant and leading tone chords
  • Identify 6/4 chord types
• Form and texture
  • Identify texture
  • Identify phrase relationships:
    • Periods
      • Parallel
      • Contrasting
    • Unrelated phrases
    • Identify sequences
  • Be able to explain (define) the basic characteristics of binary and rounded binary form
• Figured bass
  • Complete a figured bass with good voice leading
• Harmonization (chord syntax)
  • Harmonize a given melody using the principles of good harmonic progression.
• Modulation
  • Be able to name the closely related keys to a given key
  • Be able to name the common chords between two keys
  • Be able to recognize when a modulation has occurred

Likey items to appear on the exam will be:

• Analysis of excerpts from the anthology
• Complete a short figured bass
• Provide chords in a short harmonization example