Intervals
Music · 50 practice questions
Recognition of diatonic/chromatic intervals and their inversions (perfect unison, perfect 4th, perfect 5th, perfect 8ve, major/minor 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 7th, diminished 5th and augmented 4th); recognition of consonant and dissonant intervals.
- Determine the different qualities of intervals (melodic and harmonic).
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- Practice question 1
A perfect octave, as a musical interval, specifically spans
- A.four semitones, a span instead associated with a major third
- B.twelve semitones, reaching the same note name an octave apart
- C.a factor entirely unrelated to spanning twelve semitones of any kind
- D.seven semitones, a span instead associated with a perfect fifth
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B. twelve semitones, reaching the same note name an octave apart
A perfect octave, as a musical interval, specifically spans twelve semitones, reaching the same note name an octave apart.
- Practice question 2
A minor sixth, as a musical interval such as C to A♭, specifically spans
- A.eight semitones
- B.ten semitones, a span instead associated with a minor seventh
- C.nine semitones, a span instead associated with a major sixth
- D.a factor entirely unrelated to spanning eight semitones of any kind
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A. eight semitones
A minor sixth, as a musical interval such as C to A♭, specifically spans eight semitones.
- Practice question 3
A diminished fifth, as a musical interval, specifically spans six semitones, making it one semitone
- A.larger than a perfect fifth, the reverse of its actual relationship
- B.a factor entirely unrelated to being smaller than a perfect fifth of any kind
- C.smaller than a perfect fifth
- D.larger than a perfect fourth, a comparison unrelated to its defining relationship
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C. smaller than a perfect fifth
A diminished fifth, as a musical interval, specifically spans six semitones, one semitone smaller than a perfect fifth.
More UTME Music topics
- Black Musicians in the Diaspora
- Historical Development of Western Music Styles
- Nigerian Folksongs
- The Staff
- Triads and Their Inversions
- Chord Progressions
- Music Forms and Media
- Music Notes/Rests and Their Values
- Musical Genres
- Nigerian Traditional Music and Other Arts
- Kinds of Motion
- Nationalism in Nigerian Music
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