How do composers decide how to end a phrase?
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- In this lesson, we will explore what makes a musical question and answer phrase, including balanced phrases and the use of the tonic and dominant. We will compose balanced question and answer phrases in 3/4 and also begin to notate our compositions using staff notation.
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5 Questions
Q1.
What degree of the scale is 'I' known as?
Dominant
Subdominant
Q2.
What degree of the scale is 'V' known as?
Subdominant
Tonic
Q3.
What degree of the scale do we end our question on?
Subdominant
Tonic
Q4.
What degree of the scale do we end our answer on?
Dominant
Subdominant
Q5.
Which of these is an example of a balanced phrase?
1 bar question, 5 bar answer
2 bar question, 3 bar answer