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Q: What is a sustained tone that serves as harmonic support to a melodic line called?
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What does accompaniment mean in music?

Where a piece of music is built around a melody which is sung or played on a solo instrument, other instruments which supply harmonic and rhythmic support are called the accompaniment.


The striking emotional effect created by the high point in the melodic line is called?

the climax


A texture in which a single voice takes over the melodic interest while the accompanying voices are subordinate is called?

homophony


What is the key signature for D minor?

The key signature for D Minor is 1 flat. Here is the difference between D major and D minor: D Major: D E F# G A B C# D D Minor: D E F G A Bflat C D However, there are 3 commonly used forms of Minor Scales. The above is called the "natural minor", or Aeolian Mode. In the harmonic minor scale, the 7th note is raised one semitone, to C#. However, this added sharp does not appear in the key signature. In the melodic minor scale, the 6th and 7th notes are raised in ascending, to B and C#, but restored to the natural minor form in descending. However, these changes do not appear in the key signature. In the D minor pentatonic scale, used frequently in Rock, only the following notes are used: D - F G A - C D This form can be notated with or without a key signature, but a key signature of one flat (Bb) lets us know that D is the tonic!


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The musical feature that lent harmonic support to the main melodic line of a composition was called?

Basso continuo


What is the name of the second scale degree of a harmonic minor scale?

It is called the supertonic (Latin super=above. Thus, "above the tonic"). This is the same for the major scale as well as the 3 minor scales of Western music (natural, melodic and harmonic).


What is a single melodic line called?

Monophonic


What is a harmonic interval?

Answer:Notes that are played together or simultaneously create harmony. The interval between these notes are called harmonic intervals. Just like melodic intervals, there are harmonic 2nds, 3rds, 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, etc. The difference is that in melodic intervals the notes are played one after another, while in harmonic intervals you play the notes at the same time.Notes on a chord that are played together have harmonic intervals. The most common type of chords are major and minor chords. The triad is a type of major or minor chord that has 3 notes played either at the same time or one after another. A major triad is played using the 1st (root) + 3rd + 5th notes of a major scale. A minor triad is played using the 1st (root) + 3rd + 5th notes of aminor scale.


To move from one tone to the one next to it is called in music?

Melodic Progression Shaped Notes Melodic Progression Shaped Notes


What is moment of harmonic rest is called?

phrase


What does accompaniment mean in music?

Where a piece of music is built around a melody which is sung or played on a solo instrument, other instruments which supply harmonic and rhythmic support are called the accompaniment.


What is a texture of solo voice or instrument with a chordal accompaniment called?

Simultaneous performance of two or more melodic lines of relatively equal interest produces the texture called polyphonic, meaning having many sounds. In polyphony several melodic lines compete for attention. The technique of combining several melodic lines into a meaningful whole is called counterpoint or contracanto.


The smallest fragment of a theme that forms a melodic-rhythmic unit is called?

a motive


The technique of combining several melodic lines into a meaningful whole is called?

counterpoint.


What is it called when you play 2 notes separately on a keyboard?

melodic interval (melody)


Jazz improvisation that involves altering notes in the melody is called?

melodic improvisation