Music Theory King Of The Hill Jeopardy - Let's Play!

[Kemono]

Rules:
(edited for clarity)

1. The answer (hint, clue) to the question is posted.
   
2. Replies must be in question format.
   
3. The first person who replies correctly is the new king of the hill and provides a new music theory answer (hint, clue) (1).
   
4. The new answer/clue must be responded to correctly. The response must be confirmed confirmed by the person who posted the clue.

Do not provide answers which can be true for many different questions.
It is OK to provide answers which can result from vague questions, only when the answer could not otherwise be correctly questioned.
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Bad Example (ambiguous):
A: G#
Q: What is the third note in the key of E major?/What is the leading tone in A minor?

Good example:
A: It is a dominant 7th chord with a V-I relationship to A.
Q: what is an E7 chord?



Sample Game:

• Kemono - It is a dominant 7th chord with a V-1 relationship to A.
  [user2] - what is e minor 7?
  Kemono - No.
  [user3] What is E dominant 7?
  Kemono - Correct -- you're up.
  [user3] It is the fourth mode of the melodic minor scale.
  [kemono] What is Lydian b7?
  [user3] correct - you're up.
  [kemono] (asks another question....)

[Kemono]

A natural minor scale with a raised 7th.

[Kemono]

What is the Harmonic Minor scale?

[Kemono]

Correct.



Next question: The notes C, E, G, Bb - it's the V chord in F major.

[Drew]

true.

Relative to Dm in the key of A Aeolean, an A7 is known as a...

-D

[Kemono]

You didn't provide the question for this answer:

A: " The notes C, E, G, Bb - it's the V chord in F major."
Q: ____________________?


You have to provide the correct response before you can post a question. Please try again.

[Drew]

yes, actially, I did. C-E-G-Bb is the V of F major. It's a correct statement. If you wanted me to say "C Dominant" or C7, i could have, but, once again, that's a pretty ambiguous question; the answer you're looking for is really the answer to the second half of the question- "V of F major." It's equally correct to call those four notes an Edimb6/C, a Gm6add4/C, or a Bbaugsus2#4/C, and any of those chord names could be spelled out enharmonically in a number of other ways. Is a Bbaugsus2#4/C the V of F? Of course not, it's a really odd IV chord. Sure, it appens to contain the same pitches as the V chord, but that's not what we're discussing here- we're discussing harmonic function.

Given that situation, i could only choose to regard your question as a simple true/false.

Now, as i was saying...

"Relative to Dm in the key of A Aeolean, an A7 is known as a..."

-D

[spencer096]

thats an odd question.

A minor. i dont really understand the question because are we thinking about A minor or are we thinking about the chord D minor's relationship to A7. the easiest way to think about this is by considering D minor to be a secondary dominant chord in the key of A. D is the iv of A minor (not IV in minor the iv chord is minor indicated by the lowercase just so yall know) so A7 would be considered V7/iv. i think thats what your looking for.

why didnt you just say minor? ive been in music school for 2 years and nobody calls aeolian mode aeolian everyone calls it minor. just cuz the word looks cool doesnt make it the best word choice. more people would understand if you said minor and not some word thats named after a Greek island that describes a scale.

heres a simple one from basic harmony...this is a type of chord that is found in minor keys that is essentially a bII7 that typically modulates to V or V 6/4 at a cadence. hint: its also a type of ice cream

[Drew]

Actually, "sedondary dominant" was what I was fishing for- an A7 is the dominant chord in relation to Dm, the iv of Am. By making the Am an A7, you get a stronger, more "outside" resolution from the i to the iv. Check out the changes to Gershwin's "Summertime" for a good example of this.

Why did I say Aeolean and not just minor? Because Phrgian, Dorian, and Locrean are also minor modes. It's a little more clear.

(I didn't go to music school, but I did a music minor while at Midd, and had some excellent professors)

In answer to your question... Um, strawberry? No, it sounds like you're talking about a diminished chord, maybe, used as a flat-b substitution for the dominant?

-D

[spencer096]

the answer is the neopolitan or phrygian dominant. get it neopolitan, the ice cream with the 3 flavors.

yea, those are minor modes, but when u say minor, most people think of aelian anyways instead of phrygian, dorian and locrian.

[Drew]

aren't those scales, though, not names of chords?

And most people think Busch Light is beer, and not a lightly carbonated malt beverage containing about 5% alcohol by volume. Doesn't mean they're right.

-D

[spencer096]

no they are names of chords as well. doesnt major describe a chord and a scale? same with minor? they are called so because they include the identifying scale degree that makes phrygian phrygian and its called neopolitan for a reason i dont know

[Kemono]

Answer: "Relative to Dm in the key of A Aeolean, an A7 is known as a..."
Question: What is V7/iv or in Jazz harmony, what is V/IV?


[Note: Aeolean is a scale/mode, not a key. I interpreted that as "Key of A minor" ]


I'll assume I replied right and submit the next answer:

Answer: "This classical harmonic structure has one note which resolves down to the 5th scale degree and one not that resolves up to the 5th scale degree."

[spencer096]

sorry for the double post...

made a mistake in this one and went back instead of editing...

look below.

[spencer096]

we answered that question already lol.

the question is kinda vague, at least after my first reading, but id have to say plagal cadence IV going to I in a major key. the 4th degree and 6th degree would resolve to the 5th degree. i really dont understand though because usually in 4 part harmony the 5th isnt doubled because it would tonicize the dominant and stray away from the true tonic. so i guess i really dont know.

new one!!!

question: the retrograde inversion of this tone row would be....

Eb E F# G G# A D C# A# C F B

ooo 20th century crap atonal music, how fun...