Quiz 3 - Answers

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  1. Syncopation is the displacement of the natural beat.

  2. With rests, with short notes (usually quavers), with ties.

  3. Short like a staccato.

  4. Last 1/3 of the beat, not staccato.

  5. The answers are :
    1. the last note of each 4-bar phrase of Cheeky Blues falls on the offbeat 4+ (in bars 3, 7 and 11)
    2. the last note of each 4 bar phrase of Frosty falls on the offbeat 4+ (in bars 3, 7 and 11)
    3. the last note of the C Jam Blues riff falls on the offbeat 2+ (in bar 3)

  6. The 7-note sequence on the Circle of Fifths is : F C G D A E B.
    In ascending order starting from C is : C D E F G A B (the C major scale).

  7. The 7-note sequence on the Circle of Fifths is : Eb Bb F C G D A.
    In ascending order starting from C is : Bb C D Eb F G A (the Bb major scale).

  8. The notes of any major scale form (like the major pentatonic scale) a continuous segment on the Circle of Fifths.
    Unlike the Major pentatonic scale, the major scale segment does not start (or end) on the tonic note of the scale but on the 4th.
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    The major scale can be formed by adding one more note on each end of the Circle of 5ths segment of the major pentatonic scale.

  9. Below is an example of a syncopated version of F Troop Blues.

    Melody
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  10. Below are examples of syncopated versions of Rhythm Patterns 5 - 8.

    Audio 4.5
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