NAME _________________________________

MUSIC THEORY FOR THE 21st-CENTURY CLASSROOM

UNIT 5
Practice Test

Section 1. For each given key, list the five closely-related keys.

1. b: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

2. A¯: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

Section 2. Determining Diatonic Common Chords. For each of the two keys in each example, list
the diatonic chords as lead-sheet symbols and as Roman numerals then circle those diatonic to
both keys.

Roman numerals: G: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

Lead-sheet symbols in G: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
Lead-sheet symbols in Am: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
Roman numerals: a: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

Section 3. List the 4 chromatic mediants for each chord.

a. Fm: ____ ____ ____ ____

b. B¯: ____ ____ ____ ____

Section 4. For the following progression, analyze the Roman numerals with lead-sheet symbols
and specify the second key.

Lead-sheet symbols: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

Roman numerals: E¯: I Fr+6 V I6

___: N6 viiº7/V i V7 VI

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Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom, Homework Exercises, p. 70

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Section 5. For the examples below, determine and label the method of modulation (choose from
diatonic common chord, secondary common chord, borrowed common chord, Neapolitan
common chord, direct modulation, common-tone modulation, and sequential modulation). Label
the second key and analyze all chords as lead-sheet symbols above and Roman numerals below
the staff. Also, analyze non-chord tones.

1.
LSS: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

œ
& b œœ ( # œ )œ (œ ) œ (œœ ) œ œœ œœ œ ( œ) œ ( œ ) œ œ
( )œ œ
œ œ wœ ) ˙ .
œ bœ œ œ bœ œ
? b œ # c# œœ œ œ œœ œœœ( œ ) œ . ( œ) œœœ b œœ (œ) œ
(

œ ww ### c
& œ œ œ
œ œœ œ œ œ
œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ w œ #œ w
œ. œ nœ œ œ œ œ. œ œ
RN in F: ___ ______
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
?# c œœ # œœ . œ w ### c
œ œ œ œ. #œ œ œ w
&b
4
2.
LSS: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
### c œ œ œœœ œœœ œ œœœ œ
?b & œ œœ œœœ œ œœœ
œ #œ œ œ œœ
( )
( ) ( )

œ
( ) ( )
( )

œœœ œœ œœœ œœ
? # # # c œœœ # œœœ œœœ œœ
œ
˙˙
˙ #
˙˙
˙˙ œ œ œœ
œ
œœœ œœ
œœ œ
RN in f♯: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

&# #b#
7

∑
Score 8
&
?
b
3.

? ###
LSS: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

## 4 œ œ . j œ ∑ j
œ
& 4 œ #œ œ # œ . # œ œ œ (œ) œ œ œ # œ # œ ˙

&b ? # # 44 ˙˙˙ ˙˙˙ ˙˙˙ # # ˙˙˙˙ ˙˙ ˙˙ œœ # # œœ ˙˙

10

#˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙˙
?
b
RN in b: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

## ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
5

& Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom, Homework Exercises, p. 71