Which mood fits a major key?

• Dark and gloomy
• Bright and happy
• Fast and loud

What does it mean that a tune uses notes from a scale?

• It picks from a small fixed set of notes
• It can use any note at all
• It uses only one note

Major keys usually sound bright and happy, and minor keys usually sound darker.

Circle one:   True   False

The tune keeps landing back on one note and feels settled there. What is that note?

• The loudest note
• The home note, called the tonic
• The fastest note

A piece has no sharps or flats. Which two keys could it sit in?

• G major or E minor
• D major or B minor
• C major or A minor

An octave holds eight notes from one note up to the next same-named note.

Circle one:   True   False

A singer strains on the high notes of a song in its printed key. What can the band do?

• Move the song to a key that fits her voice
• Play the same key much louder
• Tell her to skip every chorus

Two versions of one tune are played. One sounds cheerful and one sounds gloomy, but the melody shape matches. What changed?

• The instruments broke
• The words were removed
• The key moved from major to minor