NYSTCE 165 (Music) Exam Actual
Questions and Answers 2026
root position -
correct answer ✅root is in the bass
first inversion -
correct answer ✅A triad written with the third as the lowest note
second inversion -
correct answer ✅a triad written with the fifth as the lowest note
third inversion -
correct answer ✅A seventh chord written with the seventh as the
lowest note
dominant seventh chord -
correct answer ✅major triad with minor seventh
Major Seventh Chord -
correct answer ✅major triad and major seventh
minor seventh -
correct answer ✅minor triad and minor seventh
,NYSTCE 165 (Music) Exam Actual
Questions and Answers 2026
Half diminished seventh chord -
correct answer ✅diminished triad and minor seventh
diminished seventh chord -
correct answer ✅diminished triad plus diminished seventh
Authentic Cadence -
correct answer ✅cadence using the harmonic progression of V to I
Plagal Cadence -
correct answer ✅IV-I
Deceptive Cadence -
correct answer ✅V-vi
Half Cadence -
correct answer ✅ends on V
Harmonic Minor -
correct answer ✅a minor scale with a raised 7th
, NYSTCE 165 (Music) Exam Actual
Questions and Answers 2026
Melodic Minor -
correct answer ✅Natural minor scale with scale degrees 6 and 7
raised ascending, but same as natural minor scale descending
whole tone scale -
correct answer ✅a six-note scale each pitch of which is a whole
tone away from the next
tone cluster -
correct answer ✅a group of closely spaced notes played
simultaneously
Hemiola -
correct answer ✅a shift of the rhythmic pulse from a division of 2
to a division of 3
binary form -
correct answer ✅a piece divided into two sections: A and B
rounded binary form -
correct answer ✅Binary form in which the beginning or all of the
Questions and Answers 2026
root position -
correct answer ✅root is in the bass
first inversion -
correct answer ✅A triad written with the third as the lowest note
second inversion -
correct answer ✅a triad written with the fifth as the lowest note
third inversion -
correct answer ✅A seventh chord written with the seventh as the
lowest note
dominant seventh chord -
correct answer ✅major triad with minor seventh
Major Seventh Chord -
correct answer ✅major triad and major seventh
minor seventh -
correct answer ✅minor triad and minor seventh
,NYSTCE 165 (Music) Exam Actual
Questions and Answers 2026
Half diminished seventh chord -
correct answer ✅diminished triad and minor seventh
diminished seventh chord -
correct answer ✅diminished triad plus diminished seventh
Authentic Cadence -
correct answer ✅cadence using the harmonic progression of V to I
Plagal Cadence -
correct answer ✅IV-I
Deceptive Cadence -
correct answer ✅V-vi
Half Cadence -
correct answer ✅ends on V
Harmonic Minor -
correct answer ✅a minor scale with a raised 7th
, NYSTCE 165 (Music) Exam Actual
Questions and Answers 2026
Melodic Minor -
correct answer ✅Natural minor scale with scale degrees 6 and 7
raised ascending, but same as natural minor scale descending
whole tone scale -
correct answer ✅a six-note scale each pitch of which is a whole
tone away from the next
tone cluster -
correct answer ✅a group of closely spaced notes played
simultaneously
Hemiola -
correct answer ✅a shift of the rhythmic pulse from a division of 2
to a division of 3
binary form -
correct answer ✅a piece divided into two sections: A and B
rounded binary form -
correct answer ✅Binary form in which the beginning or all of the
