10/12 -- The Ultimate Advanced Jazz Music Theory Challenge

1. Identify the type of chord progression used in the jazz standard 'Blues for Alice.'

Secondary dominants

Modal interchange

Bebop blues progression

Tritone substitution

2. Explain the function of a tritone substitution in a given harmonic context.

Replacing a subdominant with a dominant a tritone away

Replacing a dominant with a subdominant a tritone away

Replacing a tonic with a dominant a tritone away

Replacing a dominant with a dominant a tritone away

3. Choose the correct mode to use over a given altered dominant chord.

Super Locrian

Lydian

Phrygian

Dorian

4. Analyze a passage of bebop and identify the scales being used.

Blues scale and Ionian

Lydian and Chromatic scale

Mixolydian and Bebop major scale

Pentatonic scale and Aeolian

5. Determine the correct upper structure triad over a given dominant 7th chord.

Diminished triad a whole step below the root

Major triad a whole step above the root

Minor triad on the root

Augmented triad a tritone above the root

6. Identify the type of non-diatonic chords in the given sequence: I - bVI - bII - V.

Modal interchange and secondary dominants

Deceptive resolution and tritone substitution

Parallel key modulation and altered dominants

Neighboring diminished chords and parallel fifths

7. Select the correct voicing for a quartal harmony scenario.

Stack of major thirds

Stack of perfect fourths

Stack of minor sevenths

Stack of perfect fifths

8. Explain the harmonic implications of a given polychord.

Combining two distinct triads to create dissonance or contrast

Using non-harmonic tones to build tension

Modulating between two unrelated keys

Layering multiple diatonic chords from a single key

9. Determine the correct use of a whole tone scale in a given improv solo.

Over augmented or fully altered dominant chords

Over diminished chords

Over major seventh chords

Over minor seventh chords

10. Identify the chord that best fits the altered harmony in the given progression: G7 - C7 - F7 - Bb7.

A7 as a substitution for Bb7

Eb7 as a substitution for F7

Db7 as a tritone substitution for G7

Ab7 as a substitution for C7

11. Choose the appropriate superimposed triad to achieve a specific lydian b7 sound.

Major triad built on the fifth

Augmented triad built on the sixth

Diminished triad built on the fourth

Minor triad built on the second

12. Analyze a given jazz piece for the use of extended and altered chords.

Major sevenths, minor sixths, and fourths

Minor ninths, major sixths, and sixths

Seconds, diminished sevenths, and fourths

Ninths, sharp elevenths, and thirteenths

The Ultimate Advanced Jazz Music Theory Challenge

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