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2.15: Listening Gallery- Hearing the Mode

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    Please identify the mode in the following examples:

    Major Minor This excerpt is in the Major mode.

    Major Minor This excerpt is in the Major mode.

    Major Minor This excerpt is in the minor mode.

    Major Minor This excerpt is in the Major mode.

    Major Minor This excerpt is in the minor mode.

    Major Minor This excerpt is in the Major mode.

    Major Minor This excerpt is in the minor mode.

    Major Minor This excerpt is in the Major mode.

    The following examples involve the same music being played first in one mode and then the other. Which comes first - Major or minor?

    Major Minor This excerpt begins in Major and moves to the minor mode.

    Major Minor This excerpt begins in minor then moves to the Major mode.

    Major Minor This excerpt begins in Major and moves to the minor mode.

    Major Minor The music switches to Major when the piano enters

    Major Minor The music swtiches to Major when the choir enters.

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