Question 3: Early music also forbade usage of the ________, as its dissonance was associated with the devil, and composers often went to considerable lengths, via musica ficta, to avoid using it.
Question 7: All the other intervals, such as the 7th, 9th, 11th, and 13th are considered ________ and require resolution (of the produced tension) and usually preparation (depending on the music style used).
Question 8: Contemporary music has evolved in the way that tension is less often prepared and less structured than in Baroque or Classical periods, thus producing new styles such as Jazz and ________, where tension is not usually prepared.