Question:* Which word means the speed at which a piece is played?
Answer: • Tempo
Question:* A ledger line is used for what purpose?
Answer: • To add notes that exceed the limits of the staff
Question:* "Neapolitan" chord has____ function?
Answer: • supertonic
Question:* "Cut time" refers to:
Answer: • 2/2
Question:* What is the inverted interval of minor third?
Answer: • Major 6th
Question:* What does a curved line spanning notes of differing pitch indicate in a music score?
Answer: • Slurring / Phrasing
Question:* What is the relative minor key of A major?
Answer: • F# min
Question:* 12/8 is an example of a ______ meter.
Answer: • compound quadruple
Question:* E major has __ sharps.
Answer: • 4
Question:* What is the relative minor of G major?
Answer: • E minor.
Question:* 4/4 is an example of a ______ meter.
Answer: • quadruple
Question:* What pitch is a major second above C?
Answer: • D
Question:* If you lower a C by one semitone, what note do you get?
Answer: • B
Question:* What does a Major 6th invert to?
Answer: • minor 3rd
Question:* What is 3 half steps above B Flat?
Answer: • D Flat or C Sharp
Question:* 2/4 is an example of a ______ meter.
Answer: • simple duple
Question:* IV can also be called the _______.
Answer: • subdominant
Question:* Define the picardy third.
Answer: • A raised third on the final cadence of a piece that is in either a modal or minor key.
Question:* What is an operetta?
Answer: • A short opera
Question:* If you were told to sing sotto voce, how would you sing?
Answer: • In a soft voice
Question:* What does poco mean in musical terms?
Answer: • Little
Question:* V can also be called the _______.
Answer: • dominant
Question:* A quarter note is equivalent to __ sixteenth notes.
Answer: • 4
Question:* If sheet music instructed you to be short and detached, what word would be used?
Answer: • staccato
Question:* The Pentatonic Scale contains _ notes.
Answer: • 5
Question:* How many beats does the whole note have in a 4/4 time signature?
Answer: • 4
Question:* A short piece played between the verses of a song is called a(n):
Answer: • Interlude.
Question:* What is the longest note in common use?
Answer: • Whole note
Question:* The oboe is part of the _________group of instruments
Answer: • woodwind
Question:* The C note that is closest to the middle of a keyboard or piano is called what?
Answer: • Middle C
Question:* Which of these is a C major chord?
Answer: • C E G
Question:* 3/4 is an example of a ______ meter.
Answer: • triple
Question:* A whole note note is equivalent to __ half notes.
Answer: • 2
Question:* "Common time" refers to:
Answer: • 4/4
Question:* What is a duet?
Answer: • A composition for two players or voices
Question:* What is the term for choral music performed without accompaniment?
Answer: • A capella
Question:* What is a picardy third?
Answer: • A raised third at the end of a minor/modal piece
Question:* A playful, humorous instrumental composition is called a what?
Answer: • Scherzo
Question:* 9/8 is an example of a ______ meter.
Answer: • compound triple
Question:* What major key has 4 sharps?
Answer: • E
Question:* To make a minor chord where the root note is an A, the third would be a:
Answer: • C
Question:* B flat major has ___ flats.
Answer: • 2
Question:* Common practice musical genres came in which order?
Answer: • Baroque, Classical, Romantic.
Question:* What is the meaning of the term 'largo'?
Answer: • Slow and stately
Question:* For a triad in 1st inversion, which note is on the bottom?
Answer: • 3rd
Question:* The major third of B is:
Answer: • D#
Question:* A dotted eighth note is equivalent to __ sixteenth notes.
Answer: • 3
Question:* The root of the Lydian mode corresponds to which note in the Major scale?
Answer: • 4th
Question:* For a triad in 2nd inversion, which note is on the bottom?
Answer: • 5th
Question:* Pick the diminshed chord from the combinations below
Answer: • G Bb Db
Question:* The root of the Dorian mode corresponds to which note in the Major scale?
Answer: • 2nd
Question:* E flat major has __ flats.
Answer: • 3
Question:* "Plagal cadence" usually refers to what progression?
Answer: • IV - I
Question:* What is a Tritone?
Answer: • An augmented 4th
Question:* A tritone is the same interval as ________.
Answer: • An augmented Fourth
Question:* The thirds in a dominant seventh chord ascend in this order:
Answer: • Major-minor-minor
Question:* Equal Temperament is
Answer: • A system of tuning
Question:* Which mode is also the Natural Minor Scale?
Answer: • Aeolian
Question:* The root of the Aeolian mode corresponds to which note in the Major scale?
Answer: • 6th
Question:* What is polytonality?
Answer: • The musical use of more than one key simultaneously.
Question:* The root of the Mixolydian mode corresponds to which note in the Major scale?
Answer: • 5th
Question:* The root of the Locrian mode corresponds to which note in the Major scale?
Answer: • 7th
Question:* The root of the Phrygian mode corresponds to which note in the Major scale?
Answer: • 3rd
Question:* In 3rd species counterpoint, on what beat can a dissonant interval be used?
Answer: • weak beat
Question:* The root of the Ionian mode corresponds to which note in the Major scale?
Answer: • 1st
Question:* The Treble Clef most directly indicates where the:
Answer: • G note is positioned on the staff
Question:* A dominant 7th chord contains a:
Answer: • minor 7th
Question:* In alto clef, where does the C-clef appear?
Answer: • Third line of the staff
Question:* Pick the major 4th
Answer: • C# F#
Question:* What minor key has 2 sharps?
Answer: • b
Question:* What major key has 6 flats?
Answer: • G flat
Question:* What major key has 4 flats?
Answer: • A flat
Question:* Which of the following forms best describes a "Rondo"
Answer: • ABACABA
Question:* Identify the modes of the major scale that utilize a major chord on their root.
Answer: • Ionian, Mixolydian, Lydian.
Question:* Which of these voice movements are considered better practice in traditional 4 part counterpoint?
Answer: • Parallel 3rds
Question:* II can also be called the _______.
Answer: • supertonic
Question:* What is a secondary dominant?
Answer: • the V of V
Question:* Which of the following is NOT a type of Augmented 6th chord.
Answer: • English
Question:* In a concert score in the key of Bb the 1st trumpet would have a key signature of
Answer: • C
Question:* What minor key has 2 flats?
Answer: • g
Question:* In traditional 4-part voice-leading, which of the following terms is NOT considered an error?
Answer: • Contrary Motion
Question:* A half or imperfect cadence is what?
Answer: • Any cadence ending on the V chord.
Question:* Pick the minor chord
Answer: • E A C
Question:* Spell out the Secondary Dominant Chord in the key of Eb Major.
Answer: • F A C
Question:* What is classical sonata form?
Answer: • exposition-development-recapitulation
Question:* In 4/4 time, a dotted half note is equivalent to __ sixteenth notes.
Answer: • 12
Question:* "Deceptive cadence" usually refers to what progression?
Answer: • V - vi
Question:* F Lydian mode is related to which major key signature?
Answer: • C Major
Question:* Which of the following keys has the most sharps in its key signature.
Answer: • B Major
Question:* What is a cabaletta?
Answer: • A fast concluding section of a two-part operatic aria.
Question:* What is a vertical hemiola?
Answer: • Rhythmically two beats played at the same time against three, for example three crotchets simultaneously played against two dotted crotchets.
Question:* In a 9/8 time signature, how many beat/s does the eighth note have?
Answer: • 1
Question:* Which interval would you have if you added a minor 2nd to a perfect 5th?
Answer: • Augmented fifth
Question:* The thirds in a half-diminished chord ascend in this order:
Answer: • minor-minor-Major
Question:* What is a Neapolitan sixth?
Answer: • A flat II chord in first inversion
Question:* A double dotted quarter note is equivalent to __ sixteenth notes.
Answer: • 7
Question:* Which is the Tritone Substitute chord for D7?
Answer: • Ab7
Question:* How would you build a Neapolitan chord in first inversion in the key of B minor?
Answer: • E, C, G
Question:* Which note is the 2nd degree of Eb Phrygian scale?
Answer: • Fb
Question:* In tenor clef, the C-clef is centered on which line of the staff?
Answer: • Fourth line up
Question:* What does precipitato mean in musical terms?
Answer: • Hurried
Question:* In mezzo-soprano clef, the C-clef is centered on which line of the staff?
Answer: • Second line
Question:* How many notes are there in the whole tone scale?
Answer: • 6
Question:* In an Isorhythmic Tenor, what is the Talea?
Answer: • The Rhythm
Question:* What chord does a Neapolitan usually substitute?
Answer: • IV
Question:* What is the bottom interval of any major or minor triad in second inversion?
Answer: • Perfect 4th
Question:* What is the form of a 'da capo' aria?
Answer: • A B A
Question:* What chord usually follows an augmented sixth?
Answer: • V
Question:* In the soprano clef, the C-clef is centered on which line of the staff?
Answer: • First line
Question:* In baritone clef, the C-clef is centered on which line of the staff?
Answer: • Fifth line
Question:* If the flutes are playing in the key of Eb then the English Horn would be in the key of
Answer: • Bb
Question:* The thirds in an augmented triad ascend in this order:
Answer: • Major-Major
Question:* A breve is equivalent to __ half notes.
Answer: • 4
Question:* VI can also be called the _______.
Answer: • submediant
Question:* What minor key has 6 sharps?
Answer: • d sharp
Question:* Vector Analysis is the study of what compositional technique
Answer: • Non-Serial Atonality
Question:* Which inversion of the diminished triad has the tritone on the top?
Answer: • First Inversion
Question:* In what theoretical treatise did Glareanus accept the Aeolian Mode?
Answer: • Dodecachordon
Question:* If a Phrygian mode has one flat, what is the pitch of the root?
Answer: • A
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