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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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