Music Theory

Fairly simple quiz testing your knowledge of key signatures, cadences, and other musical terms
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E major scale has...?
  • F# C# D# A#
  • Bb Gb Db Eb
  • Bb Eb Ab Db
  • F# C# G# D#
    • 2
    There are 3 b's in F major scale.
  • True
  • False
    • 3
    In the key signature 9/8, there would be...
  • 9 Quavers per bar
  • 4 dotted crotchets per bar
  • 8 Minims per bar
  • 9 dotted crotchets per bar
    • 4
    A plagal cadence would have the chords...
  • IV-V
  • V-I
  • I-V
  • IV-I
    • 5
    An imperfect cadence can be the opposite chord progression to a perfect cadence?
  • True
  • False
    • 6
    If you add together a Minim, 4 Quavers, 3 crotchets, and a semiquaver, you will have the same value as..
  • 2 Minims, 3 crotchets, 3 Quavers, and 3 semiquavers
  • 3 Minims, 3 Quavers, and 4 semiquavers
  • 1 Minim, 4 crotchets, 2 Quavers, and 2 semiquavers
  • 1 Minim, 2 Quavers, 6 crotchets, and 2 semiquavers
    • 7
    Syncopation means. . .
  • Emphasising the first Beat of the bar in a dance style piece
  • Off Beat Rhythms
  • It is a jazz term for moving the time around
  • Play quietly
    • 8
    Lento means to play with a strong Beat
  • True
  • False
    • 9
    Andante means...
  • Play loudly
  • Quite fast
  • Getting quieter
  • Quite slow
    • 10
    Which of these terms do not fit together?
  • Crescendo, Piano, Rubato, Diminuendo
  • Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet, Saxophone
  • Syncopation, Rubato, Rhythm, Beat
  • Crotchet, Minim, Semibreve, Quaver
    • 11
    A 'perfect' interval can only occur in intervals of...
  • 3rd and 5th
  • 4th and 6th
  • 4th and 5th
  • 1st and 5th
    • 12
    A major tonic triad in root position consists of intervals of..
  • 4 then 3 semitones
  • 2 then 4 semitones
  • 3 then 4 semitones
  • 4 then 4 semitones
    • 13
    A diminished tonic triad in root position consists of intervals of...
  • 2 then 3 semitones
  • 4 then 2 semitones
  • 3 then 4 semitones
  • 3 then 3 semitones
    • 14
    F# minor is the relative minor of Bb major
  • True
  • False
    • 15
    In G# minor there is...
  • F#, B natural, Eb
  • Bb, E#, F#
  • F#, C# B#
  • D#, A#, B natural
    • Unanswered questions will be marked as wrong

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