Piano Fun | Quiz 05

#1. The 4 properties of a single note are

staff, dynamics, articulation and Time Signature

dynamics, Key Signature, dissonance and consonance

duration, pitch, dynamics and articulation

duration, pitch, tempo and measure

#2. What is a chord progression?

a sequence of chords that are usually harmonically related

a chromatic scale

a chord with an added note

a chord that goes through all inversions

#3. What is a chromatic scale?

a regular C-major scale

a scale that goes up and down in pitch

a scale that progresses in half tone steps

a regular a-minor scale

#4. Which of the scales is chromatic?

C-E-G-A-B-C

C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C

A-A#-B-C-C#-D-D#-E-F-F#

A-B-C-D-E-F-G-A

#5. Which song includes a chromatic scale?

Beethoven "Moonlight Sonata"

Beethoven Für "Elise"

Joplin "The Entertainer"

Bach "Invention #1"

#6. A Valse or Waltz is usually in

3/4 time signature

5/8 time signature

2/2 time signature

4/4 time signature

#7. The Circle of Fifths

is a scale of five notes

is a chord with 5 notes

illustrates how many sharps or flats are in a Key Signature

is a pentatonic scale

#8. The Circle of Fifths

has 14 positions

shows 4ths clockwise and 5ths counter-clockwise

shows 5ths clockwise and 4ths counter-clockwise

has 8 positions

#9. The stars are

16th notes

notes of a regular beat

quarter notes

syncopated notes

#10. A Symphony is a

a cantata for orchestra and choir

an instrumental composition written for an orchestra

a sonata for a solo-instrument

a marching band composition

#11. A Sonata is a composition

for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements

that is always written in G-major or e-minor

an orchestra

that has only one part

#12. Play

This song is from a movie theme

This song's title is "Claire de la Lune"

The name of this song is "Au champs Elysee" from Joe Dassin

This song is from the classical period

#13.

This is an excerpt from Beethoven's 9th Symphony

This is an excerpt from Haendel's Messiah

This is an excerpt from Bach's B-minor Mass

This is an excerpt from Mozart's 4th Symphony

#14. Who invented the Hammer Piano?

Engelhard Steinway (German Immigrant)

Johannes Brahms (Germany)

Ignaz Bosendorfer (Austria)

Bartolomeo Cristofori (Italy)

#15. Notation in triple-staff (3 staffs)

is used to play the the Guitar

is used to play the Church Organ

is used to play the Wood Xylophone

is used to play the Gran Piano

#16. What is a leading-tone in C-Major?

B it resolves to the C (tonic)

F the forth from C

A the sixth from C

G the fifth from C

#17. A Minor Scale

has 3 variations: Natural minor, Harmonic minor and Melodic Minor

has two variations: Harmonic and Melodic

has only one variation like a major scale

has 7 equal intervals

#18. A major Scale has 2 half steps

from 3-4 and 7-8

from 5-6 and 7-8

from 2-3 and 5-6

from 3-4 and 6-7

#19. What does 8va mean?

notes should be performed one octave higher than written

notes should be played fortissimo

notes should be performed two octaves higher than written

notes should be played in octaves

#20. What does “Da Capo” mean?

to go back to the beginning but play faster

to go back to the beginning but play slower

to go back to the end of the composition

to go back to the beginning of the composition

#21. “Lady Madonna” is a song written by

the ABBA band

Madonna Louise Ciccone

Paul McCartney

the Rolling Stones

#22. Ragtime music

Scott Joplin was the only Ragtime composer

is an early form of Jazz with syncopated rhythms

The "Entertainer" is the only Ragtime composition that has no syncopations

Ragtime was introduced in 1850

#23. When two people play the piano together

then one plays the black keys the other one the white keys

they are a TRIO

they are playing a DUET

they are not allowed to cross their hands

#24. Ritardando means

get gradually softer

het gradually faster

get gradually louder

get gradually slower

#25. Who composed “Madame Butterfly”

Gioachino Rossini

Giuseppe Verdi

Giacomo Puccini

W.A.Mozart

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