Piano Fun | Quiz 05

#1. The 4 properties of a single note are

staff, dynamics, articulation and Time Signature

duration, pitch, tempo and measure

dynamics, Key Signature, dissonance and consonance

duration, pitch, dynamics and articulation

#2. What is a chord progression?

a chord that goes through all inversions

a sequence of chords that are usually harmonically related

a chord with an added note

a chromatic scale

#3. What is a chromatic scale?

a scale that progresses in half tone steps

a scale that goes up and down in pitch

a regular C-major scale

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?

Joplin "The Entertainer"

Beethoven "Moonlight Sonata"

Bach "Invention #1"

Beethoven Für "Elise"

#6. A Valse or Waltz is usually in

3/4 time signature

4/4 time signature

5/8 time signature

2/2 time signature

#7. The Circle of Fifths

is a chord with 5 notes

illustrates how many sharps or flats are in a Key Signature

is a pentatonic scale

is a scale of five notes

#8. The Circle of Fifths

shows 4ths clockwise and 5ths counter-clockwise

shows 5ths clockwise and 4ths counter-clockwise

has 8 positions

has 14 positions

#9. The stars are

quarter notes

notes of a regular beat

16th notes

syncopated notes

#10. A Symphony is a

a sonata for a solo-instrument

a marching band composition

an instrumental composition written for an orchestra

a cantata for orchestra and choir

#11. A Sonata is a composition

that has only one part

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

an orchestra

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

#12. Play

This song is from the classical period

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

This song is from a movie theme

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

#13.

This is an excerpt from Mozart's 4th Symphony

This is an excerpt from Beethoven's 9th Symphony

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

This is an excerpt from Haendel's Messiah

#14. Who invented the Hammer Piano?

Johannes Brahms (Germany)

Bartolomeo Cristofori (Italy)

Ignaz Bosendorfer (Austria)

Engelhard Steinway (German Immigrant)

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

is used to play the Wood Xylophone

is used to play the the Guitar

is used to play the Church Organ

is used to play the Gran Piano

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

G the fifth from C

A the sixth from C

F the forth from C

B it resolves to the C (tonic)

#17. A Minor Scale

has two variations: Harmonic and Melodic

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

has only one variation like a major scale

has 7 equal intervals

#18. A major Scale has 2 half steps

from 3-4 and 6-7

from 5-6 and 7-8

from 3-4 and 7-8

from 2-3 and 5-6

#19. What does 8va mean?

notes should be played fortissimo

notes should be performed one octave higher than written

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 of the composition

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

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

Madonna Louise Ciccone

the Rolling Stones

Paul McCartney

the ABBA band

#22. Ragtime music

Ragtime was introduced in 1850

is an early form of Jazz with syncopated rhythms

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

Scott Joplin was the only Ragtime composer

#23. When two people play the piano together

they are not allowed to cross their hands

they are a TRIO

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

they are playing a DUET

#24. Ritardando means

get gradually softer

get gradually louder

het gradually faster

get gradually slower

#25. Who composed “Madame Butterfly”

Giuseppe Verdi

W.A.Mozart

Gioachino Rossini

Giacomo Puccini

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