Piano Fun | Quiz 05

#1. The 4 properties of a single note are

dynamics, Key Signature, dissonance and consonance

duration, pitch, tempo and measure

duration, pitch, dynamics and articulation

staff, dynamics, articulation and Time Signature

#2. What is a chord progression?

a chord that goes through all inversions

a chromatic scale

a chord with an added note

a sequence of chords that are usually harmonically related

#3. What is a chromatic scale?

a scale that progresses in half tone steps

a regular a-minor scale

a scale that goes up and down in pitch

a regular C-major scale

#4. Which of the scales is chromatic?

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

C-E-G-A-B-C

#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

5/8 time signature

4/4 time signature

2/2 time signature

3/4 time signature

#7. The Circle of Fifths

is a scale of five notes

is a pentatonic scale

illustrates how many sharps or flats are in a Key Signature

is a chord with 5 notes

#8. The Circle of Fifths

shows 5ths clockwise and 4ths counter-clockwise

has 14 positions

shows 4ths clockwise and 5ths counter-clockwise

has 8 positions

#9. The stars are

syncopated notes

quarter notes

notes of a regular beat

16th notes

#10. A Symphony is a

a cantata for orchestra and choir

a sonata for a solo-instrument

an instrumental composition written for an orchestra

a marching band composition

#11. A Sonata is a composition

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

that has only one part

an orchestra

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

#12. Play

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

This song is from the classical period

This song is from a movie theme

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

#13.

This is an excerpt from Beethoven's 9th Symphony

This is an excerpt from Mozart's 4th Symphony

This is an excerpt from Haendel's Messiah

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

#14. Who invented the Hammer Piano?

Engelhard Steinway (German Immigrant)

Ignaz Bosendorfer (Austria)

Bartolomeo Cristofori (Italy)

Johannes Brahms (Germany)

#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?

A the sixth from C

G the fifth from C

F the forth from C

B it resolves to the C (tonic)

#17. A Minor Scale

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

has only one variation like a major scale

has 7 equal intervals

has two variations: Harmonic and Melodic

#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 two octaves higher than written

notes should be performed one octave higher than written

notes should be played in octaves

notes should be played fortissimo

#20. What does “Da Capo” mean?

to go back to the end of the composition

to go back to the beginning of the composition

to go back to the beginning but play slower

to go back to the beginning but play faster

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

Paul McCartney

the ABBA band

the Rolling Stones

Madonna Louise Ciccone

#22. Ragtime music

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

is an early form of Jazz with syncopated rhythms

Ragtime was introduced in 1850

Scott Joplin was the only Ragtime composer

#23. When two people play the piano together

they are a TRIO

they are playing a DUET

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

they are not allowed to cross their hands

#24. Ritardando means

get gradually slower

get gradually softer

get gradually louder

het gradually faster

#25. Who composed “Madame Butterfly”

W.A.Mozart

Gioachino Rossini

Giuseppe Verdi

Giacomo Puccini

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