Piano Fun | Quiz 05

#1. The 4 properties of a single note are

duration, pitch, tempo and measure

staff, dynamics, articulation and Time Signature

dynamics, Key Signature, dissonance and consonance

duration, pitch, dynamics and articulation

#2. What is a chord progression?

a sequence of chords that are usually harmonically related

a chord with an added note

a chromatic scale

a chord that goes through all inversions

#3. What is a chromatic scale?

a regular a-minor scale

a regular C-major scale

a scale that progresses in half tone steps

a scale that goes up and down in pitch

#4. Which of the scales is chromatic?

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

C-E-G-A-B-C

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

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

#5. Which song includes a chromatic scale?

Joplin "The Entertainer"

Bach "Invention #1"

Beethoven "Moonlight Sonata"

Beethoven Für "Elise"

#6. A Valse or Waltz is usually in

2/2 time signature

4/4 time signature

3/4 time signature

5/8 time signature

#7. The Circle of Fifths

illustrates how many sharps or flats are in a Key Signature

is a pentatonic scale

is a chord with 5 notes

is a scale of five notes

#8. The Circle of Fifths

shows 4ths clockwise and 5ths counter-clockwise

has 14 positions

has 8 positions

shows 5ths clockwise and 4ths counter-clockwise

#9. The stars are

syncopated notes

16th notes

quarter notes

notes of a regular beat

#10. A Symphony is a

an instrumental composition written for an orchestra

a marching band composition

a cantata for orchestra and choir

a sonata for a solo-instrument

#11. A Sonata is a composition

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

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

that has only one part

an orchestra

#12. Play

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

This song is from a movie theme

#13.

This is an excerpt from Haendel's Messiah

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

#14. Who invented the Hammer Piano?

Ignaz Bosendorfer (Austria)

Johannes Brahms (Germany)

Bartolomeo Cristofori (Italy)

Engelhard Steinway (German Immigrant)

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

is used to play the Gran Piano

is used to play the Church Organ

is used to play the the Guitar

is used to play the Wood Xylophone

#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 7 equal intervals

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

has two variations: Harmonic and Melodic

has only one variation like a major scale

#18. A major Scale has 2 half steps

from 3-4 and 7-8

from 3-4 and 6-7

from 2-3 and 5-6

from 5-6 and 7-8

#19. What does 8va mean?

notes should be played fortissimo

notes should be performed two octaves higher than written

notes should be performed one octave 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 of the composition

to go back to the end of the composition

to go back to the beginning but play slower

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

the Rolling Stones

Paul McCartney

Madonna Louise Ciccone

the ABBA band

#22. Ragtime music

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

Ragtime was introduced in 1850

is an early form of Jazz with syncopated rhythms

Scott Joplin was the only Ragtime composer

#23. When two people play the piano together

they are a TRIO

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

they are playing a DUET

they are not allowed to cross their hands

#24. Ritardando means

get gradually louder

get gradually slower

get gradually softer

het gradually faster

#25. Who composed “Madame Butterfly”

Giacomo Puccini

W.A.Mozart

Giuseppe Verdi

Gioachino Rossini

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