Piano Fun | Quiz 05

#1 The Circle of Fifths

shows 5ths clockwise and 4ths counter-clockwise

has 14 positions

shows 4ths clockwise and 5ths counter-clockwise

has 8 positions

#2 The 4 properties of a single note are

duration, pitch, tempo and measure

staff, dynamics, articulation and Time Signature

duration, pitch, dynamics and articulation

dynamics, Key Signature, dissonance and consonance

#3 “Lady Madonna” is a song written by

Paul McCartney

the ABBA band

Madonna Louise Ciccone

the Rolling Stones

#4 Who composed “Madame Butterfly”

Gioachino Rossini

Giuseppe Verdi

Giacomo Puccini

W.A.Mozart

#5 What is a chord progression?

a chromatic scale

a chord with an added note

a chord that goes through all inversions

a sequence of chords that are usually harmonically related

#6 A Minor Scale

has only one variation like a major scale

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

has 7 equal intervals

has two variations: Harmonic and Melodic

#7 What does 8va mean?

notes should be played fortissimo

notes should be played in octaves

notes should be performed two octaves higher than written

notes should be performed one octave higher than written

#8 The Circle of Fifths

illustrates how many sharps or flats are in a Key Signature

is a pentatonic scale

is a scale of five notes

is a chord with 5 notes

#9 A major Scale has 2 half steps

from 2-3 and 5-6

from 5-6 and 7-8

from 3-4 and 6-7

from 3-4 and 7-8

#10 The stars are

quarter notes

notes of a regular beat

16th notes

syncopated notes

#11 Which of the scales is chromatic?

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

C-E-G-A-B-C

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

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

#12 What is a leading-tone in C-Major?

B it resolves to the C (tonic)

A the sixth from C

F the forth from C

G the fifth from C

#13 Play

This song is from the classical period

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

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

This song is from a movie theme

#14 Who invented the Hammer Piano?

Engelhard Steinway (German Immigrant)

Johannes Brahms (Germany)

Ignaz Bosendorfer (Austria)

Bartolomeo Cristofori (Italy)

#15

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

This is an excerpt from Mozart's 4th Symphony

This is an excerpt from Beethoven's 9th Symphony

This is an excerpt from Haendel's Messiah

#16 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 not allowed to cross their hands

they are playing a DUET

#17 A Sonata is a composition

that has only one part

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

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

an orchestra

#18 A Valse or Waltz is usually in

4/4 time signature

3/4 time signature

2/2 time signature

5/8 time signature

#19 What is a chromatic scale?

a regular C-major scale

a regular a-minor scale

a scale that goes up and down in pitch

a scale that progresses in half tone steps

#20 Ragtime music

is an early form of Jazz with syncopated rhythms

Scott Joplin was the only Ragtime composer

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

Ragtime was introduced in 1850

#21 Which song includes a chromatic scale?

Beethoven "Moonlight Sonata"

Joplin "The Entertainer"

Beethoven Für "Elise"

Bach "Invention #1"

#22 Ritardando means

get gradually louder

het gradually faster

get gradually softer

get gradually slower

#23 Notation in triple-staff (3 staffs)

is used to play the Church Organ

is used to play the the Guitar

is used to play the Wood Xylophone

is used to play the Gran Piano

#24 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

#25 A Symphony is a

a marching band composition

an instrumental composition written for an orchestra

a cantata for orchestra and choir

a sonata for a solo-instrument

Quiz 05