Piano Fun | Quiz 07

#1. Rubato means

a gradual increasing of the speed up to the end

a change from legato to staccato

a temporarily slight speeding up or slowing down the given tempo

a special dynamic marking

#2.

This is Mozart's Rondo Alla Turca

This is Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata

This is Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue

This is Chopin's Minute Valse

#3.

This song is from "H.M.S Pinafore" from Arthur Sullivan

This song is from "Les Miserables" from Claude-Michel Schönberg

This song is from "Porgy and Bess" from George Gershwin

This song is from "The Magic Flute" from W.A Mozart

#4. This means

the piece has to be performed in Ragtime Rhythm

the piece has to be performed in Swing Rhythm

the piece has to be performed in 2/3 Rhythm

the piece has to be performed in 5/4 Rhythm

#5. This

bass line is typical for a Boogie-Woogie

bass line is typical for a Bues

bass line is typical for a Classical Sonata

bass line is typical for a Ragtime Composition

#6.

This sound sample is from a Blues

This sound sample is from a Fugue

This sound sample is from a Rag

This sound sample is from a Boogie

#7. This

this music can be categorized as Contemporary Jazz

this music can be categorized as New Age music

this music can be categorized as a Boogie

this music can be categorized as Stride Piano

#8. This

is a Sinfonia (Bach)

is a Prelude (Bach)

is a Fugue (Bach)

is a Invention (Bach)

#9. This

is a Sarabande (Bach)

is an Invention (Bach)

is a Gigue (Bach)

is a Fugue (Bach)

#10. What is Polyrhythm?

Simultaneous playing of contrasting rhythms e.g. 3 notes against 2

A Rhythmus that changes in each measure

A 5/4 Time Signature

A crescendo followed by a diminuendo

#11.

Here you see Triplets over Tuplets (Polyrhythm)

Here you see Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata

Here you see Triplets over Half Notes

Here you see Tuplets over Triplets (Polyrhythm)

#12.

This is Clair de Lune from Claude Debussy

This is Play Time from Bela Bartok

This is the First Arabesque from Claude Debussy

This is the Prelude from Alexander Scriabin

#13.

The "tr" means Treble Notes

This is a Trill and how it is performed

This is a Grace Note and how it is performed

This is a Turn and how it is performed

#14. Beethoven fifth has only a third

means Beethoven intervals of a 5th was mostly followed by a 3rd

means that Beethoven's 5th Symphony opening Interval is a Third

means Beethoven's 5th Symphony has never been completed

means Beethoven composed a lot in 5/3 Time Signature

#15.

This Beethoven's 9th Symphony for Piano

This Beethoven's 5th Symphony Transcription for Piano

This Beethoven's Piano Sonata Number 5

This Beethoven's 5th Symphony for Orchestra

#16. A Transcription is a composition

that is arranged for another instrument than originally written

is free Alteration of an existing Composition

this was written after the Composer died

that is written one Semitone higher than in the original

#17. An Autograph is

a Piano that plays automatically

a Book of Compositions that carries a Seal

the original composition of a Composer often in Handwriting

a Printing Machine used around 1750

#18. Transposing means

to change the whole song from the original key to another key

to change the Dynamics of a Song

to change the sequence of a multiple part composition

to change the Tempo of a Song

#19. Main reasons for a Transposition are

to increase the Degree of Difficulty or to do Finger Training

to prevent the Piano from Damage

to reduce key accidentals or to adjust the tonal voice range for a singer

to play around with Notation

#20. Which are Baroque Dances?

Menuet, Passepied, Sarabande, Gigue, Bourrée, Gavotte, Allemande

Cha-Cha, Rumba, Samba, Paso Doble, Salsa

Burlesque, Valse, African, Ballet, Jazz, Tap

Hip-Hop, Swing, Boogie-Woogie, Contra Dane

#21.

This composition is from the Romantic period.

This composition is from the Classical period.

This composition is from the Renaissance period.

This composition is from the Baroque period.

#22. What is an Opera?

A Broadway Musical

A Theatrical play in which a dramatic performance is set to Music

A composition that only Mozart, Rossini and Verdi created

A composition for a Choir

#23. What is an Operetta?

A short opera, usually of a light and amusing character

A Dance Style

A Browser for the Internet that specializes in Music

An long Opera with at least 5 Acts

#24. What are Lyrics?

The Melody of a Song

The words of a Song

The Rhythm of a Song

A Greek Instrument

#25. What does Ode mean?

A poem intended to be sung

A Sign for Expression

A way to say goodbye in a Song

A Dynamic Marking

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