All that is required for music is __________, __________, and __________.

Time frame, Your brain to interpret the waves

What instrument is most likely to play this?

Lute, Guitar, Harp, Harpsichord

How many pitches can occur at a time in a melody?

Only one (John Cage can't get past this law hah!)

What is musique concrète?

Constructed music by mixing recorded sounds

What does the time signature 25/16 mean?

twenty-five 16th notes in a measure

If a tree fell in the forest with no one to hear, is that music?

Yes because it has sound waves, No because music needs a brain to interpret sound waves, Yes because it has a time frame

The circle of fifths, Both, The circle of fourths

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Academic Decathlon 2019-2020 music resource guide and anything else music theory. Hardcore stuff, so make sure you have someone to explain the answers. WHEN YOU PLAY THIS, RANDOMIZE ALL THE ANSWERS!!!

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Questions 96

Answers

1
What are the steps in a chromatic scale?
WWWWWWWW...
HHHHHHHHHHH...
goooooooooooing down!
gooooooooooing up!
2
All that is required for music is __________, __________, and __________.
Time frame
Paper for sheet music
Your brain to interpret the waves
Sound waves
3
BONUS: What is the hertz of this 128' organ stop?
16 Hz
128 Hz
8 Hz
4 Hz
4
What is it called when composition and performance happen at the same time?
Comperforance
Arranging
Improvisation
Perfisition
5
Is this diatonic? *it is in the key of C major*
Yes
No
Maybe so
BE GONE DISSONANCE
6
What chord is this?
G major 7th
E minor 7th
E major 7th
C major 7th
7
How many double dotted sixteenth notes can be in an 11/8 bar?
29.something
3.1415926
WHY????? \(^0^)/
12.something
8
What triads are in a major chord?
Mm
mM
Major minogram
MM
9
What is this?
Alla breve
Common time
Cent
Cut time
10
What is the most common electronic instrument (besides electric piano/organ)?
Maschine micro
Modular synthesizer
Theremin
Electric piano (after I told you???)
11
Are these scales relative or parallel?
Relative
Parallel
Both
Neither
12
What is this called?
Crossing out a mistake before digital notation
A440
Ghost note
X note
13
What kind of meter is a common waltz?
Irregular
Triple
Duple
I'm too busy trying not to step on their feet
14
Which note is middle C?
C5
C6
C4
C440
15
Which of the following are enharmonics?
A♭ and B#
E# and F♭
D♭ and E#
B and C♭
16
What instrument is most likely to play this?
Lute
Guitar
Harp
Harpsichord
17
What is sound?
the reed/string vibrating
the medium that the instrument uses
sound, duh
a wave of energy
18
What interval is this?
Middle C!!!
Major sixth
Minor sixth
Perfect fifth
19
[HARDEST] What is the indicated interval?
Augmented 11th
Octave
Minor 3rd
Diminished 7th
20
Which of the following tempo markings is the slowest?
Andante
Vivace
Lento
Grave
21
What is A440?
The A string on a 5-yr-old's violin
The A string on a cello
A above middle C at 440 Hz
I was wondering the same thing
22
What are the steps in a major scale?
WHWWWHW
WHHWWWH
WWHWWWH
WWWHWWH
23
What triads are in a minor Major seven chord?
mMm
mmM
mMM
Mmm
24
What can be used to create music?
Musical instruments and animals
A soundboard
Only musical instruments (and voice)
Anything
25
What clef is this?
C clef
Alto clef
Tenor clef
E clef
26
Music is defined as _____ organized in _____
sound/space
Music is organized 👍
sound/time
time/sound
27
How many pitches can occur at a time in a melody?
As many as I want
Two
440
Only one (John Cage can't get past this law hah!)
28
Which of our listening examples includes the whole tone scale?
The Banshee
Lacrimosa
The Rite of Spring
Dies Irae
29
What is the lowest note a viola can play?
A440
G3
C2
C3
30
What is musique concrète?
It isn't music, that's for sure
Constructed music by mixing recorded sounds
Early French music written on concrete
Breaking up music into small character pieces
31
What is this, rhythmically speaking?
Anacrusis
Common time
I think I can play that on the piano
Syncopation
32
What does the time signature 25/16 mean?
four 4th notes in a measure
sixteen 25th notes in a measure
twenty-five 16th notes in a measure
sixteen 16th notes in a measure
33
TRICK QUESTION: Is the flute a brass instrument or woodwind?
Brass
All I know is that it is an aerophone
Woodwind
Percussion, hah!
34
What clef is this?
Bass clef
Tenor clef
Treble clef
G clef
35
What interval is this?
Perfect third
Major third
Minor third
No idea lol
36
Are these notes tied or slurred?
Tied
Hey! There aren't four notes in the measure!!
That is one weird smile
Slurred
37
What pitch in a chord determines its inversion?
The accidental note
Highest note
Lowest note
Middle note
38
If a tree fell in the forest with no one to hear, is that music?
TREES AREN'T MUSIC
Yes because it has sound waves
No because music needs a brain to interpret sound waves
Yes because it has a time frame
39
What is the leading tone in solfege?
Ti
Do
Fa
Sol
40
Is this dissonance or consonance?
Dissonance
Consonance
False (???)
Both
41
What is another name for a pickup note?
Subito
Anacrusis
Prima donna
Tessitura
42
The lowest hertz that humans hear as a single sustained note is...
200,000 Hz
2 Hz
40,000 Hz
40 Hz
43
Which of the following is a white note on the piano?
E♭♭
F#
B𝄪
A♭
44
This is middle C:
True
False
45
What is this?
The circle of fifths
Both
THE CIRCLE OF LIFE!!! (and it transposes us aaaaallllllll)
The circle of fourths
46
Is this conjunct or disjunct?
Conjunct
"I can easily play that" -said no one ever
Disjunct
Holy whole note!!!
47
What is an F♮#?
Used to be F# but is now F♮
Used to be F♮ but is now F#
I give up
Used to be F𝄪 but is now F#
48
What is pitch?
The tone is high or low
The tone is more nasal or more pure
The tone is slow or fast
The tone is loud or soft
49
What beats are usually accented in a 5/4 passage?
Beats 2 and 5
PROMENADE!!
Beats 1 and 4
Beats 4 and 5
50
This is middle C:
True
False
51
What does accelerando mean?
Thanos car
It slows down
It gets fatter
It gets faster
52
How many dotted eighth notes can be in a 5/4 bar?
6.333
I hate you (T_T )
5.667
8
53
The Lydian mode raises the _______ one semitone.
I'm with the cat on this one
subdominant
dominant
superdominant
54
What is amplitude?
The decibel level
The tone being low or high
The tone being loud or soft
The tone being short or long
55
What does the time signature 9/8 mean?
eight 9th notes in a measure
eight 8th notes in a measure
nine 8th notes in a measure
four 8th notes in a measure
56
What note is this?
C
F
G
A
57
What note is this?
G
B
D
C
58
Which of the following BEST fits the description of a non-pitched instrument?
snare drum
church bells
marimba
tambourine
59
Is the following phrase ascending, descending, or wavelike (up and down)?
Rescending
Wavelike
Ascending
Descending
60
What is it called when there is no tonal center?
Atonal
No tonal
Bitonal
Htonal
61
Is this conjunct or disjunct?
Disjunct (mostly)
Nani??
Conjunct (mostly)
WE THANK THEE O GOD FOR A PROPHET!!!
62
What is generally the highest hertz humans can hear?
20,000 Hz
200,000 Hz
40,000 Hz
2 Hz
63
What is the relative minor of D♭ major?
B♭ major
B♭ minor
D♭ minor
Z minor
64
What interval is this?
Diminished fifth
Augmented fourth
Tritone
hashtag donut
65
What kind of note is this?
Hemidemisemi note
Hemidemisemihemidemisemihemiquaver
A flag with an oval foundation was ripped to shreds
Semihemidemisemiquaver
66
What is the medium for sound waves in aerophones?
Aer
Fire!!!!!
Water
Air
67
Which of the following Hz sounds as an octave?
A110 and A220
A220 and A880
A440 and A840
A110 and A210
68
This is middle C:
False
True
69
What tone does the "Happy Birthday" song start on?
Dominant
Median
Leading Tone
Tonic
70
What note would be the subdominant in the scale of B major?
F#
E
F
H (???)
71
Are these notes tied or slurred?
Why is it smiling at me?
Tied
Middle C
Slurred
72
What key signature has five sharps?
E major
C♭ major
B major
B minor
73
This is middle C:
True
False
74
What does ritardando poco a poco mean?
Get gradually slower
Get gradually faster
Get suddenly faster
Get suddenly slower
75
Are these scales relative or parallel?
Neither
Relative
Both
Parallel
76
What happens if you pluck a string half its original length?
It would sound a perfect fifth lower
It would sound a perfect fifth higher
It would sound an octave lower
It would sound an octave higher
77
What is pitch?
The tone is more nasal or more pure
The tone is high or low
The tone is loud or soft
The tone is slow or fast
78
Is the following phrase ascending, descending, or wavelike (up and down)?
Wavelike
Ascending
Descending
Rescending
79
BONUS: Do you get this joke?
So I am confusion
Yeah
I recognize some of the symbols on there
YES HAHAHA
80
Is there such a thing as eastern music?
I hope not
No
Yes
Notes would be lines instead of ovals
81
What kind of meter is The Rite of Spring?
Irregular meter
Asymmetrical meter
Mixed yard
Mixed meter
82
Electronic music came after what war?
WWIII
Vietnam
French Revolution
WWII
83
Is this dissonance or consonance?
Consonance
Dissonance
*covers ears*
True (???)
84
Which of the following is NOT a chordophone?
Flugel horn
Viola
Organ
Lute
85
What is the name for a female singer with a low tessitura?
Bass
Tenor
Soprano
Alto
86
What is an ethnomusicologist?
A nerd
A person who studies music of other ethnicities
A music who studies people of other ethnicities
A special African drum
87
Which color is more likely to have a lower pitch?
I'll know it when I hear it
I'm seeing what I'm hearing!!!!!
The blue one
The one that isn't blue
88
Should you end a song on the leading tone?
"Never should you not!" -John Cage
"Yes!" -a jazz geek
"No!" -a guesser
"No!" -a sane person
89
How many sixteenth notes can be in a 4/4 bar?
4/4
32
16
8
90
What is the mode that spans the white notes from B to B?
Phrygian
Locrian
Aeolian
Mixolydian
91
The Dorian mode spans white notes from...
G to G
A to Z
C to C
D to D
92
What clef is this?
E clef
C clef
Alto clef
Tenor clef
93
What key signature is this?
B major/G# minor
F# major/D# minor
A major/F minor
B major/G minor
94
Who categorized instruments into four groups?
Curt Sachs
Wilheim Stockholtzer
Erich von Hornbostel
A nerd
95
How many octaves span A110 and A880?
2
3
4
1
96
Which color is more likely to have a higher amplitude?
The y axis
That one *points*
The red/green (I'm colorblind)
The blue (correct me if I'm wrong)

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Aca Deca Music Section 1

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Questions 96

Answers

1
What are the steps in a chromatic scale?
WWWWWWWW...
HHHHHHHHHHH...
goooooooooooing down!
gooooooooooing up!
2
All that is required for music is __________, __________, and __________.
Time frame
Paper for sheet music
Your brain to interpret the waves
Sound waves
3
BONUS: What is the hertz of this 128' organ stop?
16 Hz
128 Hz
8 Hz
4 Hz
4
What is it called when composition and performance happen at the same time?
Comperforance
Arranging
Improvisation
Perfisition
5
Is this diatonic? *it is in the key of C major*
Yes
No
Maybe so
BE GONE DISSONANCE
6
What chord is this?
G major 7th
E minor 7th
E major 7th
C major 7th
7
How many double dotted sixteenth notes can be in an 11/8 bar?
29.something
3.1415926
WHY????? \(^0^)/
12.something
8
What triads are in a major chord?
Mm
mM
Major minogram
MM
9
What is this?
Alla breve
Common time
Cent
Cut time
10
What is the most common electronic instrument (besides electric piano/organ)?
Maschine micro
Modular synthesizer
Theremin
Electric piano (after I told you???)
11
Are these scales relative or parallel?
Relative
Parallel
Both
Neither
12
What is this called?
Crossing out a mistake before digital notation
A440
Ghost note
X note
13
What kind of meter is a common waltz?
Irregular
Triple
Duple
I'm too busy trying not to step on their feet
14
Which note is middle C?
C5
C6
C4
C440
15
Which of the following are enharmonics?
A♭ and B#
E# and F♭
D♭ and E#
B and C♭
16
What instrument is most likely to play this?
Lute
Guitar
Harp
Harpsichord
17
What is sound?
the reed/string vibrating
the medium that the instrument uses
sound, duh
a wave of energy
18
What interval is this?
Middle C!!!
Major sixth
Minor sixth
Perfect fifth
19
[HARDEST] What is the indicated interval?
Augmented 11th
Octave
Minor 3rd
Diminished 7th
20
Which of the following tempo markings is the slowest?
Andante
Vivace
Lento
Grave
21
What is A440?
The A string on a 5-yr-old's violin
The A string on a cello
A above middle C at 440 Hz
I was wondering the same thing
22
What are the steps in a major scale?
WHWWWHW
WHHWWWH
WWHWWWH
WWWHWWH
23
What triads are in a minor Major seven chord?
mMm
mmM
mMM
Mmm
24
What can be used to create music?
Musical instruments and animals
A soundboard
Only musical instruments (and voice)
Anything
25
What clef is this?
C clef
Alto clef
Tenor clef
E clef
26
Music is defined as _____ organized in _____
sound/space
Music is organized 👍
sound/time
time/sound
27
How many pitches can occur at a time in a melody?
As many as I want
Two
440
Only one (John Cage can't get past this law hah!)
28
Which of our listening examples includes the whole tone scale?
The Banshee
Lacrimosa
The Rite of Spring
Dies Irae
29
What is the lowest note a viola can play?
A440
G3
C2
C3
30
What is musique concrète?
It isn't music, that's for sure
Constructed music by mixing recorded sounds
Early French music written on concrete
Breaking up music into small character pieces
31
What is this, rhythmically speaking?
Anacrusis
Common time
I think I can play that on the piano
Syncopation
32
What does the time signature 25/16 mean?
four 4th notes in a measure
sixteen 25th notes in a measure
twenty-five 16th notes in a measure
sixteen 16th notes in a measure
33
TRICK QUESTION: Is the flute a brass instrument or woodwind?
Brass
All I know is that it is an aerophone
Woodwind
Percussion, hah!
34
What clef is this?
Bass clef
Tenor clef
Treble clef
G clef
35
What interval is this?
Perfect third
Major third
Minor third
No idea lol
36
Are these notes tied or slurred?
Tied
Hey! There aren't four notes in the measure!!
That is one weird smile
Slurred
37
What pitch in a chord determines its inversion?
The accidental note
Highest note
Lowest note
Middle note
38
If a tree fell in the forest with no one to hear, is that music?
TREES AREN'T MUSIC
Yes because it has sound waves
No because music needs a brain to interpret sound waves
Yes because it has a time frame
39
What is the leading tone in solfege?
Ti
Do
Fa
Sol
40
Is this dissonance or consonance?
Dissonance
Consonance
False (???)
Both
41
What is another name for a pickup note?
Subito
Anacrusis
Prima donna
Tessitura
42
The lowest hertz that humans hear as a single sustained note is...
200,000 Hz
2 Hz
40,000 Hz
40 Hz
43
Which of the following is a white note on the piano?
E♭♭
F#
B𝄪
A♭
44
This is middle C:
True
False
45
What is this?
The circle of fifths
Both
THE CIRCLE OF LIFE!!! (and it transposes us aaaaallllllll)
The circle of fourths
46
Is this conjunct or disjunct?
Conjunct
"I can easily play that" -said no one ever
Disjunct
Holy whole note!!!
47
What is an F♮#?
Used to be F# but is now F♮
Used to be F♮ but is now F#
I give up
Used to be F𝄪 but is now F#
48
What is pitch?
The tone is high or low
The tone is more nasal or more pure
The tone is slow or fast
The tone is loud or soft
49
What beats are usually accented in a 5/4 passage?
Beats 2 and 5
PROMENADE!!
Beats 1 and 4
Beats 4 and 5
50
This is middle C:
True
False
51
What does accelerando mean?
Thanos car
It slows down
It gets fatter
It gets faster
52
How many dotted eighth notes can be in a 5/4 bar?
6.333
I hate you (T_T )
5.667
8
53
The Lydian mode raises the _______ one semitone.
I'm with the cat on this one
subdominant
dominant
superdominant
54
What is amplitude?
The decibel level
The tone being low or high
The tone being loud or soft
The tone being short or long
55
What does the time signature 9/8 mean?
eight 9th notes in a measure
eight 8th notes in a measure
nine 8th notes in a measure
four 8th notes in a measure
56
What note is this?
C
F
G
A
57
What note is this?
G
B
D
C
58
Which of the following BEST fits the description of a non-pitched instrument?
snare drum
church bells
marimba
tambourine
59
Is the following phrase ascending, descending, or wavelike (up and down)?
Rescending
Wavelike
Ascending
Descending
60
What is it called when there is no tonal center?
Atonal
No tonal
Bitonal
Htonal
61
Is this conjunct or disjunct?
Disjunct (mostly)
Nani??
Conjunct (mostly)
WE THANK THEE O GOD FOR A PROPHET!!!
62
What is generally the highest hertz humans can hear?
20,000 Hz
200,000 Hz
40,000 Hz
2 Hz
63
What is the relative minor of D♭ major?
B♭ major
B♭ minor
D♭ minor
Z minor
64
What interval is this?
Diminished fifth
Augmented fourth
Tritone
hashtag donut
65
What kind of note is this?
Hemidemisemi note
Hemidemisemihemidemisemihemiquaver
A flag with an oval foundation was ripped to shreds
Semihemidemisemiquaver
66
What is the medium for sound waves in aerophones?
Aer
Fire!!!!!
Water
Air
67
Which of the following Hz sounds as an octave?
A110 and A220
A220 and A880
A440 and A840
A110 and A210
68
This is middle C:
False
True
69
What tone does the "Happy Birthday" song start on?
Dominant
Median
Leading Tone
Tonic
70
What note would be the subdominant in the scale of B major?
F#
E
F
H (???)
71
Are these notes tied or slurred?
Why is it smiling at me?
Tied
Middle C
Slurred
72
What key signature has five sharps?
E major
C♭ major
B major
B minor
73
This is middle C:
True
False
74
What does ritardando poco a poco mean?
Get gradually slower
Get gradually faster
Get suddenly faster
Get suddenly slower
75
Are these scales relative or parallel?
Neither
Relative
Both
Parallel
76
What happens if you pluck a string half its original length?
It would sound a perfect fifth lower
It would sound a perfect fifth higher
It would sound an octave lower
It would sound an octave higher
77
What is pitch?
The tone is more nasal or more pure
The tone is high or low
The tone is loud or soft
The tone is slow or fast
78
Is the following phrase ascending, descending, or wavelike (up and down)?
Wavelike
Ascending
Descending
Rescending
79
BONUS: Do you get this joke?
So I am confusion
Yeah
I recognize some of the symbols on there
YES HAHAHA
80
Is there such a thing as eastern music?
I hope not
No
Yes
Notes would be lines instead of ovals
81
What kind of meter is The Rite of Spring?
Irregular meter
Asymmetrical meter
Mixed yard
Mixed meter
82
Electronic music came after what war?
WWIII
Vietnam
French Revolution
WWII
83
Is this dissonance or consonance?
Consonance
Dissonance
*covers ears*
True (???)
84
Which of the following is NOT a chordophone?
Flugel horn
Viola
Organ
Lute
85
What is the name for a female singer with a low tessitura?
Bass
Tenor
Soprano
Alto
86
What is an ethnomusicologist?
A nerd
A person who studies music of other ethnicities
A music who studies people of other ethnicities
A special African drum
87
Which color is more likely to have a lower pitch?
I'll know it when I hear it
I'm seeing what I'm hearing!!!!!
The blue one
The one that isn't blue
88
Should you end a song on the leading tone?
"Never should you not!" -John Cage
"Yes!" -a jazz geek
"No!" -a guesser
"No!" -a sane person
89
How many sixteenth notes can be in a 4/4 bar?
4/4
32
16
8
90
What is the mode that spans the white notes from B to B?
Phrygian
Locrian
Aeolian
Mixolydian
91
The Dorian mode spans white notes from...
G to G
A to Z
C to C
D to D
92
What clef is this?
E clef
C clef
Alto clef
Tenor clef
93
What key signature is this?
B major/G# minor
F# major/D# minor
A major/F minor
B major/G minor
94
Who categorized instruments into four groups?
Curt Sachs
Wilheim Stockholtzer
Erich von Hornbostel
A nerd
95
How many octaves span A110 and A880?
2
3
4
1
96
Which color is more likely to have a higher amplitude?
The y axis
That one *points*
The red/green (I'm colorblind)
The blue (correct me if I'm wrong)