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Academic Decathlon Music Theory Presentation Quiz
Academic Decathlon Music Theory Presentation Quiz
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What interval is referred to as the distance between every other key on the piano?
Minor Third
Half-step
Double sharp
Whole-step
2
What is the beat of a piece?
The percussion sound that creates the speed of a piece
The steady pulse that underlies music
The overall speed of a piece of music
The groove of a song
3
What is pitch?
The highness or lowness of a sound
The exact number of hertz that a certain note has
All of the above
A specific note
4
What symbol is this?
Flat
Sharp
Double sharp
Double flat
5
True or False: The alto and tenor clefs use the same symbol.
False
True
6
What is an octave?
The distance between the bass clef and the treble clef
The eight notes that a scale covers
The distance between two pitches that have the same letter
Twelve half-steps
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What is the literal definition of music?
An art and cultural study that is sound organized in time
A collection of written signs representing sound on a page
A study of the way sounds are interpreted by the human ear
A recording of sounds made by instruments or other means
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Where is middle C located on the staff?
On the bass clef
Above the treble clef
On the treble clef
On the line between the treble and bass clefs
9
What is another name for a diminished fifth?
Tritone
Minor fourth
Diminished sixth
Augmented fourth
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What is playing twelve pitches each separated by a semitone in ascending order called?
Chromatic scale
Natural Minor scale
Twelve-tone scale
Major scale
11
What is the term used when composition and performance happen simultaneously?
Electronic composition
Recording
Improvisation
Composer's Block
12
Which texture consists of a single, unaccompanied melody?
Polyphony
Homophony
Monophony
Heterophony
13
If you were to switch from the Bb Major key to the Db Major key, how many flats would be added?
2
3
1
4
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What does the tempo marking "vivace" mean in Italian?
Moderately fast
Extremely fast
Fast
Quick and lively
15
What family would a French horn fall under?
Aerophones
Brass
Cool Instruments
Woodwinds
16
What is one of the Sachs/Hornbostel classification categories for a piano?
Membranophones
Chordophones
Percussion
Aerophones
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What does diatonic mean?
A pitch with multiple names
Within the key of the music
A type of scale that is chosen as the basis for a piece
Outside of the key of the music
18
Which symbol instructs a player to restart the piece and jump to a separate section of music?
D.C. al Coda
D.C. al Fine
D.C.
D.C. al Ostinato
19
What is the name of the most common classification group type used to sort musical instruments?
Percussion
Aerophones
Families
Sachs and Hornbostel Groups
20
What are the three sections of a sonata form piece (in order)?
Development, Recapitulation, Exposition
Recapitulation, Exposition, Development
Exposition, Development, and Recapitulation
Exposition, Recapitulation, and Development
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What is the alternate name for a pickup?
Tessitura
Da Capo
Presto
Anacrusis
22
What are the names of the three notes in a C Major triad (from bottom to top)?
C, Eb, G
Root, Third, and Fifth
C, A, G
C, E, G
23
What ornamentation best describes rapidly switching between two adjacent notes?
Turn
Trill
Glissando
Portamento
24
Which texture consists of two slightly different melodies?
Heterophony
Homophony
Polyphony
Monophony
25
Which texture consists of a melody being played multiple times at different time intervals?
Counterpoint polyphony
Imitative polyphony
Heterophony
Polyphony
26
What is the relative minor of the C Major key?
Eb Minor
A Minor
D Minor
G Minor
27
What is the difference between a tie and a slur?
Tie: Connects same pitch; Slur: Connects different pitches
Slur: Swoops from one note to another; Tie: Does not
Tie: Connects different pitches; Slur: Connects same pitch
Tie: Swoops from one note to another; Slur: Does not
28
What is time signature?
Two numbers that describe which type of note gets the beat
Two numbers that describe the number of beats in a measure
A fraction that shows a music thing
Two numbers that determine the tempo of a piece
29
What is the order of flats?
B, E, A, D, G, C, F
B, D, A, C, E, F, G
B, A, E, D, C, F, G
F, C, G, D, A, E, B
30
What type of articulation best describes a harsh start to a note?
Marcato
Staccato
Accent
Legato
31
Which type of form describes a single phrase returning with multiple phrases in between?
Sonata form
Rondo form
Fugue
Ternary form
32
What is the term used to describe a pitch with multiple names?
Chromatic
Major
Diatonic
Enharmonic
33
What type of scale is this?
Harmonic minor scale
Melodic minor scale
Natural minor scale
Major scale
34
What is the smallest unit of form?
Motive
Cadence
Theme
Phrase
35
What is the name for the most comfortable range of pitches for a performer?
Clef
Diatonic scale
Tessitura
Nice range
36
What is the scale tone name of the third note in a scale?
The subdominant
The mediant
The dominant
The supertonic
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Which texture consists of a melody and a single accompaniment?
Polyphony
Heterophony
Homophony
Monophony
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What is the type of note that results from dividing a single beat into eight parts?
Sixty-fourth note
Thirty-second note
Eighth note
Sixteenth note
