Music Theory

Question 1

What are the names of the 4 notes that make up the sound of the bell at our school?

Accepted Answer

GBDG

Question 2

How many different note names are there in music?

Accepted Answer

7

Question 3

What are #'s, and b's know as?

Accepted Answer

Accidentals

Question 4

How many keys are there on a piano?

Accepted Answer

88

Question 5

What American folk song did Stephen Collins Foster compose?

Accepted Answer

Camptown Races

Question 6

What does Ritardando mean?

Accepted Answer

Slow down gradually

Question 7

What is the 7th degree of a major scale called?

Accepted Answer

Leading Note

Question 8

What composer wrote "Ode To Joy" from symphony Number 9?

Accepted Answer

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Question 9

What is the order of tones and semitones in a major scale?

Accepted Answer

T T S T T T S

Question 10

How many beats is a dotted half note tied over to a quarter note equal?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 11

What family of instruments features the oboe?

Accepted Answer

Woodwind Family

Question 12

What are the names of the treble clef lines from bottom to top?

Accepted Answer

EGBDF

Question 13

What does Andante mean?

Accepted Answer

Moderately slow, walking pace

Question 14

What sign is used in music to signify to the performer to play the line again?

Accepted Answer

Repeat Sign

Question 15

What sign is used to connect two note of different pitch?

Accepted Answer

Slur

Question 16

What are crescendo and decrescendo known as?

Accepted Answer

Dynamics

Question 17

How many 16th notes are there in a whole note?

Accepted Answer

16

Question 18

Who is the leader of the orchestra?

Accepted Answer

Conductor

Question 19

What is this sign in music?

Accepted Answer

Treble Staff

Question 20

What key signature has 2 #'s?

Accepted Answer

D Major

Question 21

In the C Major scale, what is the subdominant note?

Accepted Answer

F

Question 22

What does D.C. al Fine mean?

Accepted Answer

Play again from beginning and stop at Fine sing.

Question 23

In our class, what type of instrument are the clarinets?

Accepted Answer

Bb

Question 24

What is played when you have a root, mediant and dominant note played together?

Accepted Answer

Triad

Question 25

What Italian composer wrote the piece of music known as "William Tell"?

Accepted Answer

Gioacchino Rossini

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