Smart Music Trivia

Question 1

Which of these is not a singing part?

Accepted Answer

Violoncello

Question 2

A violoncello is also known as a _____.

Accepted Answer

Cello

Question 3

What composer wrote the opera The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote)?

Accepted Answer

Wolfgang Mozart

Question 4

A scale base on five tones is called

Accepted Answer

Pentatonic

Question 5

The youngest member of the wind band is the ____.

Accepted Answer

saxophone

Question 6

Which of these are elements of music?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 7

Which of these composers have written music for motion pictures?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 8

Which of these famous rock bands is from the United States?

Accepted Answer

Beach Boys

Question 9

Which one of these women was not a composer?

Accepted Answer

Carmina Burana

Question 10

Which of these movie scores was composed by American composer John Williams?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 11

How many major scales are there?

Accepted Answer

12

Question 12

What composer wrote a suite based on the planets of our solar system?

Accepted Answer

Gustav Holst

Question 13

Which of these instruments does not use the bass staff?

Accepted Answer

baritone saxophone

Question 14

Which of these is not a string orchestra instrument?

Accepted Answer

Vibraphone

Question 15

Which of these is not a wind band instrument?

Accepted Answer

Stylophone

Question 16

What is a triad?

Accepted Answer

A type of chord

Question 17

What music term indicates to play in a "detached style"

Accepted Answer

staccato

Question 18

A scale composed of 12 semitones (halfsteps) is called

Accepted Answer

Chromatic

Question 19

Harmony that clashes or is unsettled sounding is called

Accepted Answer

Dissonant

Question 20

To play smoothly and connected is called

Accepted Answer

Legato

Question 21

The scientific term for pitch is called

Accepted Answer

Frequency

Question 22

To move a melody from one key signature to another is called

Accepted Answer

Transposing

Question 23

What is a Balalaika?

Accepted Answer

A Russian guitar

Question 24

Who composed the ballets Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker?

Accepted Answer

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Question 25

A euphonium is also called a ____.

Accepted Answer

baritone

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