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Learn more about Musical periods and Music theory in this Quiz! for beginners.
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What does Allegretto mean?
Moderately fast
Slowing down
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What is the name for piece music that has religious theme, many movements, and several solos?
Symphony
Prelude and Fugue
Opera
Oratorio
3
When was the 20th century music period?
1900-1999
1924-1985
2000s
4
What type of meter is 3/8
Simple duple
Simple Triple
Compound triple
Compound duple
5
Which composer wrote the opera,
The Marriage of Figaro
?
Mozart
Handel
Beethoven
Gershwin
6
What is Morendo?
Dying away
Extremely fast
7
What is a note?
duration of sound and silence
Symbol used for notating a musical sound
8
What important event ended the Baroque era?
Invention of the organ
The death of Bach
The birth of Mozart
founding of U.S.
9
Symphony begins during what period?
Chorus
classical
Baroque
10
Which period was from 1820-1900?
Beyonce music
Baroque
Romantic
Classical
11
What is a Metronome?
Measured in beats per measure
Beats per second
12
When we describe notes as staccato or legato we are talking about
Articulation
Pitch
13
The overall “shape” of a melody defines its melodic...
Expression
Contour
14
What is a compound triple?
9 over 3, 9 over 6, 9 over 9
9 over 2, 9 over 4, 9 over 8
15
What does Moderato mean?
Moderately
Modern
16
What is a Time Signature
Symbol used for notating a musical silence
Symbol in the notated score indicates meter
17
Medieval music was roughly between which years?
500 BC- 500 AD
500-1400 AD
504-5
1750-1830 BC
18
Which of these composers belong to the Baroque period?
Brahms
Debussy
Telemann
Shostakovich
19
The period of music which followed Medieval is the:
Medeival
Classical
Reniassance
Modern
20
Which musical period is known for being a time of "rebirth"?
country
Classical
Renaissance
Rouge
21
What is Allegro?
Fast and lively
Slow and lively
22
By what other name is the classical period known as?
Age of Aquarius
Age of Enlightenment
Age of reason
23
Tchaikovsy, the composer of the music for
The Nutcracker
was born in which country?
Hungary
Germany
Ausstria
Russia
24
What is an Upbeat
First beat of measure
Leads into the downbeat
25
Moving from one key to another is called
Modulation
Extrication
26
In the classical period, Vienna was?
The music capitol of the world
The City of food
a city
The city with the least musical artists
27
What is a Barline?
Vertical line demonstrates grouping of beats in musicalscore
Space between bar lines in musical score
28
In Medieval music, the intervals most used for harmony were the:
fifth and fourth
third and sixth
second and seventh
29
Which period is marked by balance and the sonata form
Modern
Baroque
Romantic
Classical
30
When two pitches sound the same, but one is higher than the other, we say they are
Singing people
An octave apart
Fun lovin musically talented humans
31
Which composer is known as the Father of the String Quartet?
Haydn
Gershwin
Mozart
Brahms
32
Which composer gradually went deaf?
Mozart
Beethoven
Bach
Brahms
33
The distance between any two notes is called an
jump
Space
skip
Interval
34
What music periods are there?
Oldies, Rock, rap, country, pop, classical
Middle Ages,Renaissance,Baroque,Classical,Romantic,20Century
1900s, 2000s, 2010s
Middle Ages,Romantic,21Century,Baroque,Classical,Renaissance
35
Who wrote the Clock symphony?
Handel
Haydn
Beethoven
Mozart
36
Who left the first evidence of existence of music?
The British
The Greek
The Romaines
The French
37
Which composer wrote over 1000 pieces of music?
Bach
Kylie Jenner
Kendrick Lamar
Madonna
38
When each note of a melody becomes the basis of its own chord, this is called
Harmonization
coloration
39
What is Adagio?
meaningful
Fast and stady
Slow and leisurely
Loud and happy
40
Which very important piece did Beethoven compose after he went deaf in 1820?
Piano Sonata No. 23
Fur Elise
Moonlight Sonata
Symphony No. 9
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What is Ritenuto
Hold back at a slower speed
Start to go faster
42
What is a Simple Duple
2 over 2, 2 over 4, 2 over 8
3 over 4, 6 over 8, 4 over 4
43
What type of music is the opposite of sacred?
Sucalar
Sectional
Secular
Sectuler
44
In Western music the first scale degree is called the...
Tonic
Melodic
45
Pitch is most closely related to...
Frequency
Fullness
46
What is a quadruple meter?
Meters containing 4 beats per measure
Meters containing 3 beats per measure
47
Baroque composers made their music more beautiful by using _______________ .
Colors
Ornaments
Fewer instruments
48
The Baroque style of single voice accompanied by instrumental bass line and chords was called
Polyphony
Soliloquy
Parody
Monody
49
What is an accent?
Emphasis in music peace
A weird sound
50
An ascending and/or descending series of notes of different pitch is..
A graph
A scale
51
What does a simple quadruple look like?
4 over 2, 4 over 4, 4 over 8
2 over 4, 6 over 8, 5 over 8
52
What type of meter is 2/4
Simple triple
Simple duple
Compound Duple
53
The distance in pitch from the lowest to the highest note refers to melodic...
Range
Scale
54
Pick your favorite song
"Havana" by Camille Cabello
"Gucci Gang" by Lil Pump
"New York New York" by Frank Sinatra
"Singing in the Rain" by Roger Williams
55
what type of meter is 12/2
Compound Quadruple
Simple triple
Compound triple
Compound duple
56
Who's death marks the end of the classical period?
Haydn
Beethoven
Brahms
Mozart
57
The Classical Period began in 1750 and ended in…
1850
1840
1820
1830
58
Which instrument was invented during the Renaissance period?
Viola
Violoncello
Viol
Violin
59
George Gershwin was inspired by what genre of music?
folk music
Jazz
Polka
Gypsy music
60
Another word for Gregorian Chant is:
Plainsong
Singsong
Canata
Ostinato
