Academic Decathlon Music Theory

Question 1

Non functional harmonies

Accepted Answer

use traditional chord progressions but do not resolve it

Question 2

Which musical element usually accompanies a fundamental?

Accepted Answer

partial

Question 3

Meter refers to the beat's

Accepted Answer

grouping

Question 4

Which pitch is a key's gravitational center?

Accepted Answer

tonic

Question 5

the term tutti means

Accepted Answer

play in unison

Question 6

Which of the following musical characteristics did Nazi music standards ban?

Accepted Answer

twelve-tone method

Question 7

D minor key signature is notated as

Accepted Answer

one flat

Question 8

Unlike operettas, musical theater featured

Accepted Answer

better plots

Question 9

Which frequency does A2 have on a piano?

Accepted Answer

110 Hz

Question 10

Which of the following major key signatures features four flats?

Accepted Answer

A-flat

Question 11

Musical triplets create the effect of

Accepted Answer

swing rythm

Question 12

Which adjective describes an interval with two pitches in succession?

Accepted Answer

melodic

Question 13

A full cadence may also be described as a

Accepted Answer

authentic

Question 14

which of the following instruments is not a woodwind

Accepted Answer

tubular bells

Question 15

Which tempo marking has 200 beats per minute?

Accepted Answer

Presto

Question 16

which of the following instrument is not part of the percussion family

Accepted Answer

baritone

Question 17

Which clef indicated that C pitch should be placed on the middle line

Accepted Answer

alto

Question 18

Which dynamic notation means "somewhat quietly"?

Accepted Answer

mp

Question 19

Identify the major seventh interval in the following list

Accepted Answer

G-flat to F

Question 20

Place the chord B-D-F in second inversion

Accepted Answer

F-B-D

Questions 20