DCB's Christmas music quiz!

How much do you know about music theory? Test yourself with DCB's Christmas music quiz! Learning theory will help all aspects of your playing and will help greatly with composition and analysis. If you score badly, don't feel discouraged, see it as a challenge!

This quiz covers various aspects of theory, from popular to classical, and with questions of varying difficulty. Some of the questions are modified from the ABRS theory syllabus, grade 1-8.

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1. A time signature determines:
Sharps and flats
Length of a piece
What period the music is from
How many beats per bar
2. A G minor chord contains:
G B D
D F# G
Bb D G
G Bb Db
3. A key signature determines:
The tempo
The difficulty
The sharps and flats
The social connotations
4. A guitar is normally shown on a:
Bass clef
Treble clef
Alto Clef
A baritone clef
5. F major contains the following accidental/s:
F# C#
Bb
Bb Eb Ab Db Gb
No sharps of flats
6. A perfect cadence is typically the following progression:
V - vi
IV - I
I - V
V - I
7. A compound time signature is:
Grouped in 2s
Grouped in 3s
Grouped in 4s
Grouped in 5s
8. An example of a compound time signature is:
6/8
4/4
3/4
2/2
9. A standard blues scale contains:
Flat 5
Flat 5 and Flat 7
Sharp 6
Sharp 5 and Flat 7
10. A Bb7 chord contains:
B D F A
Bb C D Eb
Bb D F Ab
Ab B G
11. A B# is enharmonically equivalent to:
B
C
Theres no such thing as a B#
G
12. Concert pitch is:
A=440hz
A=666hz
A=441hz
A=220hz
13. True or false, in the baroque era, instruments were tuned slightly flatter than today's pitch?
True
False
14. The circle of 5ths is:
C D E F G
F C G D A E B
A B G D E F
G B D
15. A melodic minor scale (ascending), in comparison to a natural minor scale has:
Flat 5
Sharp 6
Sharp 6 and 7
Sharp 7
16. A guitar is normally tuned to (low to high):
E A D G B F
E B G D A E
E A D G B E
E F G A B C
17. Which of the following notes is chromatic in the key of G minor
G
Bb
Eb
Db
18. Counterpoint could be described as:
A complex rhythm
Chordal, vertical harmony
Two or more rhythmically independent lines played together
A chromatic passage
19. Sonata form is a structural device which normally features:
12 bar blues
Verse, Verse Chorus, Middle 8, Verse, Chorus
An inverted canon
Exposition, Development, Recapitulation
20. The italian performance direction 'Andante con moto' means:
Proper fast
Slowly with motion
Walking pace with motion
Play while standing on ones head
21. Serialism is a device that uses:
Pinch Harmonics
A twelve note tone row
Crazy shredding
Expressive harmony
22. On the guitar, the harmonic on the 5th fret produces a note:
Two octaves above the open string
One octave above the open string
Unison with the open string
Twelve octaves above the open string
23. True or false, our tuning system is acoustically out of tune?
True
False
24. Semi-quaver (16th) triplets have X notes per crotchet (quarter) beat:
4
6
2
8
25. Tablature is commonly used for:
Guitars only
Guitars and Pianos
Guitars, Lutes, Banjos
Harpsichords and Guitars
26. Rock came from blues, but blues came from?
Classical
Jazz
Ragtime
Folk music
27. A waltz is typically in:
4/4
6/8
3/4
12/8
28. A common jazz beat is:
Backbeat
Swing
Blastbeat
Samba
29. The Ionian mode is the same as:
Natural minor
Blues scale
Major scale
Harmonic Minor
30. The French Augmented 6th chord contains:
Root, Major 3rd, Sharp 6
Root, Major 3rd, Perfect 5th, Sharp 6
Root, Minor 3rd, Perfect 5th, Sharp 6
Root, Major 3rd, Diminished 5th, Sharp 6

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