Music Theory Placement Questions and Answers with Certified Solutions
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Music Theory Placement
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Music Theory Placement
Music Theory Placement Questions and
Answers with Certified Solutions
What is the distance between C and G in a scale?
Perfect fifth
What key has one flat in its key signature?
F major
What is the term for a group of three notes played in the time of two?
Triplet
If a piece is ...
Music Theory Placement Questions and
Answers with Certified Solutions
What is the distance between C and G in a scale?
✔✔ Perfect fifth
What key has one flat in its key signature?
✔✔ F major
What is the term for a group of three notes played in the time of two?
✔✔ Triplet
If a piece is written in 4/4 time, how many beats are in each measure?
✔✔ Four
What symbol indicates that a note should be raised by a half step?
✔✔ Sharp (#)
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,What is the term for a series of ascending or descending notes played in order?
✔✔ Scale
Which dynamic marking means to play very loudly?
✔✔ Fortissimo (ff)
What is the name for the lowest male singing voice?
✔✔ Bass
What do we call the note that forms the foundation of a chord?
✔✔ Root
What is the term for two notes played simultaneously that sound unstable or tense?
✔✔ Dissonance
What is the pattern of whole and half steps in a major scale?
✔✔ Whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half
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, What musical term indicates to gradually increase the speed?
✔✔ Accelerando
Which clef is used for cello and trombone music in their lower ranges?
✔✔ Bass clef
What is it called when a melody is passed from one instrument to another?
✔✔ Imitation
What interval is formed by playing C to E flat?
✔✔ Minor third
What is the term for music that has no specific key center?
✔✔ Atonal
What is the Italian term for "soft"?
✔✔ Piano (p)
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