What is the term for a musical technique where notes are played in a detached, separated manner?
Staccato
Legato
Marcato
Fermata
Correct Answer :
A. Staccato
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Augmented chord
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Minor chord
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The study of rhythmic patterns
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W-H-W-W-H-W-W
W-W-H-W-W-H-W
H-W-W-H-W-W-W
W-W-H-W-H-W-W
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The quality of sound produced by a voice or instrument
The tempo of a piece
The organization of beats in a measure
The arrangement of chords within a progression
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Tempo
Dynamics
Articulation
Meter
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Arpeggio
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Tremolo
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Diminuendo
Fortissimo
Pianissimo
Crescendo
What is the term for the distance between two pitches in music?
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Harmony
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Dominant chord
Subdominant chord
Leading tone chord
Mediant chord
Which term refers to a chord that contains the root, third, and fifth notes of a scale with an augmented fifth?
Augmented chord
Diminished chord
Major chord
Minor chord
What is the term for a gradual increase in loudness in a piece of music?
Crescendo
Diminuendo
Pianissimo
Fortissimo
Which term refers to the technique of using the bow to play individual notes on a stringed instrument?
Legato
Pizzicato
Staccato
Arco
Which term describes a chord that is built on the fourth degree of a major or natural minor scale?
Dominant chord
Subdominant chord
Tonic chord
Mediant chord
What is the term for the vertical arrangement of notes in a chord?
Harmony
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Which term refers to the musical technique of gradually increasing the speed of a piece of music?
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Allegro
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Gradually getting louder
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Gradually slowing down
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Return to the beginning
Repeat from the sign
Gradually getting softer
Gradually slowing down
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4/4
3/4
2/4
6/8
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Range
Octave
Scale
Interval
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Harmony
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Glissando
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Major seventh chord
Dominant seventh chord
Augmented seventh chord
Minor seventh chord
What is the term for a musical technique where two or more voices or instruments play the same melody, but starting at different times?
Round
Canon
Fugue
Inversion