What is the term for a musical technique where a performer plays two or more notes in rapid succession on a single string or key?
Arpeggio
Glissando
Tremolo
Trill
Correct Answer :
D. Trill
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Tremolo
Pizzicato
Col legno
Arco
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The organization of beats in a measure
The arrangement of chords within a piece
The sense of a central pitch or key
The tempo of a piece
What is the term for a technique where a performer gradually decreases the volume of a sustained note or chord?
Decrescendo
Ritardando
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Sforzando
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Treble clef
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Bass clef
Tenor clef
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Major chord
Minor chord
Diminished chord
Augmented chord
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Augmented chord
Diminished chord
Major chord
Minor chord
In musical notation, what does the term glissando indicate?
A gradual increase in loudness
A rapid alternation between two notes
A rapid slide between two pitches
A sudden, loud accent
What is the term for a musical scale that is made up of whole steps only?
Chromatic scale
Whole tone scale
Major scale
Pentatonic scale
What is the term for a musical ornament consisting of a rapid alternation between two adjacent notes?
Trill
Turn
Mordent
Appoggiatura
Which time signature indicates that there are three beats per measure and a quarter note receives one beat?
4/4
3/4
2/4
6/8
What is the term for a musical technique where notes are played in a detached, separated manner?
Staccato
Legato
Marcato
Fermata
In musical notation, what is the symbol that indicates a note should be played shorter than its full value?
Accent
Staccato
Fermata
Legato
In music theory, what does counterpoint refer to?
The combination of melodies to form harmony
The use of accidentals to alter pitches
The arrangement of chords within a progression
The study of rhythmic patterns
What is the term for a rapid alternation between two adjacent notes in a piece of music?
Tremolo
Vibrato
Trill
Glissando
What is the term for a chord that contains the root, third, fifth, and seventh notes of a scale with a lowered seventh?
Minor seventh chord
Major seventh chord
Dominant seventh chord
Diminished seventh chord
Which term refers to the distance between the lowest and highest pitches in a piece of music?
Range
Octave
Scale
Interval
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
Which term is used to describe the distance between two pitches that share the same letter name?
Chromatic interval
Diatonic interval
Enharmonic interval
Tonal interval
In musical notation, what does the term dal segno (D.S.) indicate?
Return to the beginning
Repeat from the sign
Gradually getting softer
Gradually slowing down
What is the term for a chord in which the third note is lowered by a half step?
Augmented chord
Diminished chord
Major chord
Minor chord
Which term refers to a technique where a performer plays the string of a bowed instrument with a sudden, strong attack?
Arpeggio
Pizzicato
Spiccato
Col legno
In music notation, what does the term tie indicate?
A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch
A line used to connect the stems of multiple notes
A line indicating that a note should be played staccato
A line connecting two notes of different pitches, indicating they should be played as one
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Gradually getting louder
Gradually getting softer
Gradually slowing down
Gradually speeding up
In music theory, what does contrapuntal refer to?
The combination of melodies to form harmony
The arrangement of chords within a progression
The study of rhythmic patterns
The use of accidentals to alter pitches
Which clef is typically used for high-pitched instruments like the violin?
Bass clef
Alto clef
Treble clef
Tenor clef
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Diminuendo
Fortissimo
Pianissimo
Crescendo
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Monophonic
Homophonic
Polyphonic
Heterophonic
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Chromatic progression
Circle of fifths progression
Diatonic progression
Retrogression
What is the term for a chord progression that uses chords borrowed from a parallel major or minor key?
Modal progression
Chromatic progression
Borrowed chords
Tonicization
In a minor scale, what is the pattern of whole steps and half steps between the notes?
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