What is the term for a note or chord that is played softly and with a light touch?

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What is the term for a note or chord that is played softly and with a light touch?

A. Pianissimo

B. Fortissimo

C. Mezzo forte

D. Pizzicato

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What is the term for a chord that contains only three different pitches?

A. Triad

B. Seventh chord

C. Suspended chord

D. Augmented chord

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Which term describes a chord that is built on the seventh degree of a major or natural minor scale?

A. Dominant chord

B. Subdominant chord

C. Leading tone chord

D. Mediant chord

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What is the term for a note that is not part of the key signature and is altered by a sharp, flat, or natural sign?

A. Accidental

B. Enharmonic

C. Chromatic

D. Tonic

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Which term refers to the technique of playing the notes of a chord one after the other rather than simultaneously?

A. Arpeggio

B. Glissando

C. Tremolo

D. Trill

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Which term refers to a type of articulation where notes are played smoothly and connected?

A. Staccato

B. Legato

C. Marcato

D. Pizzicato

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Which term refers to the technique of playing a stringed instrument by striking the strings with a pick or fingers?

A. Plucking

B. Bowing

C. Strumming

D. Percussion

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Which term refers to the distance between the lowest and highest pitches in a piece of music?

A. Range

B. Octave

C. Scale

D. Interval

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Which term refers to the technique of alternating between playing with the bow and plucking the strings on a stringed instrument?

A. Tremolo

B. Pizzicato

C. Col legno

D. Arco

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Which term refers to the technique of using the bow to play individual notes on a stringed instrument?

A. Legato

B. Pizzicato

C. Staccato

D. Arco

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Which term is used to describe the distance between two pitches that share the same letter name?

A. Chromatic interval

B. Diatonic interval

C. Enharmonic interval

D. Tonal interval

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What is the term for a musical technique where notes are played in a detached, separated manner?

A. Staccato

B. Legato

C. Marcato

D. Fermata

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What is the term for a chord progression that moves in a series of descending thirds or ascending sixths?

A. Chromatic progression

B. Circle of fifths progression

C. Diatonic progression

D. Retrogression

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What is the term for a series of chords that provide the harmonic structure for a piece of music?

A. Cadence

B. Chord progression

C. Arpeggio

D. Counterpoint

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In music theory, what does contrapuntal refer to?

A. The combination of melodies to form harmony

B. The arrangement of chords within a progression

C. The study of rhythmic patterns

D. The use of accidentals to alter pitches

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What is the symbol for a half step above a note in Western music notation?

A. #

B. b

C. ?

D. ?

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In a minor scale, what is the pattern of whole steps and half steps between the notes?

A. W-H-W-W-H-W-W

B. W-W-H-W-W-H-W

C. H-W-W-H-W-W-W

D. W-W-H-W-H-W-W

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Which clef is primarily used for low-pitched instruments like the bassoon or cello?

A. Treble clef

B. Alto clef

C. Bass clef

D. Tenor clef

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What is the term for a note that is held for its full value, or longer than its written duration, before the next note is played?

A. Dotted note

B. Whole note

C. Tied note

D. Double whole note

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What is the term for a technique where a performer gradually decreases the volume of a sustained note or chord?

A. Decrescendo

B. Ritardando

C. Staccato

D. Sforzando

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Which term describes the technique of playing two or more notes simultaneously on a string instrument?

A. Legato

B. Pizzicato

C. Arpeggio

D. Double stop

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Which term describes a gradual slowing down of tempo in a piece of music?

A. Ritardando

B. Accelerando

C. Allegro

D. Presto

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What is the term for a musical texture with two or more independent melodic lines occurring simultaneously?

A. Monophonic

B. Homophonic

C. Polyphonic

D. Heterophonic

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What is the term for a musical technique where two or more voices or instruments play the same melody, but starting at different times?

A. Round

B. Canon

C. Fugue

D. Inversion

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Which term describes the organization of beats into groups of two or four in a measure?

A. Meter

B. Tempo

C. Dynamics

D. Articulation

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In musical notation, what is the symbol that indicates a note should be played shorter than its full value?

A. Accent

B. Staccato

C. Fermata

D. Legato

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Which term refers to a musical technique where the performer rapidly alternates between two adjacent notes?

A. Tremolo

B. Trill

C. Glissando

D. Vibrato

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Which term is used to indicate a sudden, loud accent on a single note or chord?

A. Marcato

B. Sforzando

C. Crescendo

D. Pianissimo

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In music notation, what does the term crescendo indicate?

A. Gradually getting louder

B. Gradually getting softer

C. Gradually slowing down

D. Gradually speeding up

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What is the term for a musical ornament consisting of a rapid alternation between two adjacent notes?

A. Trill

B. Turn

C. Mordent

D. Appoggiatura

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What is the term for a note or chord that is played softly and with a light touch?

A. Pianissimo

B. Fortissimo

C. Mezzo forte

D. Pizzicato

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A. Pianissimo

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