What is the term for a series of chords that provide the harmonic structure for a piece of music?
Cadence
Chord progression
Arpeggio
Counterpoint
Correct Answer :
B. Chord progression
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Gradually getting louder
Gradually getting softer
Gradually slowing down
Gradually speeding up
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Gradually getting louder
Gradually getting softer
Gradually slowing down
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Whole tone scale
Blues scale
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Staccato
Sforzando
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Staccato
Legato
Marcato
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Chromatic scale
Whole tone scale
Major scale
Pentatonic scale
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Return to the beginning
Repeat from the sign
Gradually getting softer
Gradually slowing down
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Dominant seventh chord
Major seventh chord
Minor seventh chord
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Chromatic progression
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Legato
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Sforzando
Crescendo
Pianissimo
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