Which term describes a technique where a performer quickly lifts and drops the bow on a stringed instrument to create a bouncing effect?

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Which term describes a technique where a performer quickly lifts and drops the bow on a stringed instrument to create a bouncing effect?

A. Staccato

B. Legato

C. Spiccato

D. Fermata

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In music notation, what does the term ritardando indicate?

A. Gradually getting louder

B. Gradually getting softer

C. Gradually slowing down

D. Gradually speeding up

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In music theory, what does articulation refer to?

A. The speed of a piece

B. The style of playing individual notes or phrases

C. The organization of beats in a measure

D. The arrangement of chords within a progression

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In music theory, what does tonality refer to?

A. The organization of beats in a measure

B. The arrangement of chords within a piece

C. The sense of a central pitch or key

D. The tempo of a piece

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What is the term for the vertical arrangement of notes in a chord?

A. Harmony

B. Melody

C. Counterpoint

D. Rhythm

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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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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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Which term refers to the practice of shifting a melody or chord progression to a different pitch level while maintaining the same intervals?

A. Transposition

B. Modulation

C. Ornamentation

D. Variation

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

A. #

B. b

C. ?

D. ?

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Which term describes the technique of using the fingers to pluck the strings on a stringed instrument?

A. Legato

B. Pizzicato

C. Staccato

D. Tremolo

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Which term refers to a technique where a performer plays the string of a bowed instrument with a sudden, strong attack?

A. Arpeggio

B. Pizzicato

C. Spiccato

D. Col legno

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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 chord that contains only three different pitches?

A. Triad

B. Seventh chord

C. Suspended chord

D. Augmented chord

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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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What is the term for the process of altering a chord by adding an additional note not found in the original triad?

A. Inversion

B. Extension

C. Suspension

D. Embellishment

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What is the term for a rapid alternation between two adjacent notes in a piece of music?

A. Tremolo

B. Vibrato

C. Trill

D. Glissando

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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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What is the term for a chord that contains the root, third, fifth, and seventh notes of a scale with a lowered seventh?

A. Minor seventh chord

B. Major seventh chord

C. Dominant seventh chord

D. Diminished seventh chord

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In a major key, which scale degree is the leading tone?

A. 7th

B. 1st

C. 5th

D. 4th

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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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What is the term for the distance between two pitches in music?

A. Interval

B. Chord

C. Melody

D. Harmony

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

A. Dominant chord

B. Subdominant chord

C. Tonic chord

D. Mediant chord

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In musical notation, what does the term dal segno (D.S.) indicate?

A. Return to the beginning

B. Repeat from the sign

C. Gradually getting softer

D. Gradually slowing down

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What is the term for a scale that uses only five different pitches per octave, commonly found in folk music?

A. Pentatonic scale

B. Diatonic scale

C. Chromatic scale

D. Whole tone scale

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What is the term for a chord consisting of the root, third, fifth, and seventh notes of a scale?

A. Dominant seventh chord

B. Major seventh chord

C. Minor seventh chord

D. Diminished seventh chord

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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 scale that is made up of whole steps only?

A. Chromatic scale

B. Whole tone scale

C. Major scale

D. Pentatonic scale

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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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C. Spiccato

Which term describes a technique where a performer quickly lifts and drops the bow on a stringed instrument to create a bouncing effect?

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