Advanced Plus Piano Quiz

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This quiz is for ADVANCED PLUS students. It contains question of exalted music knowledge. Enter your first name after starting the quiz. The email entry is also required. You will receive a certificate after you passed the quiz with 100%. The questions of this quiz are referenced to the Theory Books. You are allowed to use the Theory Book Content while doing the quiz!

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Modulations in classical music tend to be done...
Ref: Book 12, pg. 28

rather gradually

with no plan

by never using a pivot chord

rather abruptly

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Please watch this video before answering the question. This is Les Sauvages (wild or natural people) of J. P. Rameau's opera Les Indes Galantes. Which statement is correct?

The piece has some sophisticated modulation in the second part

The piece is in G-Minor and has no modulation at all

The piece ends in another key than the beginning

The piece modulates in the first few measures

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Please listen to this audio snippet before you answer the question. This is a jazzy version of Für Elise by Maurice Imghof. In what style is it?
Ref: YouTube

Latin Piano

Boogie

Bebop

Ragtime

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What is Modulation?
Ref: Book 12, pg. 16

The process of ending a song with a dissonance.

A change of tonal color.

A synonym for Transposition.

The process of moving from one key to another.

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In the formal study of counterpoint one typically begin with a fixed line which is called...
Ref: Book 11, pg. 4

Walking Bass

Cantus Firmus

Development

Recapitulation

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On a two voice composition one voice moves up or down and the other stays stationary. How this arrangement called?
Ref: Book 11, pg. 7

Oblique Motion

Parallel Motion

Similar Motion

Contrary Motion

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As a harmonic rule in traditional counterpoint one uses only the most basic intervals, such as...
Ref: Book 11, pg. 2

octaves, seconds, thirds, and fifths

octaves, thirds, fifths, and sixths

octaves, seconds, and fifths

ocatves, fifths, and sevenths

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A musical shorthand from was originated in the Baroque Era where a bass line is written with numbers and symbols below it to indicate the harmony that should be played above it. These symbols represent intervals relative to the bass note, allowing a performer (like a harpsichordist or organist) to improvise a complete chord accompaniment from just the bass line and figures. How is this shorthand sytem called?
Ref: Book 9, pg. 21

Figured Bass

Counterpoint

Chords over a Bassnote

Bass Chord

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What is the name of this top pianist with her flamboyant stage presence and precise piano technique?
Ref: Wikipedia

Olga Kern

Kathia Buniatishvili

Martha Argerich

Yuja Wang

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What is the formula for this chord progression?
Ref: Book 9, pg. 27

C sus4 to C

C Minor to C

G sus 4 to C

C sus2 to C

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The Figured Bass above (6/4) has to be executed according to...
Ref: Book 9, Pg. 25

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Swell shoes on an organ controls...
Ref: Book 8, pg.29

the pitch of the bass pipes.

the swell box to make the sound louder or softer.

the requested key pressure on the manuals.

the tone color of the reed stops.

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A pivot chord exsits as common chord in two differend keys. It is a handy tool for...
Ref: Book 12, pg 4

forming a cadence

modulation

transposition

enharmonic change

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The term Coda means the the concluding section of a musical piece. What is the original meaning of this Italian word?
Ref: Wikipedia

End

Appendix

Tail

Tip

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Jazz is characreized by...
Ref: Book 7, pg, 16

improvisation, swing rhythm, II-V-I progression, call and response

free style, III-II-I chord progression, non-vocal

no formula, any chord progression, counterpoint, mainly consonant

stiff style, I-VI-IV-V chord progression, no syncopations

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What is considered a LEAP interval in single voicing?
Ref: Book 11, pg. 28

larger than an octave

larger then a fifth except the sixth

larger than a third

larger than a sixth except the octave

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What is the second part of a Sonata?

Recapitulation

Exposition

Development

Coda

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How many lines has the staff for the Gregorian chant notation?
Ref: Wikipedia

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What intervals can easily run parallel in traditional counterpoint?
Ref: Book 11, pg. 8

third and sixths

forth and fifths

seconds and sevenths

third and fourths

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My nephew Kevin was playing Marius in a famous musical that is based on a novel of Victor Hugo. What is the name of the musical? Ref: Wikipedia

Moulin Rouge

La Vie en Rose

Les Misérables

Notre Dame de Paris

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What is this?
Ref: Book 12, pg. 12

Modulation Up a Perfect Fifth

Deceptive Cadence

Modulation Up a Tritone

Plagal Cadence

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A pipe organ has various options to control the pipe valves. The mechanic or tracker action allows the direct contact between the keyboard and the pipes. However it has a disatvantage.
Ref: Book 6, pg. 36

A hissing sound is created on the manuals.

Key pressure gets softer when adding multiple stops.

Console cannot be moved.

Pipes speak with a delay.

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What does a cappella mean?
Ref: Wikipedia

Worship singing in a chapel

Singing together with a string ensemble

A style of singing without instrumental accompaniment

A famous song about the star Capella

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Pop Songs oten use a Modulation in order to increase excitement. They usually just use the V7 chord of the new key for modulating a half or whole step Up. This modulation is rather sudden and abrupt. It is ironically called the...
Fef: Book 12, pg. 28

Related Keys Modulation

Shift to Reverse Gear Modulation

Truck Driver's Modulation

Enharmonic Change Modulation

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What pop singer refers to her fans as "little monsters"?
Ref: Wikipedia

Lady Gaga

Rihanna

Beyoncé

Katy Perry

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The above notation in counterpoint composition is called a...
Ref: Book 11, pg. 4

Common Tone Procedure

First Species

Parallel Motion

Triad Cadence

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What term is referring to a form of composition in which the first section recurs after the second is performed in an A-B-A style.
Ref: Book 5, pg. 20

Canon

Prelude

Fugue

Rondo

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Please watch video before you answer the question. Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921) was a prominent composer of the Romantic era. One of his prominent compositim is Dance Macabre. It is a symphonic poem for orchestra. The video shows a?transcription for two pianos. Which statement about Camille Saint-Saëns is correct?
Ref: Book 10, pg. 18

He was a Polish composer.

He avoided counterpoint in his compositions.

He was capable of sight-reading much anything.

He did not compose symphonies.

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What is the highest vocal range for a female singer?
Ref: Wikipedia

Alto

Soprano

Contra-Alto

Mezzo-Soprano

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What is a Plagal Cadence...

V-I

V-vi

iii-I

IV-I

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