Intermediate Plus Piano Quiz

This is a multiple choice quiz with 30 questions. Each question has 4 answers. One of them is correct. You need to pass this quiz with 100%. If you fail, you can do it again until all questions are answered correctly. Please answer all questions before you click “finish”. Once you finished the quiz, correct answers will show in green and wrong answers in red. The time limit for answering the quiz is 20 minutes. After timer finished the count-downing, the quiz will be submitted automatically. You need to turn your computer speakers ON since the questions also have sound samples. You also can use the Music Dictionary and Keyboard while taking the quiz. For additional theory study you can go here.

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Intermediate Plus

This quiz is for INTERMEDIATE PLUS students. It contains question of elevated music knowledge. Enter your first name after starting the quiz.
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Which statement is correct?

most music relies on a balance between consonance and dissonance

dissonant chords should be avoided all the time

Jazz and newer music is always consonant

disconsonant music is the only good music

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This is an ornament and shows how it is executed. What is the name of the ornament?

Grace Note

Mordent

Trill

Turn

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Listen to Mozart's Sonata in C-major (K545). In which musical texture would this composition belong to?

Homophony (melodic voice accompanied by blocked or broken chords)

Cacophony (a harsh discordant mixture of sounds)

Polyphony (two or more simultaneous lines of independent melody)

Symphony (a musical composition for full orchestra)

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Piano Pedals

The left pedal on a grand piano is...

making it easier to play staccato

creating an echo effect

sustaining the bass tones

shifting the keyboard to the right, creating a softer sound

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Please play Video before you answer the question. This piece is on of Gershwin's most recognizable creations and a key composition that defined the Jazz Age. Gershwin's piece inaugurated a new era in America's musical history, established his reputation as an eminent composer and became one of the most popular of all concert works. What is the name of this composition?

Someone to watch Over Me

Rhapsody in Blue

Summertime

Porgy and Bess

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This is a...

melodic minor scale

diatonic scale over 1 octave

harmonic minor scale

chromatic scale over 1 octave

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Please play Video before you answer the question. Why is this famous composition of Johann Pachelbel called a "Canon"?

because of its repeating eight-note ground bass and chord progression

because it was composed to imitate a shooting device

because it is often played on weddings

because some a few pop music songs adapt Pachelbel's melody

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Please play Video before you answer the question. This piece is "The Poet's Heart" from Edward Grieg. Which Musical Era does it belong to?

Classical

Romantic

Contemporary

Baroque

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This song is written by Yiruma. He was born in Seoul, South Korea. At five years old, he began learning the piano. What is the name of the song?

May Be

River flows in You

Chaconne

Kiss the Rain

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The scale on the picture is

a major scale.

the basic blues scale.

a chromatic scale.

a natural minor scale.

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Cut time is a TIME SIGNATURE that is equal to...

3/4

4/4

2/4

2/2

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What is a Riff?

a short repeated phrase in popular music and jazz

a five part sequence

a section that has to be played legato

an extended musical sentence

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What is the common characteristic of the harmonic and melodic minor scales?

Both have an extra large interval.

Both sound the same as a major scale.

Both have a leading tone.

Both have the same intervals.

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A CODA is...

the same as an incomplete (pickup) measure.

marked by a repeat sign.

a passage that brings a piece to an end.

a section of a song in the beginning.

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Please play Video before you answer the question. This is the famous Minute Valse from Frederic Chopin. Which statement is correct?

Valse had to be played in one minute

the piece gets substantially slower after one minute

Chopin was inspired by a small cat

the "Minute Waltz" nickname was given by the waltz's first publisher, not by Chopin

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What is transposition?

Playing or writing music in a way that makes it sound higher or lower.

Changing a melody from major to minor.

Changing a melody from minor to major.

Changing the Tempo of a song.

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How many diatonic major scales do we have in our western tonal system?

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A C-major chord has a root position and how many inversions?

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Please play Video before you answer the question. This is Invention No. 15 from J.S. Bach. How would we categorize this type of music?

Monophony

Polyphony

Cacophony

Homophony

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What are the primary chords for C-major?

C, A, B-flat

C, D, E

F, C, G

A, B, C

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Grace Note

What is a Grace Note?

the same as a trill

notes that are written in large font style

small, ornamental musical notes, not part of the main melody

another name for arpeggio

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The action to add chords to a melody to create a richer sound is known as...

harmonization

modulation

modification

transposition

23 / 30

Which of the A-minor scales has no sharps or flats?

chromatic

natural

harmonic

melodic

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Which tones does a G7 chord have?

G, B, D, F

G, B, D, E

G, C, E, F

C, E, G, A

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Secondary chords are

I, IV and V

V and VII

II, III, VI and VII

I, V

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A dominant 7th chord...

is not stable and wants to go counter-clockwise on the Circle of 5ths.

is usually used at the end of a classical composition.

is stable and wants to go nowhere.

is not stable and wants to go clockwise on the Circle of 5ths.

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This note would actually be a...

G-flat

F-sharp

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Dynamics, Articulation, Tempo Variation and Pedal Usage are 4 important elements of

secondary importance

the playing style exclusively for classical music

how the first piano lesson should be introduced

expression while plying the piano

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Please play Video before you answer the question. This is Franz Schubert's Moment Musical Op.94. Which statement is true...

piece starts in F-minor and ends in C-major

piece starts in F-minor and ends in F-minor

piece starts in F-minor and ends in C-minor

piece starts in F-minor and ends in F-major

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What compositional technique is applied in polyphonic music?

counterpoint

stride piano

melody with chordal accompaniment

one voice only

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