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

Cacophony (a harsh discordant mixture of sounds)

Homophony (melodic voice accompanied by blocked or broken chords)

Symphony (a musical composition for full orchestra)

Polyphony (two or more simultaneous lines of independent melody)

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A CODA is...

the same as an incomplete (pickup) measure.

marked by a repeat sign.

a section of a song in the beginning.

a passage that brings a piece to an end.

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This note would actually be a...

F-sharp

G-flat

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

Both have the same intervals.

Both sound the same as a major scale.

Both have a leading tone.

Both have an extra large interval.

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Which statement is correct?

disconsonant music is the only good music

Jazz and newer music is always consonant

dissonant chords should be avoided all the time

most music relies on a balance between consonance and dissonance

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

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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?

Homophony

Monophony

Polyphony

Cacophony

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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?

Summertime

Someone to watch Over Me

Rhapsody in Blue

Porgy and Bess

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What is transposition?

Changing a melody from minor to major.

Changing a melody from major to minor.

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

Changing the Tempo of a song.

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

natural

harmonic

chromatic

melodic

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

expression while plying the piano

how the first piano lesson should be introduced

the playing style exclusively for classical music

secondary importance

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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?

Chaconne

May Be

River flows in You

Kiss the Rain

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

harmonization

modification

transposition

modulation

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What compositional technique is applied in polyphonic music?

stride piano

counterpoint

one voice only

melody with chordal accompaniment

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The scale on the picture is

a natural minor scale.

the basic blues scale.

a major scale.

a chromatic scale.

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Piano Pedals

The left pedal on a grand piano is...

sustaining the bass tones

shifting the keyboard to the right, creating a softer sound

creating an echo effect

making it easier to play staccato

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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

Baroque

Contemporary

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

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

Trill

Grace Note

Turn

Mordent

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Grace Note

What is a Grace Note?

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

the same as a trill

another name for arpeggio

notes that are written in large font style

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Which tones does a G7 chord have?

G, B, D, F

C, E, G, A

G, B, D, E

G, C, E, F

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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-minor

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

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

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

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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 some a few pop music songs adapt Pachelbel's melody

because it is often played on weddings

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This is a...

melodic minor scale

chromatic scale over 1 octave

diatonic scale over 1 octave

harmonic minor scale

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Secondary chords are

I, V

V and VII

II, III, VI and VII

I, IV and V

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A dominant 7th chord...

is stable and wants to go nowhere.

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

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What are the primary chords for C-major?

C, A, B-flat

F, C, G

C, D, E

A, B, C

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

2/2

3/4

4/4

2/4

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What is a Riff?

a five part sequence

a section that has to be played legato

a short repeated phrase in popular music and jazz

an extended musical sentence

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

the piece gets substantially slower after one minute

Chopin was inspired by a small cat

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