Intermediate 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 15 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 Quiz

This quiz is for INTERMEDIATE students. It contains question of elevated music knowledge. Enter your first name after starting the quiz.
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The middle pedal of a grand piano is called the Sostenuto Pedal. A student came and mentioned that the middle pedal on his new Grand Piano does not work. What happened most likely?

he did not push a key before activating the pedal

the pedal only works in combination with the damper pedal

the piano is broke

he didn't step enough on the pedal

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Which of the following examples is a dominant seventh chord?

C-E-G-B

A-C-E-G

G-B-D-F

F-A-C-D

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This graphic is knows as the...

Circle of Fifths

the Musical Clock

Circle of Thirds

the Harmonic Wheel

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Which of the following terms is NOT an ornament?

mordent

trill

treble clef

turn

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This is a...

C-augmented chord

C-major chord

C-minor chord

C-diminished chord

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What is ritardando or rit.?

getting gradually faster

getting gradually softer

getting gradually louder

getting gradually slower

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Which of the following intervals is dissonant? The two tones are played together.

B-C

C-E

C-C (octave)

C-G

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A double dotted quarter note has how many sixteenth notes?

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How many major keys do we have?

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Accidentals are sharps, flats, double-sharps, double-flats or natural signs that are...

appear in a measure and are only valid for that measure

valid for the whole song

part of the key signature

always appearing on ledger lines

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The German keyboard looks the same as our keyboard but the keys have slightly different labels. It is C-D-E-F-G-A-H-C. The only black key that is different is the B-flat. On the German keyboard it is just a B. Only one composer was able to use his name for a melody on this keyboard. Who was the composer?

BEETHOVEN

BACH

HAYDN

MOZART

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The 4 notes from Beethoven’s 5th Symphony represent a...

Phrase

Theme

Motif

Sequence

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What is the name of this composition?

La Campanella

Moonlight Sonata

Rush E

Hungarian Rhapsody

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A major scale has its half tone intervals at...

2-3 and 5-6.

2-3 and 7-8.

3-4 and 6-7.

3-4 and 7-8.

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This Mozart composition is...

The Magic Flute

A musical Joke

A Little Night Music

Don Giovanni

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This voice leading is not common in older classical music. However, it is used in some more modern compositions. How would you name this voice leading?

parallel fifths

parallel thirds

parallel sixths

parallel fourths

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The picture shows a...

sequence.

stride pattern

motif

walking bass

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Primary chords for common song accompaniment are..

V, VI, and II

I, IV, and V

I, III, and VII

II, III, and VII

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The action of assigning a cord to a melody is also called

harmonization

target note

circle of fifths

inversion

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Which of the following chords is diminished?

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Which of the following terms are articulations?

Accidentals

Staccato and Legato

Andante and Allegro

High pitch and low pitch

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The harmonic A minor scale has a...

G-sharp

F-sharp

A-sharp

C-sharp

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The main places for musicals are the theater districts of New York City and London. What is the main street for musicals in New York?

North Shore

West End

Broadway

Hollywood Boulevard

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What you hear is...

an ascending chromatic scale over 1 octave

a diatonic scale over one octave

a descending chromatic scale over 1 octave

a natural minor scale over one octave

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A repeating bass pattern such as in Pachelbel’s Canon is called...

rubato

staccato

ostinato

adagio

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What is the main reason that we have 3 minor scales and only 1 major scale?

because the natural minor scale has no leading tone

because composers use only the melodic minor scale

because the natural minor scale is never used

because the harmonic minor scale is only used in chords

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Which statement is correct?

B is a tie, C is a slur

A is a tie, B is a slur

C is a tie

A and C are both ties

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What are the primary chords in C-major?

C, D, and A

F, C, and G

C, B, and A

C, A, and G

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The above note pattern is representing a...

chromatic scale

motif

sequence

chord inversion

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This piece with a style of blues, played on the piano with a strong left-hand, fast beat is categorized as...

Boogie-Woogie

Ragtime Piano

Stride Piano

Bepop

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