Find Your Current Music Level: Quiz!
Are you ready to find your current music level? Do you think you can pass this quiz? This quiz involves comprehension of how long a whole note in 4/4 time is, how many quarter notes equal a dotted half note, how many eighth notes equal two half notes, and how many quarters equal three whole notes triplets, or three whole notes in a triplet group. This remarkable quiz will help you find out where you stand musically.
- 1.Notes Duration. How long is a Whole Note in 4/4 Time?
- A.
4 beats
- B.
2 beats
- C.
1 beat
- D.
8 beats
- E.
None of the above
- 2.Notes Duration. How many quarter notes equal a dotted half note?
- A.
1 quarter
- B.
2 quarters
- C.
3 quarters
- D.
4 quarters
- E.
5 quarters
- 3.Notes Duration. How many eighth notes equal 2 half notes?
- A.
4 eighths
- B.
10 eighths
- C.
12 eighths
- D.
8 eighths
- E.
6 eighths
- 4.Notes Duration. How many sixteenths equal 2 dotted quarters?
- A.
4 sixteenths
- B.
2 sixteenths
- C.
10 sixteenths
- D.
12 sixteenths
- E.
9 sixteenths
- 5.Notes Duration. How many quarters equal 3 whole notes triplets (that's 3 whole notes in one triplet group)?
- A.
9 quarters
- B.
7 quarters
- C.
8 quarters
- D.
21 quarters
- E.
52 quarters
- 6.Notes Duration. How many eighths equal 6 thirty seconds in a sextuplet?
- A.
9 eighths
- B.
2 eighths
- C.
4 eighths
- D.
3 eighths
- E.
1 eighth
- 7.Time Signatures. What note duration takes the beat in common time?
- A.
The whole note
- B.
The quarter note
- C.
The eighth note
- D.
The half note
- E.
None of the above
- 8.Time Signatures. What note duration takes the beat in alla breve time signature?
- A.
The whole note
- B.
The quarter note
- C.
The half note
- D.
The eighth note
- E.
None of the above
- 9.Time Signatures. How many eighths are in a 12/8 measure?
- A.
12
- B.
8
- C.
4
- D.
3
- E.
1.5
- 10.Time Signatures. What type of meter is 9/8?
- A.
Simple duple
- B.
Simple triple
- C.
Compound duple
- D.
Compound triple
- E.
All of the above
- 11.Time Signatures. Which of these is an invalid time signature?
- A.
5/8
- B.
3/32
- C.
1/1
- D.
⅔/4
- E.
All of the above are valid time signatures
- 12.Harmony and intervals. A major triad is: __________
- A.
A 3 note chord
- B.
A minor 3rd with a perfect 4th on top
- C.
A perfect 4th with a major 3rd on top
- D.
A mayor 3rd with a minor 3rd on top
- E.
All of the above
- 13.Harmony and intervals. In music intervals, you can say that 3+3 = 5 is valid.
- A.
False
- B.
Only if you don't know how to add
- C.
No way!
- D.
Of course
- E.
All of the above
- 14.Harmony and intervals. An inversion of a major interval is a ___________
- A.
A triad
- B.
A minor interval
- C.
A perfect cadence
- D.
A diminished interval
- E.
Another major interval
- 15.Harmony and intervals. An inversion of 2nd is a _____________
- A.
2nd
- B.
3nd
- C.
6th
- D.
7th
- E.
Unison
- 16.Harmony and intervals. a tritone is a __________
- A.
Perfect 3rd
- B.
Major 4th or minor 5th
- C.
Perfect 4 or perfect 5th
- D.
Augmented 5th or diminished 4th
- E.
Augmented 4th or diminished 5th
- 17.Harmony and intervals. V7 is _________
- A.
Dominant
- B.
Tonic
- C.
Sub-Domninant
- D.
Sub-Tonic
- E.
Hiper-Tonic
- 18.Harmony and intervals. V7/ii is ______________
- A.
Dominant
- B.
Sub-Tonic
- C.
Sub-Dominant
- D.
Tonic
- E.
Super-tonic
- 19.Harmony and intervals. in the key of C, V7/iii is ____
- A.
C7
- B.
B7
- C.
Ab7
- D.
F7
- E.
G7
- 20.Harmony and intervals. Which is the correct ii-7 V7 I progression in Bb major?
- A.
D-7 A7 Bb
- B.
F-7 F7 Bb
- C.
C-7 B7 Bb
- D.
C-7 F7 Bb
- E.
Eb-7 F7 Bb
- 21.The most important reason a subV7 chord is a good substitute for the V7 is because _______
- A.
They are the same chord with a different name
- B.
They share the same tritone
- C.
They are both dominants
- D.
They are both dominants and they share the same root
- E.
All of the above
- 22.The Neapolitan 6th is the ________ chord in the first inversion.
- A.
BIII
- B.
Vi minor
- C.
IV
- D.
BII
- E.
#IV
- 23.Harmony and intervals. The Gr+6 chord (German sixth) is usually followed by the ___________ to avoid parallel 5ths
- A.
V6
- B.
I6
- C.
Ii
- D.
IV
- E.
I64
- 24.Scales and Modes. A major scale is made of __________ different tones.
- A.
6
- B.
5
- C.
8
- D.
7
- E.
None of the above
- 25.Scales and Modes. The Ionian scale is the same as the ______ scale.
- A.
Harmonic minor
- B.
Major
- C.
Lydian
- D.
Melodic minor
- E.
Natural minor
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