Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The arrangement of eight diatonic tones in an octave is know as a:
a. | major scale | c. | mode | b. | minor scale | d. | accidental |
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The measurement of distance between two adjacent notes is a:
a. | third | c. | scale | b. | mode | d. | tone |
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The difference in pitch obtained by playing two adjacent keys on the piano is
a:
a. | half step | c. | tone | b. | whole step | d. | mode |
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From which mode was the minor mode developed?
a. | major mode | c. | dorian mode | b. | locrian mode | d. | aeolian mode |
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From which mode was the major mode developed?
a. | aeolian mode | c. | lydian mode | b. | ionic mode | d. | minor mode |
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Which of the following terms is more associated with greater, gaiety, happiness,
lightness?
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Which term is more associated with lesser, sadness, gloom, darkness?
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Which of the following is NOT a Greek mode?
a. | locrian | c. | mixolydian | b. | phrygian | d. | corinthian |
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 Which mode is shown above? a. | locrian | c. | lydian | b. | ionic | d. | mixolydian |
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 Which mode is shown above? a. | dorian | c. | ionic | b. | phrygian | d. | locrian |
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A group of seven related tones establishes a tonality, or a:
a. | scale | c. | whole step | b. | key | d. | chord |
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The first pitch of a scale is known as the:
a. | half step | c. | keytone | b. | mode | d. | key |
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W W H W W W H is the order of whole and half steps in a:
a. | dorian scale | c. | minor scale | b. | major scale | d. | lydian scale |
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A ____ sign restores a note to its original pitch.
a. | flat | c. | double sharp | b. | sharp | d. | natural |
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A ____ sign raises a pitch one half step.
a. | sharp | c. | flat | b. | natural | d. | double sharp |
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A ____ sign raises a pitch one whole step.
a. | sharp | c. | double flat | b. | flat | d. | double sharp |
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A _____ sign lowers the pitch one half step.
a. | double flat | c. | natural | b. | sharp | d. | flat |
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Which of the following is a correctly constructed major scale?
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Which of the following is a correctly-constructed major scale?
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Which of the key signatures below is correct for the key of D major?
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Which of the following is a correctly-constructed major scale?
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Which of the key signatures below is correct for the key of A major?
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Which of the key signatures below is correct for the key of Ab major?
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Which of the key signatures below is correct for the key of Eb major?
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How many flats are in the key of F major?
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How many sharps are in the key of B major?
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How many flats are in the key of Db major?`
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Which of these is the correct order of FLATS in key signatures?
a. | CDEFGAB | c. | FBEADCG | b. | FGCDAEB | d. | BEADGCF |
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Which is the correct order of SHARPS in a key signature?
a. | BEADGCF | c. | FBEADGC | b. | FGCDAEB | d. | CBAGFED |
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 Which is the correct key for the key
signature above? a. | E major | c. | D major | b. | A major | d. | G major |
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Notes on which we may stop are called:
a. | active tones | c. | rest tones | b. | tonics | d. | leading tones |
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Notes which demand further melodic movement are called:
a. | rest tones | c. | leading tones | b. | tonics | d. | active tones |
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Which of the following is NOT a rest tone?
a. | tonic | c. | dominant | b. | mediant | d. | leading tone |
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Which of the following is NOT an active tone?
a. | tonic | c. | submediant | b. | subdominant | d. | leading tone |
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Resolution is the movement of a(n) _________ to its nearest
_______________.
a. | rest tone / active tone | c. | tonic /
dominant | b. | active tone / rest tone | d. | supertonic / submediant |
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Minor scales may be created by lowering the _____ and _____ of a major
scale.
a. | second / fourth | c. | third / sixth | b. | third / seventh | d. | second / sixth |
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The order of whole and half steps in a minor scale is:
a. | W H W W H W H | c. | W H W W W W W W | b. | W W W W W W | d. | W W H W W W H |
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38.
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A major scale and a minor scale that begin on the same pitch are said to be
in:
a. | convergence | c. | relative | b. | tune | d. | parallel |
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A major scale begins on the note A. What note does its PARALLEL minor begin
on?
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40.
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 Which of the following is the correct
parallel minor scale to the major scale shown above?
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