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Quiz about Music Terms
Quiz about Music Terms

Tough Music Terms Quiz | 10 Questions | Music


This quiz is over music terms, composers and theory.

A multiple-choice quiz by angelpineapple. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
70,163
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
2198
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which instrument is a single reed, conical bore instrument invented in the mid-1800s, most popular in jazz and rock music? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What is the name of a triple meter dance of the 17th and 18th century, usually played slowly with emphasis on the 2nd beat?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 3 of 10
3. Who composed 'Rhapsody in Blue'?

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 4 of 10
4. What is the proper term for the scholarly study of music? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Gesang is German for what? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Who composed 'The Blue Danube'? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. A short, light and lively piece. In the 17th century, the term referred to keyboard works in bright, fugal style. In the l9th century, it described piano pieces in rhapsodic style.

Answer: (One Word Starts With "C")
Question 8 of 10
8. What is a mass for the dead also called?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 9 of 10
9. What are sharps, flats and naturals also called (excluding the key signature)? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What does prestissimo mean? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which instrument is a single reed, conical bore instrument invented in the mid-1800s, most popular in jazz and rock music?

Answer: Saxophone

There were originally about 16 different members of the saxophone family. Today only four are commonly used-soprano, alto, tenor and bari.
2. What is the name of a triple meter dance of the 17th and 18th century, usually played slowly with emphasis on the 2nd beat?

Answer: Saraband

3. Who composed 'Rhapsody in Blue'?

Answer: George Gershwin

"Rhapsody in Blue" starts with a fun clarinet solo.
4. What is the proper term for the scholarly study of music?

Answer: Musicology

5. Gesang is German for what?

Answer: Singing

6. Who composed 'The Blue Danube'?

Answer: Strauss

The 'Blue Danube' is one of Johannes Strauss Jr.'s most famous pieces.
7. A short, light and lively piece. In the 17th century, the term referred to keyboard works in bright, fugal style. In the l9th century, it described piano pieces in rhapsodic style.

Answer: Capriccio

Capriccio (Italian: {caprice;} = French: caprice) appears in a variety of musical meanings, used differently at different periods and by different composers. In the later 16th century and 17th century it generally indicated a fugal composition (see Fugue), but later came to signify dances or dance suites or any composition that allowed a relatively free play of fancy, as in the Capriccio espagnol (Spanish Caprice) of Rimsky-Korsakov or the Capriccio italien (Italian Caprice) of Tchaikovsky.
8. What is a mass for the dead also called?

Answer: Requiem

The Catholic Mass for the Dead opens with the words Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine (Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord), leading to the use of the word Requiem for the Mass for the Dead. Important settings of the Requiem include that by Mozart and the large scale settings of the Requiem by Berlioz and by Verdi. Brahms set a collection of Lutheran texts to form his German Requiem, while Faur set a liturgical text that used parts of the burial service.
9. What are sharps, flats and naturals also called (excluding the key signature)?

Answer: Accidentals

Accidents raise or lower the note a half step.
10. What does prestissimo mean?

Answer: As fast as possible

How would you like to play 16th notes in a piece marked prestissimo?
Source: Author angelpineapple

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