Music Terminology Advanced Quiz 5
Select your answers and check your results. Use Reset to start again.
Search
Practice Pronunciation (Merriam-Webster)
Navigation
Music Terms Beginner Quizzes
Quiz 1,
Quiz 2,
Quiz 3,
Quiz 4,
Quiz 5
Music Terms Intermediate Quizzes
Quiz 1,
Quiz 2,
Quiz 3,
Quiz 4,
Quiz 5
Music Terms Advanced Quizzes
Quiz 1,
Quiz 2,
Quiz 3,
Quiz 4,
Quiz 5
Music Theory Beginner Quizzes
Quiz 1,
Quiz 2,
Quiz 3,
Quiz 4,
Quiz 5
Music Theory Intermediate Quizzes
Quiz 1,
Quiz 2,
Quiz 3,
Quiz 4,
Quiz 5
Music Theory Advanced Quizzes
Quiz 1,
Quiz 2,
Quiz 3,
Quiz 4,
Quiz 5
Musical Instruments Beginner Quizzes
Quiz 1,
Quiz 2,
Quiz 3,
Quiz 4,
Quiz 5
Musical Instruments Intermediate Quizzes
Quiz 1,
Quiz 2,
Quiz 3,
Quiz 4,
Quiz 5
Musical Instruments Advanced Quizzes
Quiz 1,
Quiz 2,
Quiz 3,
Quiz 4,
Quiz 5
Music Genres Beginner Quizzes
Quiz 1,
Quiz 2,
Quiz 3,
Quiz 4,
Quiz 5
Music Genres Intermediate Quizzes
Quiz 1,
Quiz 2,
Quiz 3,
Quiz 4,
Quiz 5
Music Genres Advanced Quizzes
Quiz 1,
Quiz 2,
Quiz 3,
Quiz 4,
Quiz 5
Music Production Beginner Quizzes
Quiz 1,
Quiz 2,
Quiz 3,
Quiz 4,
Quiz 5
Music Production Intermediate Quizzes
Quiz 1,
Quiz 2,
Quiz 3,
Quiz 4,
Quiz 5
Music Production Advanced Quizzes
Quiz 1,
Quiz 2,
Quiz 3,
Quiz 4,
Quiz 5
Song Writing Beginner Quizzes
Quiz 1,
Quiz 2,
Quiz 3,
Quiz 4,
Quiz 5
Song Writing Intermediate Quizzes
Quiz 1,
Quiz 2,
Quiz 3,
Quiz 4,
Quiz 5
Song Writing Advanced Quizzes
Quiz 1,
Quiz 2,
Quiz 3,
Quiz 4,
Quiz 5
Quiz 5
1. What is Klangfarbenmelodie?
A melody played only by string instruments
A chord progression using only fourths
A melody created by changing timbres across instruments
2. What characterizes atonal music?
The absence of a tonal center or key
Using only the notes of the chromatic scale
Frequent modulation between distant keys
3. What does serialism refer to?
Composing only in sequences of major and minor scales
Organizing all musical parameters according to a fixed series
Writing music in strict binary form
4. What is aleatoric (chance) music?
Music written for a single performer only
Music using only even-numbered meters
Music that includes elements of chance or indeterminacy
5. In 20th-century music, what is pointillism?
Presenting notes as discrete points rather than flowing lines
Using only staccato articulation throughout
Composing exclusively for percussion instruments
6. Which augmented sixth chord contains a doubled third?
Italian sixth
German sixth
French sixth
7. What does pizzicato indicate for string instruments?
Play with extreme bow pressure
Use the wooden part of the bow
Pluck the strings with the fingers
8. What does sul ponticello mean for string players?
Play near the bridge for a thin, metallic sound
Play on the lowest string only
Play with the bow between the fingers
9. What is a hocket in medieval polyphony?
A type of drone accompaniment
Alternating notes between two voices creating a single melody
Singing the same note at different octaves
10. What typically characterizes a passacaglia?
Free improvisation without repetition
A single theme stated only once
Variations over a repeated bass pattern or ground
Previous
Check Quiz
Reset
Next
Other
Timer
00:00
Start
Stop
Reset
Vocabulary Quiz
Score: 0
Reset Score
Submit Answer
Next Word
Spin the Wheel
SPIN
Promo's
Explore More
List of countries in Africa