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Music Theory Advanced Quiz 1
1. What defines a 'diminished seventh' chord?
A diminished triad plus a diminished seventh interval
A minor triad plus a minor seventh
A major triad plus a major seventh
2. What is 'figured bass'?
A notation using numbers to indicate intervals above the bass note
A bass guitar solo
A low-pitched figure
3. What is a 'Neapolitan sixth' chord?
A major triad built on the flattened second degree (bII) in first inversion
A minor chord on the sixth degree
A chord from Naples
4. What is 'sonata form'?
Exposition, Development, Recapitulation
Verse, Chorus, Verse
A B A form
5. What is a 'hemiola'?
A rhythmic feel of 3 against 2
A blood disorder
A fast scale
6. What is 'atonal' music?
Music that lacks a tonal center or key
Music with a strong key
Music for one instrument
7. What is 'polyphony'?
Music with two or more independent melodic lines
Music with one melody and accompaniment
Music with only one voice
8. What is the 'tritone'?
An interval of three whole tones (augmented 4th / diminished 5th)
An interval of three semitones
A chord with three notes
9. What is '12-tone technique' (dodecaphony)?
A method of composition using all 12 chromatic tones in a specific order (row)
Music written for 12 instruments
Music with 12 beats per measure
10. What is an 'augmented sixth' chord?
A chord containing an augmented sixth interval, typically resolving to the dominant
A major chord with a raised fifth
A chord with 6 notes
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