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Quiz Set 4 — Music Theory
Answer all 10 questions. Click an option to see if you got it right!
Question 1 of 10
What album featured 'Hotel California' by the Eagles?
The Eagles' Hotel California (1976) album contains the iconic title track.
Question 2 of 10
Who is credited with inventing the phonograph?
Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877, the first device to record and play back sound.
Question 3 of 10
What is the term for two notes played simultaneously?
A chord consists of three or more notes played together; two notes form a dyad or interval.
Question 4 of 10
Which classical composer was deaf for much of his career?
Beethoven began losing his hearing in his late 20s and was almost completely deaf when he composed his 9th Symphony.
Question 5 of 10
What music genre features call-and-response and blue notes?
Blues originated in African American communities in the Deep South and features the characteristic 'blue notes'.
Question 6 of 10
How many semitones are in a chromatic octave?
A chromatic scale has 12 semitones (half steps) within an octave.
Question 7 of 10
What is a cappella singing?
A cappella refers to vocal music performed without instrumental accompaniment.
Question 8 of 10
Who composed 'The Magic Flute'?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) in 1791.
Question 9 of 10
What is the standard number of strings on a bass guitar?
A standard bass guitar has 4 strings tuned E-A-D-G, one octave below a guitar.
Question 10 of 10
What is solfège?
Solfège is a music education system using syllables (do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti) to represent pitches.
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