Statistics for Music Theory

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The average score is 21 of 44

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
A crescendo is a increase in...	volume	85%
Another name for a perfect eighth	octave	84%
"Re" on the E♭ major scale (moveable solfege)	F	82%
A note to follow Sol	La	81%
An accidental that raises a note by a semitone (spell it)	sharp	78%
Music in 3/4 time might be a minuet or a...	waltz	76%
Roman numeral for an E major chord in the key of B major	IV	75%
Bar lines separate music into...	measures	75%
A scale that includes every pitch class	chromatic	73%
Another name for treble clef	G clef	73%
Relative key of B minor (full name)	D major	69%
"piano" is Italian for...	soft	68%
Number of sharps in the key signature of F♯ minor	3	67%
Another name for F-clef	bass clef	67%
Piano key color of the natural notes	white	66%
Like a note, but no sound	rest	64%
Number of sharps in the key signature of F major	0	63%
Full name of the key signature with B♭ and E♭(only)	B flat major	56%
Name of the 5th scale degree	dominant	54%
Accidental that resembles an X	double sharp	53%
The music term for what physicists call frequency	pitch	53%
Another name for semitone	half step	50%
The type of note which gets one count in 7/8 time	eighth note	48%
A crotchet, in American English, is a...	quarter note	48%
Extra line above or below the staff	ledger line	47%
SATB stands for...	soprano alto tenor bass	47%
6/8 time is a kind of ________ meter	compound	46%
Name for "sound quality" or "tone color"	timbre	46%
Music combines elements of melody, harmony, and...	rhythm	38%
The quality of a fifth with 6 semitones	diminished	37%
Interval equaling 8 semitones	minor 6th	34%
An open fifth, played on an electric guitar with distortion	power chord	31%
Chord with the fifth as the lowest note	2nd inversion	28%
Previous answer, but with a raised seventh scale degree	harmonic minor	25%
Also known as Aeolean mode	natural minor	25%
A chord containing a perfect fourth instead of a third	suspended	25%
A chord with these notes: B D♯ F♯ A C♯	B9	21%
Parallel key of A♭ major	A-flat minor	18%
1/100 of a semitone, in equal temperament	cent	18%
Also known as MIDI note 60	middle C	15%
An interval which has 4/3s the frequency of the starting note	perfect fourth	15%
The ♭II chord in a major key	Neapolitan chord	12%
A chord that's in both keys, when changing keys, is called a...	pivot chord	11%
Name of the difference between 12 pure fifths and 7 pure octaves	Pythagorean comma	1%