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Music: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - Jazz Chords (Questions)

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Both major and minor chords are used in Jazz. "If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together," according to Richard M. Nixon.

See how much you know in the following quiz which focuses on the use of chord numeral/symbols in Jazz.

1. What primary use do chord symbols serve in jazz?
[ ] They are just for show and don't tell us much
[ ] They tell us how loud to play different chords
[ ] A shorthand way of writing what chord to play
[ ] None of the above
2. What does the numeral 'I' stand for?
[ ] Dominant chord - 5th degree of the scale
[ ] Tonic - home key/chord
[ ] Subdominant chord - 4th degree of the scale
[ ] None of the above
3. What does the chord symbol Cmaj7 mean?
[ ] Don't play the chord of C major or minor
[ ] Play the chord of C major with a flattened 7th
[ ] Play the chord of C major with a major 7th note
[ ] Play the chord of C minor with a major 7th note
4. What does the numeral 'V' stand for?
[ ] Tonic
[ ] Dominant
[ ] Supertonic
[ ] All of the above
5. A movement from I - V is a movement from .......
[ ] tonic to dominant
[ ] dominant to tonic
[ ] tonic to supertonic
[ ] None of the above
6. What does the numeral 'IV' stand for?
[ ] Dominant
[ ] Mediant
[ ] Subdominant
[ ] Tonic
7. What does Dm7 mean?
[ ] A major chord with a flattened 5th in D
[ ] A major chord with a flattened 7th in D
[ ] A minor chord with a sharpened 7th in D
[ ] A minor chord with flattened 7th in the key of D
8. A movement from I - IV is a movement from .......
[ ] dominant to subdominant
[ ] dominant to tonic
[ ] tonic to dominant
[ ] tonic to subdominant
9. What does the symbol C6 stand for?
[ ] A major triad with an added 6th degree note in A
[ ] A major triad with an added 6th degree note in C
[ ] A minor triad with an added 6th degree note in A
[ ] A minor triad with an added 6th degree note in C
10. A movement from IV - III is a movement from .......
[ ] dominant to mediant
[ ] subdominant to mediant
[ ] subdominant to supertonic
[ ] tonic to dominant
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Music: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - Jazz Chords (Answers)
1. What primary use do chord symbols serve in jazz?
[ ] They are just for show and don't tell us much
[ ] They tell us how loud to play different chords
[x] A shorthand way of writing what chord to play
[ ] None of the above
Many jazz musicians don't use sheet music, but instead jot down chord symbols for different bars
2. What does the numeral 'I' stand for?
[ ] Dominant chord - 5th degree of the scale
[x] Tonic - home key/chord
[ ] Subdominant chord - 4th degree of the scale
[ ] None of the above
3. What does the chord symbol Cmaj7 mean?
[ ] Don't play the chord of C major or minor
[ ] Play the chord of C major with a flattened 7th
[x] Play the chord of C major with a major 7th note
[ ] Play the chord of C minor with a major 7th note
The C7 symbol requires a flattened 7th degree note
4. What does the numeral 'V' stand for?
[ ] Tonic
[x] Dominant
[ ] Supertonic
[ ] All of the above
The 5th degree of the diatonic scale
5. A movement from I - V is a movement from .......
[x] tonic to dominant
[ ] dominant to tonic
[ ] tonic to supertonic
[ ] None of the above
6. What does the numeral 'IV' stand for?
[ ] Dominant
[ ] Mediant
[x] Subdominant
[ ] Tonic
The 4th degree of the diatonic scale
7. What does Dm7 mean?
[ ] A major chord with a flattened 5th in D
[ ] A major chord with a flattened 7th in D
[ ] A minor chord with a sharpened 7th in D
[x] A minor chord with flattened 7th in the key of D
8. A movement from I - IV is a movement from .......
[ ] dominant to subdominant
[ ] dominant to tonic
[ ] tonic to dominant
[x] tonic to subdominant
9. What does the symbol C6 stand for?
[ ] A major triad with an added 6th degree note in A
[x] A major triad with an added 6th degree note in C
[ ] A minor triad with an added 6th degree note in A
[ ] A minor triad with an added 6th degree note in C
10. A movement from IV - III is a movement from .......
[ ] dominant to mediant
[x] subdominant to mediant
[ ] subdominant to supertonic
[ ] tonic to dominant
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