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

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Variations in music are simply changes. This quiz requires understanding of variation form, knowledge of some musical definitions and a basic knowledge of music theory.

See how much knowledge you have picked up on the subject of Variations.

1. What happens in 'variation form'?
[ ] A theme is played once, followed by a contrasting theme
[ ] A theme is repeated and remains identical each time
[ ] A theme is repeated and changed in some way each time
[ ] None of the above
2. What aspects of a theme can change in variation form?
[ ] Chords
[ ] Tempo
[ ] Metre
[ ] All of the above
3. Which of these is a mode for a scale degree?
[ ] Phyrigian
[ ] Freezian
[ ] Ironian
[ ] All of the above
4. A basic major triad is .......
[ ] a type of loud drone heard in wedding music
[ ] a chord with a bass root, a major 3rd and perfect 5th
[ ] a type of key signature
[ ] None of the above
5. A minor triad is .......
[ ] a chord with a root and diminished 3rd and 5ths
[ ] a chord with a root, a major 3rd and perfect 5th
[ ] a chord with a root, a minor 3rd and perfect 5th
[ ] a type of sad sounding piece played by a flute
6. 'Andante' is representative of .......
[ ] dynamic
[ ] key signature
[ ] tempo
[ ] All of the above
7. Which of these terms relate to meter?
[ ] Compound duple
[ ] Compound triple
[ ] Simple duple
[ ] All of the above
8. When the root of a chord is not in the bass it is .......
[ ] a warning of an impending loud passage
[ ] a warning of an oncoming key change
[ ] an inversion
[ ] signalling the end of a movement
9. What best describes a musical 'ornament'
[ ] A decorative musical flourish around a particular note
[ ] A dynamic marking
[ ] A key signature marking
[ ] A time signature marking
10. A retrograde inversion is most like .......
[ ] writing a theme backwards and upside down
[ ] a quiet chord played repeatedly
[ ] a type of synthesizer pitch bend effect
[ ] None of the above
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Music: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - Variations (Answers)
1. What happens in 'variation form'?
[ ] A theme is played once, followed by a contrasting theme
[ ] A theme is repeated and remains identical each time
[x] A theme is repeated and changed in some way each time
[ ] None of the above
It might be wise when revising to make a list of different forms and their attributes
2. What aspects of a theme can change in variation form?
[ ] Chords
[ ] Tempo
[ ] Metre
[x] All of the above
3. Which of these is a mode for a scale degree?
[x] Phyrigian
[ ] Freezian
[ ] Ironian
[ ] All of the above
The other examples are made up. 'Ionian', not ironian!
4. A basic major triad is .......
[ ] a type of loud drone heard in wedding music
[x] a chord with a bass root, a major 3rd and perfect 5th
[ ] a type of key signature
[ ] None of the above
Triad = bass root, chord = root not necessarily in bass
5. A minor triad is .......
[ ] a chord with a root and diminished 3rd and 5ths
[ ] a chord with a root, a major 3rd and perfect 5th
[x] a chord with a root, a minor 3rd and perfect 5th
[ ] a type of sad sounding piece played by a flute
6. 'Andante' is representative of .......
[ ] dynamic
[ ] key signature
[x] tempo
[ ] All of the above
7. Which of these terms relate to meter?
[ ] Compound duple
[ ] Compound triple
[ ] Simple duple
[x] All of the above
8. When the root of a chord is not in the bass it is .......
[ ] a warning of an impending loud passage
[ ] a warning of an oncoming key change
[x] an inversion
[ ] signalling the end of a movement
When revising, try and memorize the numeric symbols which represent 1st and 2nd inversions
9. What best describes a musical 'ornament'
[x] A decorative musical flourish around a particular note
[ ] A dynamic marking
[ ] A key signature marking
[ ] A time signature marking
Examples: a trill, turn etc.
10. A retrograde inversion is most like .......
[x] writing a theme backwards and upside down
[ ] a quiet chord played repeatedly
[ ] a type of synthesizer pitch bend effect
[ ] None of the above