3rd Quarter Practice Quiz

A ______ is a set of notes organized in steps. It usually starts and ends on the same note one octave higher or lower.

• phrase
• measure
• chord
• scale

If the notes in a scale are stepping up, we can call it ______.

• an ascending scale
• a happy scale
• a major scale
• an upward scale

If the notes in a scale are stepping down, we can call it a ______.

• sad scale
• lower scale
• descending scale
• backwards scale

A ______ is a set of three or more notes played at the same time.

• scale
• chord
• song
• groove

The distance between two notes can be measured by counting all the lines and spaces in between them. This distance between two notes is called ______.

• a space
• a gap
• a jump
• an interval

A ______ is a special kind of chord. It has three notes that are arranged in stacked thirds.

• triad
• tetrachord
• scale
• piano

An interval of an 8th will have two notes with the same note name (for example, the low G and the high G you see here). This interval of an 8th can also be called ______.

• a triad
• an octave
• dissonant
• a unison

What is this?

• a descending chord
• an ascending scale
• a descending scale
• a triad

This is called ______.

• an interval
• an ascending chord
• an ascending scale
• a phrase

These are all examples of ______.

• Scales
• Intervals
• Dissonance
• Chords