1) What word means moving in steps? a) Triad b) Riff c) Conjunct d) Disjunct 2) What word means moving by large intervals? a) Triad b) Riff c) Conjunct d) Disjunct 3) What word is used to describe a scale moving in semitones? a) Blues scale b) Major scale c) Minor scale d) Chromatic scale 4) What word is used to describe notes played short and detached? a) Staccato b) Legato c) Accent d) Fortissimmo 5) What word is used to describe sliding between two notes? a) Pitch bend b) Glissando c) Augmentation d) Glissing 6) What word is used to describe a broken chord where the notes are played one at a time in sequence? a) Mediant b) Scale c) Arpeggio d) Ostinato 7) What word is used to describe the 5th note of a scale? a) Dominant b) Subdominant c) Mediant d) Tonic 8) What word is used to describe the 1st note of a scale? a) Supertonic b) Tonic c) Submediant d) Leading note 9) What word is used to describe a five note scale? a) Major scale b) Minor scale c) Chromatic scale d) Pentatonic scale 10) What word is used to describe a three note chord? a) Arpeggio b) Inverted chord c) Augmented chord d) Triad 11) What word means to make it up on the spot using given notes? a) Improvisation b) Riff c) Ostinato d) Sequence 12) What word means to play notes with great emphasis? a) Staccato b) Legato c) Fortissimo d) Accent 13) What word means to play notes smoothly? a) Staccato b) Legato c) Accents d) Smoothissimo 14) What word is used to describe an ostinato like motif that changes as the chords change? a) Ostinato b) Phrase c) Chromatic d) Riff 15) What word is used to describe a series of 8 notes moving in tones and semitones? a) Conjunct b) Disjunct c) Modal d) Scale 16) What word is used to describe a short phrase that is often repeated up/down throughout a piece? a) Inversion b) Arpeggio c) Sequence d) Submediant 17) What word is used to describe a motif that is repeated over and over again? a) Ostinato b) Phase c) Improvisation d) Acciaccatura 18) What word is used to describe an interval of two semitones? a) Full tone b) Half tone c) Triad d) Tone

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