GCSE Chords, Harmony, and Tonality Quiz

What is the term for two or more notes sounding together?

• Texture

• Harmony

• Rhythm

• Melody

What is the term for a chord of three notes?

• Quartet

• Octave

• Duet

• Triad

Choose the 2 definitions for chords where all the notes are played separately

• Broken Chords

• Block Chords

• Arpeggio

• Parmigiano

Answer explanation

Arpeggio means played like a harp

What is the chord built on the first note of the scale called?

• Dominant

• Subdominant

• Tonic

• Diminished

When a seventh is added to a chord, what is it called?

• Major chord

• Minor chord

• Seventh chord

• Diminished chord

What is a concord in terms of chords?

• A chord with an unsettled feel

• A chord with clashing notes

• A chord with all notes agreeing

What is formed by two chords at the end of a passage of music?

• Harmony

• Rhythm

• Melody

• Cadence

Which type of cadence sounds as though the music has come to a strong finish?

• Interrupted cadence

• Perfect cadence

• Imperfect cadence

• Plagal cadence

Which type of cadence sounds as though the music has come to a soft finish?

• Interrupted cadence

• Perfect cadence

• Imperfect cadence

• Plagal cadence

Which type of cadence sounds as though the music stays the same but has not finished.

• Interrupted cadence

• Perfect cadence

• Imperfect cadence

• Plagal cadence