Music Knowledge Quiz

What is a plectrum used for?

• A small piece of material used to pluck a stringed instrument.

• A tool for tuning a piano.

• A device for amplifying sound.

• A type of musical notation.

What does the term "offbeat" refer to in music?

• A pitch that occurs after a metrically strong beat.

• A type of musical instrument.

• A genre of music.

• A type of dance rhythm.

What is a "duple meter" in music?

• A grouping, or measure, of two beats.

• A type of musical instrument.

• A genre of music.

• A type of dance rhythm.

What is the origin of the spiritual genre of songs?

• Musical expression of African American slaves converted to New World Christianity.

• Traditional European folk music.

• Ancient Greek hymns.

• Modern pop influences.

What is "call-and-response" in music?

• A performance practice where a leader makes a musical statement and another performer responds.

• A type of musical instrument.

• A genre of music.

• A type of dance rhythm.

What is a "quadruple meter" in music?

• Rhythmic organization based on groupings of four beats.

• A type of musical instrument.

• A genre of music.

• A type of dance rhythm.

What is a "dan bau"?

• A Vietnamese zither with a pitch-bending bar.

• A type of drum.

• A stringed instrument from Japan.

• A wind instrument from China.

What is a "dan tranh"?

• A Vietnamese sixteen-stringed zither.

• A type of drum.

• A stringed instrument from Japan.

• A wind instrument from China.

What is a "dan nhi"?

• A Vietnamese two-stringed lute.

• A type of drum.

• A stringed instrument from Japan.

• A wind instrument from China.

What does "phach" refer to in Vietnamese music?

• A time period of one beat marked by striking a bamboo block.

• A type of drum.

• A stringed instrument.

• A wind instrument.