Test your knowledge of music theory

Published January 18, 2013 | By Brian Turner

Part 1

1. What are the notes of the C major scale?

2. How many notes are in a major scale?

3. What is an interval?

4. What is a triad?

5. What intervals construct a major triad?

6. What intervals construct a minor triad?

7. What intervals construct a diminished triad?

8. What intervals construct a augmented triad?

9. What intervals construct a suspended triad?

10. What intervals construct a major 7 chord?

11. What intervals construct a dominant 7 chord?

12. What intervals construct a minor 7 chord?

13. What intervals construct a dominant 7 chord?

14. What intervals construct a diminished 7 chord?

15. What intervals construct a half diminished 7 chord (also known as m7♭5)?

16. What is the relative minor scale of C major?

17. What are the notes in the A minor scale?

18. What are the seven basic chords in the key of C?

19. How many #’s or ♭’s are in the key of C?

20. How many #’s are in the key of G?

21. How many ♭’s are in the key of F?

22. What chords are in the I, IV, V chord progression in the key of C?

23. What chord is the vi in the key of C?

24. If C is the I chord, Dm is the ___ chord and G7 is the ___ chord.

25. Rhythm changes is a chord progression that derived it’s name from the George Gershwin song I’ve Got Rhythm. Using roman numerals, what is the chord progression?

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