Classical
Baroque
Electronic effects
General theory
Minimalism
100

The composer of Eine kleine Nachtmusik

Who is Mozart?

100

When two or more distinct melodies are playing at the same time

What is polyphony?

100

A rapid alteration of volume

What is tremolo?

100

Chord V to chord I

What is a perfect cadence

100

A short repeated phrase that is developed over time

What is a cell?

200

The secondary theme of the exposition is typically in this key

What is the dominant?

200

A religious opera without costumes and sets

What is an oratorio?

200

The purest oscillator shape in standard synthesis

What is a sine wave?

200

The act of transitioning keys in the middle of a piece

What is modulation?

200

A technique that involves the same melody being played slightly out of time with another copy of it

What is phasing?

300

A cultural movement involving architectural balance, symmetry and columns

What is Neoclassicism?

300

This is a type of staggered entries where the subject is imitated in the same key

What are canonic entries?

300

A large metal sheet that sound is played through for an echo effect

What is plate reverb?
300

The number of semitones in a major third

What is 4?

300

A song named after a military tactic which delays confrontation to wear down an opponent

What is Fabian theory?
400

This accompaniment technique uses a low-high-middle-high structure

What is Alberti bass?

400

This type of ensemble has a misleading name regarding its size

What is a trio sonata?

400

A tool that's used to modulate a synthesizer with a voice or other audio signal

What is a vocoder?

400

This scale has a Tone Semitone Tone Tone Semitone Tone Tone pattern

What is the natural minor scale?

400

A song that is fully silent the whole way through

What is 4'33?

500

This is the secondary dominant of chord V in E major

What is F-sharp major or (F#7)?

500

The figured bass notation for a second inversion

What is 6 4?
500

An effect used to change the tone of a voice while keeping the pitch

What is formant shifting?

500

Unison, fourth, fifth and octave

What are perfect intervals?

500

The incorporation of chance/randomness to create musical compositions

What is aleastoricism?