Classical Theory
Form of the Rondo
What is ABACA
Scale degrees of the Blues Scale (taken from minor)
What are scale degrees 1, 3, 4, #4 (or b5), 5, 7
Composer of 41 symphonies
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Any late symphonic composer
Who is Strauss, Mahler, OR Dvorak (Brahms and Tchaikovsky also acceptable)
Vocalist known for scat singing
Chords involved in a Deceptive Cadence
What are V and vi
Number of bars in a typical quaternary standard (AABA)
What is 32-bars
Composer of the first string quartets
Who is Franz Joseph Haydn
Any composer of the Mighty Five
Who is Borodin, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Cui, OR Balakirev
Genre of fast-paced, virtuosic instrumental jazz
What is bebop (or hard-bop)
Form of a Minuet & Trio (OR Scherzo and Trio)
What is Composite Ternary
Chord symbol for a chord consisting of E, G, B, C#
What is Em6 (or add6)
The heavier style of tempestuous minor key pieces
What is Sturm und Drang
Music that tells a specific story
Any Brazilian jazz genre
What is Bossa Nova OR Chorro OR Forro
Chords involved in a Phrygian Half Cadence
What are iv6 and V
Chord symbol for a chord consisting of C, E, G#, Bb, D
What is C9#5
Composer who went blind later in life
Who is Maria Theresia von Paradis
Composer of the first tone poems
Who is Franz Liszt
Swung subgenre of Ragtime popularized by Jelly Roll Morton
What is Stride Piano
Moment of rest between the FTG and STG in a Sonata Exposition
What is the Medial Ceasura
The notes of the chord that would serve as a tritone substitution for D7
What are Ab, C, Eb, Gb (or G#, B#, D#, F#)
The lighter style of the early Classical period
What is Stile Galant
Any operatic subgenre of the Romantic Era
What is Bel Canto, Verismo, Grand Opera, Gesamkunstwerk, etc.
Father of Free Jazz
Who is Ornette Coleman