Music Theory Quiz | Intervals to Chords
English
Elementary
A test of your knowledge of relatively basic music theory concepts. Nothing too insane!
Description
Tags
30
Questions
30 sec
Per question
3:24
Average time
3.0
Contest Score
4
Participants
The quiz is named "Interval to chords" however not all of the questions are on this topic.
The question "Which of these two notes are enharmonic equivalents? (b=flat, #=sharp)" does not provide a good explanation. It suggests "If these seemed intercangable [sic - this spelling error should be fixed!] to you, it may be good to back to the drawing board on piano keys". This does not help. On an even-tempered ("normal") piano, the two notes in this question ARE interchangable. Only in THEORY are they different. However, the explanation does not go into this.
The question "Which interval do these two notes represent? [Ab-F, ascending]" has answers with abbreviations that are not explained, and certainly should be for an elementary level quiz. People with only a fundamental knowledge of music theory might not know that "m6" and "M6" are different. The explanation does not mention this.
For an elementary level quiz, questions with notation should stick to treble (and perhaps bass) clefs only. The inclusion of the alto clef is not only out of that difficulty category, it also results in the questions testing the user's knowledge of reading that clef in addition to what is actually being asked.
One question shows a C major scale and asks what scale it is. This does not relate to chord intervals as the quiz suggests. Furthermore, the explanation only states that "...scales are based on their combinations of whole and half steps". It does not explain what these steps are for a major scale, for example. That would help an elementary learner.
Furthermore, the explanation states that the combinations of whole and half steps are "also based on which note is the "root" (or first)." This is simply not correct. For example, any major or minor scale has the same combination of whole and half steps, regardless of the note it starts on.
Questions about Roman numeral analysis chords and their notation are both out of the scope of the topic of this quiz, and the difficulty level. Similarly, asking about a "leading tone" in a question about harmonic analysis (when it should be about chord intervals) does little to help teach people on the topic.
While it is admirable there are several different types of questions in this quiz, the topics are only loosely related, the difficulty is inconsistent and inappropriate, and there is not a clear main thread or connection between the questions to make them feel related.