JSS2 Third Term Music Past Questions And Answers
JSS2 third-term music questions with options and answers:
Question: What is the term for a group of notes played in a quick, detached manner?
a) Staccato
b) Legato
c) Pizzicato
d) Vibrato
Answer: a) Staccato
Question: Who is known for composing the ballet “Swan Lake”?
a) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
b) Igor Stravinsky
c) Sergei Prokofiev
d) Dmitri Shostakovich
Answer: a) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Question: What is the term for a gradual decrease in tempo?
a) Ritardando
b) Accelerando
c) Rallentando
d) Andante
Answer: a) Ritardando
Question: Which musical term indicates a sudden, quiet passage?
a) Forte
b) Piano
c) Mezzo-forte
d) Pianissimo
Answer: d) Pianissimo
Question: Who is known as the “Queen of Soul”?
a) Whitney Houston
b) Aretha Franklin
c) Diana Ross
d) Tina Turner
Answer: b) Aretha Franklin
Question: What is the term for the main, recurring theme in a piece of music?
a) Chord
b) Melody
c) Harmony
d) Counterpoint
Answer: b) Melody
Question: Which instrument is played by blowing air through a double reed?
a) Clarinet
b) Flute
c) Oboe
d) Bassoon
Answer: c) Oboe
Question: In which musical period did composers like Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven make significant contributions?
a) Classical
b) Romantic
c) Baroque
d) Renaissance
Answer: a) Classical
Question: What is the term for the distance between two pitches?
a) Rhythm
b) Harmony
c) Interval
d) Timbre
Answer: c) Interval
Question: Who composed the famous “Symphony No. 9” (Choral Symphony)?
a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
b) Ludwig van Beethoven
c) Franz Schubert
d) Johann Sebastian Bach
Answer: b) Ludwig van Beethoven
Question: What is the function of the sustain pedal on a piano?
a) Increase volume
b) Change timbre
c) Sustain notes
d) Create a staccato effect
Answer: c) Sustain notes
Question: Who composed the famous “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun”?
a) Claude Debussy
b) Maurice Ravel
c) Erik Satie
d) Camille Saint-Saëns
Answer: a) Claude Debussy
Question: Which term describes a gradual decrease in volume?
a) Crescendo
b) Diminuendo
c) Fortissimo
d) Pianissimo
Answer: b) Diminuendo
Question: What is the term for the speed of a musical piece or passage?
a) Dynamics
b) Tempo
c) Harmony
d) Melody
Answer: b) Tempo
Question: Who is known for composing the opera “The Barber of Seville”?
a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
b) Giuseppe Verdi
c) Gioachino Rossini
d) Giacomo Puccini
Answer: c) Gioachino Rossini
Question: In music, what does the term “ritardando” indicate?
a) A sudden accent
b) Gradual slowing down
c) Quick and detached
d) Smooth and connected
Answer: b) Gradual slowing down
Question: Which musical term indicates a quick repetition of a note or a series of notes?
a) Tremolo
b) Trill
c) Glissando
d) Crescendo
Answer: b) Trill
Question: Who composed the famous “Water Music” suites?
a) George Frideric Handel
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Antonio Vivaldi
d) Franz Joseph Haydn
Answer: a) George Frideric Handel
Question: What is the term for a piece of music featuring two or more voices or instruments playing different melodies simultaneously?
a) Monophony
b) Polyphony
c) Homophony
d) Heterophony
Answer: b) Polyphony
Question: Who is known for composing the famous “Rhapsody in Blue”?
a) George Gershwin
b) Leonard Bernstein
c) Aaron Copland
d) Scott Joplin
Answer: a) George Gershwin.
