1.

It refers to the dislocation of the

strong accents.
A. Rhythm
B. Pulse
C. Tempo
D. Syncopation

SYNCOPATION
• Is a musical process that involves adding
an unexpected element to the basic beat
of musical composition. A dislocation of
Answer: D. Syncopation the strong accents within a measure.

2. It consists of two number that

tells the number of beats in every
measure and the kind of notes
received one beat.
A. Key Signature
B. Scale
C. Time Signature
D. Key
 TIME SIGNATURES

Answer: C. Time Signature

3. The vertical relationship between

a melody and its accompanying
chords or between melodies
simultaneously played or sung.
A. Trio Answer: C. Harmony
B. Triad
C. Harmony
D. Chord

HARMONY 4. It is a succession of eight

consecutive tones arranged in
• TRIAD/ CHORD (2 or more tones) whole step and half step.
• TETRACHORDS (2 or more chords
combined together) A. Melody
• MINOR CHORD (lowered 3rd) B. Scale
• AUGMENTED CHORDS (Raised 5th)
• DIMINISHED CHORDS (Lowered 5th)
C. Phrase
• MAJOR 7th CHORDS (Major +7) D. Octave
• MAJOR 9th CHORDS (Major +9)
 MAJOR SCALE
• a scale consisting of a series of whole
steps except for half steps between the
third and fourth and seventh and eighth
Answer: B. Scale degrees.
• HALF STEPS=3-4 (mi and fa) 7-8 (Ti, Do)

MINOR SCALES 5. It is composed of soprano, alto,

tenor, and bass.
• Natural Minor Scale
A. Mixed Choir
• Harmonic Minor Scale
• Melodic Minor Scale B. TTB
C. Children’s Choir
D. SSA

6. What becomes of the tone when

a perfect interval is lowered half
step?
A. Minor
Answer: A. Mixed Choir
B. Diminished
C. Augmented
D. Major

Answer: B. Diminished
HARMONY
• TRIAD/ CHORD (2 or more tones)
• TETRACHORDS (2 or more chords
combined together)
• MINOR CHORD (lowered 3rd)
• AUGMENTED CHORDS (Raised 5th)
• DIMINISHED CHORDS (Lowered 5th)
• MAJOR 7th CHORDS (Major +7)
• MAJOR 9th CHORDS (Major +9)

7. How many notes are needed to

make a diatonic scale?
A. 3
B. 7 Answer: B. 7
C. 5
D. 8

8. Which of the following elements

is applied when a musical sign
that indicates the speed of a song
composition has to be sung or
played? Answer: D. Tempo
A. Sonority
B. Register
C. Monophonic
D. Tempo
 TEMPO
• Rate of speed in music

9. What chord is fa la do in the key

of F?
A. Diminished
B. Minor
Answer: D. Major
C. Augmented
D. Major

10. The relative loudness of softness of

tonal effect is determined by the size
of vibrations of the sound waves.
What do you call this numerical effect?
A. Dynamics Answer: C. Intensity
B. Timbre
C. Intensity
D. Duration
11. What do you call the grouping
of beats into measure?
A. Tempo
B. Pulse
Answer: D. Meter
C. Rhythm
D. Meter

SIMPLE METER
• Simple Meter- Any time signatures with 2,
3 and 4 as the top number.
• Simple Duple- 2/4 meter
• Simple Triple- 3/4 meter
• Simple Quadruple- 4/4 meter
 COMPOUND METER
• Is a division in which the fundamental
pulses subdivide into groups of three, six,
twelve, etc.

POLYMETER POLYMETER
• is double meter to indicate that the two
meters are combined or there is constant
change from one meter to the other back
and forth.
 POLYMETER 12. What do you call the scale
composed of all the twelve tones
progressing by half step
consistently?
A. Diatonic Scale
B. Chromatic Scale
C. Pentatonic Scale
D. Minor Scale

13. What is the scale composed of

seven tones - each is whole tone
from its nearest neighbor?
A. Major Scale
Answer: B. Chromatic
B. Whole Tone Scale
C. Minor Scale
D. Chromatic Scale

14. The simultaneous sounding of

a group of tones.
A. Timbre
B. Texture
Answer: B. Whole Tone Scale
C. Harmony
D. Melody
 
 15. The highest female voice.
A. Alto
B. Bass
Answer: C. Harmony C. Tenor
D. Soprano
 

16. The color of sound produced by

the voice and different instruments.
A. Timbre
B. Texture
Answer: D. Soprano
C. Harmony
D. Melody
 

17. Produce qualities of lightness

and heaviness, thickness or
thinness.
A. Timbre
Answer: A. Timbre
B. Texture
C. Harmony
D. Melody
 
 18. What chord is do mi so in the
key of C?
A. Diminished
B. Minor
Answer: B. Texture
C. Augmented
D. Major
 

19. Re Fa# La is what chord?

A. Diminished
B. Minor
Answer: D. Major C. Augmented
D. Major

DO MI SO- Major
DO bMI SO- minor
DO MI SO#- augmented Answer: D. Major
DO MI SOb- dim
DO MI SO TI- M7
DO MI SO RE- M9
20. Where is the location of Do in
the staff in the key of E flat?
A. 2nd line
B. 1st line
Answer: B. 1st Line
C. 5th line
D. 3rd line

21. Where is the location of Re

sharp in the staff in the key of F
sharp?
A. 3rd space
B. below the first line first ledger
line
C. below the first line
D. first space
 
 

22. Banduria, Octavina, Guitar and

Bajo de Arco are what group of
instruments?
A. Rondalla Instruments
Answer: C. below the first line
B. Orchestral Instruments
C. Ethnic Instruments
D. Band Instruments
 Answer: A. Rondalla Instruments

23. Woodwind, Stringed, Brass and

Percussion Instruments are what
group of instruments?
A. Rondalla Instruments
Answer: B. Orchestral
B. Orchestral Instruments
C. Ethnic Instruments
D. Band Instruments
 

24. When a perfect interval is

raised half step, it becomes _____?
A. Major
B. Augmented
C. Minor
D. Diminished
 

Answer: B. Augmented
HARMONY
• TRIAD/ CHORD (2 or more tones)
• TETRACHORDS (2 or more chords
combined together)
• MINOR CHORD (lowered 3rd)
• AUGMENTED CHORDS (Raised 5th)
• DIMINISHED CHORDS (Lowered 5th)
• MAJOR 7th CHORDS (Major +7)
• MAJOR 9th CHORDS (Major +9)

25. It is a group of tones of different

pitches which are vertically
arranged.
A. Minor
Answer: C. Chord
B. Major
C. Chord
D. Augmented
 

26. The flow of music through time.

A. Melody
B. Form
C. Rhythm Answer: C. Rhythm
D. Tempo
27. The complete musical thought
consisting of two phrases in
Question and Answer.
A. Period
Answer: C. Section
B. Tone
C. Section
D. Motive
 

28. It is a tone group that may be

identified with a particular
composition.
A. Period
Answer: D. Motive
B. Tone
C. Section
D. Motive
 

29. Organization of beats into

groups of two’s three’s or larger
units.
A. Beat
Answer: B. Meter
B. Meter
C. Rhythm
D. Melody
30. Distance between two notes.
A. Semitone
B. Microtone
C. Interval Answer: C. Interval
D. Whole Tone

31. Passage from one key or mode

into another.
A. Modulation
B. Tonality
C. Transposition
D. Progression

Answer: A. Modulation
32. Notation or performance of a
composition in a different key
from the one in which it was
originally written.
A. Modulation Answer: C. Transposition
B. Tonality
C. Transposition
D. Progression

33. The advance from one tone to

another or from one chord to
another.
A. Modulation
Answer: D. Progression
B. Tonality
C. Transposition
D. Progression

34. Two notes of the same pitch

but different pitch names.
A. Movable Do
B. Sol-fa syllable names
C. Enharmonic Tones
D. Fixed Do
 
 35. The distance between the
lowest and highest tones.
A. Tessitura
B. Pitch Progression
Answer: C. Enharmonic Tones
C. Range
D. Interval
 

36. What is single unaccompanied

melodic line?
A. Polyphonic
B. Monophonic
Answer: C. Range
C. Texture
D. Homophonic
 

37. Consist of two or more melodic

line.
A. Polyphonic
B. Monophonic
Answer: B. Monophonic
C. Texture
D. Homophonic
 
 38. One main melody accompanied
by chords.
A. Polyphonic
B. Monophonic
Answer: A. Polyphonic
C. Texture
D. Homophonic
 

TEXTURE
• MONOPHONIC (A capella)

Answer: D. Homophonic • HOMOPHONIC (1 voice and 1

accompaniment, Hymnals)

• POLYPHONIC

39. A direction to perform the

passage in a smooth and
connected manner, with no break
between the tones.
A. Legato Answer: A. Legato
B. Staccato
C. Portato
D. Trill
 
40. Detached, separated, a style in
which the notes played or sung are
more or less abruptly disconnected
A. Legato
Answer: B. Staccato
B. Staccato
C. Portato
D. Trill

41. What is the interval between

E# to F#?
A. Half Step
B. 3rd Step
C. Whole Step
D. 4th Step
 

Answer: A. Half Step

42. The time signature of the song
Kudansoy is _____?
A. 4
4
B. 3
Answer: B. 3-4
4
C. 2
4
D. 6
8
 

43. Lupang Hinirang is in _____ time

signature.
A. 5
4
B. 3
Answer: C. 2-4
4
C. 2
4
D. 6
8
 

44. In finding the pitch of Do in

the key of ___, sing do and call it
so and go down to do.
A. Key of C
B. Key of G
C. Key of F
D. Key of D
 
 45. In the key of ___, to find the
pitch of do, sing do and go down
to re and call it do.
A. Key of C
Answer: B. Key of G
B. Key of G
C. Key of F
D. Key of D
 
 

KEY SIGNATURES
• any of several combinations of sharps or
flats after the clef at the beginning of each
stave, indicating the key of a composition.

Fa-Do-Sol-Re-La-Mi-Ti Ti-Mi-La-Re-Sol-Do-Fa

Go 1# Fa Fat Ti
Down 2# Fa, Do B(b)oys Ti, Mi
And 3# Fa, Do, Sol E(b)at Ti, Mi, La
Eat 4# Fa, Do, Sol, Re A(b)pples Ti, Mi, La, Re
Bananas 5# Fa, Do, Sol, Re, La D(b)uring Ti, Mi, La, Re, Sol
From 6# Fa, Do, Sol, Re, La, Mi G(b)ood Ti, Mi, La, Re Sol, Do
C(#)avite 7# Fa, Do, Sol, Re, La, Mi, Ti C(b)limate Ti, Mi, La, Re, Sol, Do, Fa
 46. What is the interval between A
to B?
A. Half Step
B. 3rd Step
Answer: B. Key of D
C. Whole Step
D. 4th Step
 

47. What is the enharmonics of C?

A. B# - D Double Flat
B. F flat –D Double sharp
Answer: C. Whole Step C. B – A#
D. F# - G Flat
 

48. What is the relative minor key

of F# major?
A. c#
B. a
Answer: A. B#-D Double Flat
C. d#
D. e
 
 Answer: C. d#

49. The relative minor key of G

major is
A. c# minor
B. a minor
Answer: D. e minor
C. d# minor
D. e minor
 

50. What is the relative major key

of a minor?
A. C#
B. C
C. C flat
D. A
 Answer: B. C Major

51. It is a Japanese Opera.

A. Kabuki
B. Peking Opera
C. Wayang Kulit Answer: A. Kabuki
D. Gagaku
 
 

JAPAN TRADITIONAL MUSIC Shomyo- Buddhist Chanting

• SHOMYO- Buddhist Chanting
• GAGAKU- oldest surviving music of Japan

2 Types of GAGAKU
1. KANGEN (Instrumental)
2. BUGAKU (Music and Dance)
 Gagaku 3 MUSIC STYLES OF GAGAKU
• TOGAKU (Court music and highest
musical style)

• KOMAGAKU (Korean in origin and ritual

music of Shinto Religion)

• SAIBARA (Folk Songs)

JAPANESE MUSICAL SCALES 52. It refers to a group of

instruments which consists saron,
YO-SEN (Male) rebab, suling, chelempung, gender
IN-SEN (Female) and bonang.
A. Rondalla
PENTATONIC SCALE- 5 tone Scale
B. Gamelan
C. Orchestra
D. Ethnic Instruments
 

GAMELAN

Answer: B. Gamelan
 THE GAMELAN INSTRUMENTS BONANG
• SARON
• REBAB
• CELEMPUNG
• SULING
• PEKING
• GENDER
• BONANG
• GAMBANG
• KEMPUL

SARON PEKING

REBAB CELEMPUNG
 SULING GENDER

GAMBANG KEMPUL

53. La Flor de Manila or

Sampaguita is the composition of
____?
A. Julian Felipe
Answer: C. Dolores Paterno
B. Jose Palma
C. Dolores Paterno
D. Atang dela Rama
 
54. The most stately and
aristocratic Latin American rhythm
which comes from Cuba, being
named after its capital city of
Havana. Answer: C. Habanera
A. Danza
B. Rumba
C. Habanera
D. Tango
 

55. Who are the Creative

Nationalist Filipino Composers and
the National Artist of 1991?
A. Restie Umali
Answer: B. Lucio San Pedro
B. Lucio San Pedro
C. Levi Celerio
D. George Canseco
 

56. The impressionistic composer

of Hatinggabi is _____.
A. Nicanor Abelardo
B. Lucio San Pedro
Answer: C. Antonio Molina
C. Antonio Molina
D. Francisco Santiago
 
 57. Kung Hindi Man is an example
of _____?
A. Folk Song
B. Balitaw
Answer: D. Kundiman
C. Kumintang
D. Kundiman
 

58. A combination of Chinese and

Korean influences.
A. Hyangak
B. Chong-ak
C. Tangak Answer: C. Tang-ak
D. A-ak
 

TRADITIONAL MUSIC
• SOG-AK folk music of Korea. Music of the
commoners

• CHONG-AK- Court music. Music

performed in palaces and for nobility

MUSIC OF KOREA
 KINDS OF COURT MUSIC
• AAK- Chinese ritual music adapted in
courts
• HYANG AK- pure Korean court music
• TANG-AK - Hybrid between Korean and
Chinese characteristics
59. Is a combination of a scale and a
melody in the music of India?
A. Raga
B. Shruti
C. Tala
D. Gamakas
KINDS OF INDIAN MUSIC
• HINDUSTANI- belongs to North India and
has strong Muslim influence
• KARNATAK- belongs to south India and
has Hindu influences
KINDS OF VOCAL MUSIC
• KASA - long narrative songs
• KAGOK- long lyrical songs
• SIJO- short lyrical songs
• NONG AK-song of the farmers
• PANSORI- song for stage and drama
• SAN-JO- song for solo instrument
Answer: A. Raga
TALA (Rhythm)
• The rhythmic cycles of India
• DUTRA (fast) MAGHYA (moderate)
VILMABITA (slow)
• MATRA- unit of time in Hindustani
• AKSHARA- unit of time in Karnatak
• ANGAS- division of Tala into rhythmic
groups (metrical)
 60. The drama consists of singing
RAGA (Melody) known generally as yokyoku or utai.
• melodic units of Indian music A. Bunraku
• SHRUTI- microtones (small interval of B. Kabuki
tones)
• GAMAKA- ornamentation in Indian music
C. Noh
D. Gagaku
SA, RI, GA, MA, PA, DHA, NI  

61. This is the period of the pabasa,

pasyon and flores de mayo in the
Philippines.
A. Ethnic Period
Answer: C. Noh B. Spanish Period
C. American Period
D. Japanese Period
 

62. The “reyna” of Zarzuela is _____?

A. Sylvia La Torre
B. Conching Rosal
C. Dolores Paterno
Answer: B. Spanish Period D. Atang dela Rama
 

Answer: D. Atang De La Rama
63. The “reyna” of Kundiman is
_____?
A. Sylvia La Torre
B. Conching Rosal
C. Dolores Paterno
D. Atang dela Rama

Answer: D. Atang De La Rama

64. It consists of 3 to 4 pieces of

gongs with shallow bossed.
A. Agong
B. Babandil
C. Gandingan Answer: C. Gandingan
D. Gangsa
 65. From what province is the song
GANDINGAN Sarungbanggi?
A. Tagalog
B. Ilocano
C. Visaya
D. Bicol
 

66. Is a song and dance common

among the Tagalog and the Visayans.
A. Kumintang
B. Danza
Answer: D. Bicol C. Latin America
D. Africa
 

67. The music is tetratonic,

pentatonic, hexatonic, or heptatonic
arrangements, what country music is
this?
Answer: A. Kumintang A. Indonesia
B. India
C. Latin America
D. Africa
 Answer: A. Indonesia

68. A kind of country music joined

hands with jazz to revolutionize the
world of popular songs and dances.
A. Indonesia
B. India Answer: D. Africa
C. Latin America
D. Africa

69. This group plays for court

ceremonies and theatrical
presentations. Composed of
woodwind and percussion
instruments. Answer: A. Pi Phat
A. Pi Phat Ensemble
B. Mahori Ensemble
C. Khruang Saay Ensemble
D. Gamelan Ensemble
 
 THREE TYOES OF THAI
MUSIC OF THAILAND
TRADITIONAL ORCHESTRA
• PI PHAT- Court Orchestral Music

• KHRUEANG SAI- Village Orchestral Music

• MAHORI- Accompaniment for Solo and

Choral Singing

70. Is a musical art form, combines

singing, heightened speech, mime,
dancing, literature, theater and
acrobatics.
A. Kabuki Answer: B. Peking Opera
B. Peking Opera
C. Wayang Kulit
D. Gagaku
 

PEKING OPERA
• A musical art form that combines singing,
heightened speech, mime, dancing and
literature
71. Rumba and _____ are much
faster and clearly indicated by the
spirit of African dance.
A. Mambo
B. Zamba Answer: A. Mambo
C. Tango
D. Swing
 

72. Bossa Nova and _____ of Brazil

are more relaxed, evoking images of
white sand, blue sea, and gently
waving palms.
A. Mambo Answer: B. Zamba/Samba
B. Zamba
C. Tango
D. Swing
 

73. From what province is the song

Dandansoy?
A. Tagalog
B. Ilocano
C. Visaya Answer: C. Visaya/Bisaya
D. Bicol
 
74. The composer of “PIlipinas Kong
Mahal” is _____?
A. Antonio Molina
B. Nicanor Abelardo
C. Lucio San Pedro Answer: D. Francisco Santiago
D. Francisco Santiago
 

75. “Sa Ugoy ng Duyan” is a

composition by _____?
A. Antonio Molina
B. Nicanor Abelardo
C. Lucio San Pedro
D. Francisco Santiago
 

76. What musical structure is

contained in a Japanese folksong
“Sakura”?
A. Binary Form
Answer: C. Lucio San Pedro B. Ternary Form
C. Unitary Form
D. Through-composed
 
 77. Which of Hindus musical
instrument has 13 strings excluding
the four melody and three drone
strings normally played by plucking?
Answer: C. Unitary Form A. Vina
B. Sitar
C. Tabla
D. Tambura
 

CHORDOPHONES
• TAMBURA
• SITAR
Answer: B. Sitar • VEENA
• SARANGI

TAMBURA SITAR
 VEENA SARANGI

78. Which country in Asia has a rich

and ancient civilization that began
about 3000B.C. with the settlement
of the valleys along the Yangtze and
Huang Ho Rivers? Answer: C. China
A. India
B. Japan
C. China
D. Korea
 

79. While the Chinese used

pentatonic scale, Indian Music is built
on seven notes. What are the seven
notes in their proper order?
A. MA, RI, SA, GA, NI, DHA, PHA Answer: B. SA, RI, GA, MA, PHA,
DHA, NI
B. SA, RI, GA, MA, PHA, DHA, NI
C. NI, PHA, DHA, SA, RI, GA, MA
D. GA, MA, SA, RI, DHA, PHA, NI
 
80. The Ifugao ceremonious occasion
with dancing, drinking of bubud or
fermented rice, butchering of pigs
and speeches is called _____?
A. Ayoweng Answer: D. Canao
B. Sua-sua
C. Pagpag
D. Canao

SAGGEYPO TONGNGATONG

GANGSA PALOOK/PATTUNG GANGSA TOPPAYA

 LANTOY (Kalaleng,Tongngali,
BUNGKAKA
Suling)

81. The song and courtship dance of

KUBING Jolo.
A. Ayoweng
B. Sua-sua
C. Papag
D. Canao
 

82. What country was called the

“Fishing Village” before the coming
of British?
A. Thailand
Answer: B. Sua Ko Sua B. Latin America
C. Korea
D. China
 83. The smaller unit of Indian word.
A. Tala
B. Rasa
C. Raga
Answer: A. Thailand
D. Shruti

84. It refers to a metrical cycle of

beats.
A. Tala
B. Rasa
Answer: D. Shruti C. Raga
D. Shruti
 

85. What do you call a long lyric song

of Korea?
A. Kagok
B. Shi-jo
Answer: A. Tala C. Kasa
D. P’ansori
 
 86. What do you call a narrative song
of Korea?
A. Kagok
B. Shi-jo
Answer: A. Kagok C. Kasa
D. P’ansori
 

KINDS OF VOCAL MUSIC

• KASA - long narrative songs
• KAGOK- long lyrical songs
Answer: D. Pansori • SIJO- short lyrical songs
• NONG AK-song of the farmers
• PANSORI- song for stage and drama
• SAN-JO- song for solo instrument

87. Indonesian five tone scale.

A. Pelog
B. Slendro
C. Pathet
Answer: A. Slendro
D. Barang
 
88. Indonesian seven tone scale.
A. Pelog
B. Slendro
C. Pathet
Answer: A. Pelog
D. Barang
 

89. Burung Kakak Tua is an

Indonesian folksong means _____?
A. Tree
B. Bird
C. Parrot Answer: C. Parrot
D. Fish
 

90. Hanabe No Uta is a song from

_____?
A. India
B. Japan
C. China Answer: B. Japan
D. Korea
91. What musical structure is
contained in a Korean folksong
“Arirang”?
A. Binary Form
B. Ternary Form Answer: A. Binary Form
C. Unitary Form
D. Through-composed
 
 

92. La Cucaracha is a song from

_____?
A. Africa
B. Spain
C. Mexico Answer: C. Mexico
D. America
 

93. What is the characteristic of the

African music?
A. Solo singing
B. Call and response singing
C. Chorus-like Answer: B. Call and Response
D. A capella singing
 
94. What is the largest island of the
West Indies and lies to the South of
the United States of the
southernmost tip of the coast of
Florida. Answer: C. Cuba
A. Spanish
B. Latin America
C. Cuba
D. Conga
 

95. A carnival dance performed

during the so called Comparsas or
parades and its rhythm is essentially
that of a march.
A. Spanish Answer: A. Spanish
B. Latin America
C. Cuba
D. Conga
 

96. What do you call this ensemble

consists of kulintang, a set of eight
small gongs of graduated sizes,
dabakan, gandingan and babandil?
A. Saggong Answer: B. Palabunyibunyan
B. Palabunyibunyan
C. Gangsa
D. Luntang
 
97. The instrument played by Kalinga.
A. Saggong
B. Palabunyibunyan
C. Gangsa
Answer: C. Gangsa
D. Luntang
 

98. A musical play using puppets is

called _____.
A. Gamelan
B. Peking Opera
C. Wayang Kulit Answer: C. Wayang Kulit
D. Chinese Opera
 
 
 

99. The Secular Music of China is

called _____.
A. Ya-yueh
B. Su-yueh
C. Chaio Answer: C. Su-Yueh
D. Ching
 
100. It is a song that belongs to a
nation.
A. Ballad
B. Kumintang
C. Plainsong Answer: D. National Song
D. National Song