FREE Music Transcription MCQ Question and Answers

Question 1

What is automatic transcription?

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The process of mathematical analysis of an audio recording and the conversion to a musical notation.

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The process of converting sheet music to MIDI

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The process of manually transcribing an audio recording to musical notation

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The process of manually transcribing MIDI to sheet music

Question 2

What does the term "transcription" mean in the context of music?

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Faithful adaptation

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Ambitious adaptation

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Creative adaptation

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Unreliable adaptation

Question 3

What type of arrangements of music are made without the copyright holder’s permission?

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Derivative works

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Choral works

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Concertos

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Orchestral works

Question 4

What is the goal of a transcription?

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Notation of as many of the constituent sounds as possible

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Analysis of the rhythm and melody

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Modeling the basic structures of the sound events

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Reproduction of the music signal

Question 5

What is necessary when arranging music which you do not own?

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Copyright holder’s permission

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Mechanical License

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Show Copyright Notices

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Music Transcription Rates

Question 6

What is a musical transcription?

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Musical notation for an existing piece of music that had been previously annotated

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Cover songs

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A direct notation of the source

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Changing the instrumentation

Question 7

What does the vertical position on the staff lines indicate in the case of drums and percussions?

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Instrument and stroke type

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Pitch of notes

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Loudness

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Time flow