Piano Practice Test

Question 1

The best method to improve your piano skills is to

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Practice the piano a little bit every day at the same time each day.

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Eat ice cream sundaes while you're practicing

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Sleep with your music book taped to your head

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Practice four hours the morning of your lesson

Question 2

If you're experiencing trouble with a particular passage of a song, you should:

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Divide that section into bars and practice each bar by itself before combining them.

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Cry and join a rugby team.

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Play it as fast as possible so you don't have to listen to how badly you're playing it.

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Skip over that section.

Question 3

It's a good idea to practice piano at the same time every day because:

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It will become a habit and you and your parents won't have to argue about practicing.

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Somewhere in the world, a kitten needs a home

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That way, your parents can make sure they are not home so they don't have to listen to you.

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You play differently in the morning than you do in the evening

Question 4

It's a bad idea to play a song incorrectly because:

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You're teaching your brain that the wrong way is the right way and it will be difficult to correct it.

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Ben and Harold know all this music by heart and they will bark loudly

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Mr. Warren will have a fit and jump off his deck into the blackberry bushes

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You'll hurt the composers' feelings

Question 5

The most effective way to practice is to:

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Locating the most difficult section and working on it first, then play the easier sections as your reward.

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Only playing the sections of the songs you know the best and ignoring the difficult sections.

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Playing the sections and songs you play the best, over and over and over so your parents will think you're really practicing.

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Eating jelly beans the entire time.

Question 6

A C-9 chord is made up of the following notes:

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None of these

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C Eb G B

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C Eb Gb B

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C F G Bb D

Question 7

In the key of G Major, the IV chord (or "four chord") is:

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Cmaj7

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D7

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C7

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C-7

Question 8

The C Blues Scale does not include the following note:

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B

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Eb

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G

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Gb

Question 9

How many sharps or flats are there in a work written in C major?

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None

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1 Sharp

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1 Flat

Question 10

Is it true that a chord is made up of more than one note played at the same time?

Accepted Answer

B) True

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A) False