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Take a 20 question quiz to test and certify your knowledge of the tutorial-video course
Music Theory 302 - Jordan Rudess: Rhythm Explored.
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1
What is the most common way to play in 5/4?
In 1 and 4
In 3 and 2
In 2 and 3
In 4 and 1
2
How can you stay in 4/4 and give the impression of using a lot of time signatures?
By playing very fast
By using rhythmic anticipation
You can't!
By changing accents
3
Which composer was known to mix quintuplets, triplets, sixteenth notes, etc.?
Johann Sebastian Bach
Frank Zappa
Quincy Jones
Ludwig van Beethoven
4
When you are holding a note for 4 beats, you are playing a...
long note
half note
quarter note
whole note
5
When playing Polyrhythms...
none of the notes are played together, except on the 1st beat
none of the notes are played together, except on the last beat
none of the notes are played together
none of the notes are played together, except on the 1st and last beats
6
What technique are you using if you're playing simple chords right on the beat every measure, and then you accent a chord right before the beat?
Displacement
Mixed Grouping
Rhythmic Anticipation
Syncopation
7
If you're playing a pattern of 5 ascending notes in a group of 4 you are:
using rhythmic motion
playing in 5/4
using displacement
playing quintuplets
8
As human beings, we feel very comfortable with:
Rhythmic anticipation
Patterns and repetition
Syncopation
Polyrhythms
9
What is the "Dream Theater Turnaround"?
A V-IV-I chord progression at the end of a section which leads to the next section
An idea where you turn a 6/8 feel into 3/4
A I-♭III-♭VI-♭II7 chord progression played in 7/8
A short chord progression at the end of a section which leads to the next section
10
The "Dream Theater Turnaround" happens on just about every Dream Theater record. True or false?
False
True
11
What is the most simple meter in music?
7/8
4/4
1/4
Compound meter
12
No matter how complicated it gets, you can usually break down any rhythms into:
quarter notes
groups of two and three notes
melodic patterns
accents
13
Half notes are held for:
1 beat
half of a beat
2 beats
2 measures
14
If you're playing 3 eight notes followed by 2 eight notes in a measure, you are playing in:
5/8 time
Don't play that. Always stay in 4/4... it's safer!
7/8 time
3/4 time
15
What is the most common way to play in 7/4?
In 4 and 3
In 5 and 2
In 3 and 4
In 2 and 5
16
Polyrhythm is two (or more) ______ played against each other.
rhythms
scales
time signatures
chords
17
If you put five divisions to the beat...
you are playing in 5/8
you are playing quintuplets
you shouldn't be playing music
you are using a pentatonic scale
18
Adding rhythmic motion between the chords is a little like strumming on a guitar. True or false?
False
True
19
How can you practice Jordan's Brain Twister?
You clap your hands on the 2 and 4
You play displaced septuplets in 7/8 with a latin feel
You play a 5 over 3 polyrhythm
You start by playing quarter notes and you add one more division every beat
20
When playing with a latin type of feel, the bass is always on the beat. True or false?
False
True
Music Theory 302
Jordan Rudess: Rhythm Explored
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