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Stuff Every Music Scout Should Know: free practice in 30-second cards
Stuff Every Music Scout Should Know
Practice facts for the Music merit badge. Not an official Scouting America credential.
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Is this practice test free?
Yes. The first 50 cards are free for everyone with no sign-up, each with the answer, why it is right and its sources. Aha Trivia members get all 71 cards and timed practice exams.
How many practice questions are there?
71 practice questions so far. Each one is a 3-choice card that takes about 30 seconds, and the course grows as new cards pass our source checks.
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Every card lists the sources it was checked against, and each answer explains why it is right. If you think an answer is wrong, tap "Challenge this answer" in the game and it gets reviewed.
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Yes. Voice mode reads the questions out loud and you answer by voice.
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- What are the five general groups of musical instruments?
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Strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, keyboard. Instruments are grouped by how they make sound: strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, and keyboard.
- What does a musical score show a performer?
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The written notes and signs for a piece. A score is written music that shows notes, rhythms, and signs telling you how to play.
- What is intellectual property?
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A creative work that belongs to its creator. Intellectual property is a creation of the mind, like a song, that the creator owns.
All 71 practice questions
The first 50 are free, with the answer, why it's right and the official sources. The other 21 (๐) open with a membership (every test). Or play them as a game and track what you've learned.
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- What are the five general groups of musical instruments?
- What does a musical score show a performer?
- What is intellectual property?
- How should you share recorded music properly?
- What does good phrasing mean when you sing or play?
- What are dynamics in music?
- What is tempo in music?
- What is pitch?
- What is a melody?
- What is harmony?
- What is rhythm?
- What is timbre?
- What is monophonic texture?
- What is polyphony?
- What is homophony?
- What is improvisation?
- What is a chord progression?
- What is a lead sheet?
- What is a score in ensemble music?
- What is tablature used for?
- What is a rehearsal?
- Who leads rehearsals of an orchestra or choir?
- What is chamber music?
- What is a solo performance?
- What is a bassline?
- What is the tonic in a piece of music?
- What is meter in music?
- What is a backbeat in pop and rock?
- What is the rhythm section of a band?
- What is form in music?
- What is verse-chorus form?
- What is a round like "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"?
- What is a folk song often passed down by?
- What does a composer do?
- What is interpretation in music?
- What is a genre in music?
- What is gospel music often connected to?
- What is opera?
- What is a symphony?
- What is a fugue?
- What is a soundtrack used for?
- What is a digital audio workstation used for?
- What does a conductor do during a performance?
- What does the word music come from in Ancient Greek?
- What is the oldest surviving notated work of music?
- What is heterophony?
- What is a thick musical texture?
- What is a cadenza in a Classical concert?
- What is a basso continuo group in Baroque music?
- What instrument replaced the harpsichord as the main keyboard in the Classical period?
- What did multitrack recording let a band do? ๐
- Where did jazz originate? ๐
- What is a blue note a feature of? ๐
- What does rock music often revolve around? ๐
- What is a DJ mixer used for? ๐
- What is a chromatic scale on a piano? ๐
- What is a strophic form in popular music? ๐
- What is AABA thirty-two-bar form? ๐
- What is aleatoric music? ๐
- What is graphic notation in music? ๐
- What is a fake book used for in jazz? ๐
- What is a cover song? ๐
- What is a jam session in the jam band scene? ๐
- What is a mix tape often described as? ๐
- What is an amateur musician? ๐
- What is a session musician? ๐
- What is a live concert recording popular in? ๐
- What is a part in ensemble music? ๐
- What is a scorewriter program used for? ๐
- What is a folk song often classified as when the composer is unknown? ๐
- What is a theme and variations form? ๐