Alcorn State University-Department of Fine Arts
Sample Music Theory Placement Tests
Test 1a

Below are 10 questions about music. Five answers are given to each question. Click on the best answer for each question.
 
  1. Which of the following is the first tone of the diatonic scale in solmization?
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  2. What is the symbol      called?
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  3. Which of the following is the fifth tone of the diatonic scale in solmization?
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  4. What is the symbol      called?
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  5. What does the term allegro mean?
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  6. What is the symbol      called?
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  7. What is the symbol      called?
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  8. What does the symbol      mean?
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  9. What is the symbol       called?
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  10. What does the term staccato mean?
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