Music Transcription FREE Music Transcription MCQ Question and Answers 2

Question 1

When transcribing a piece in 6/8 time, how many eighth notes receive the primary beat emphasis?

Accepted Answer

2

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3

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6

Answer

1

Question 2

Which clef is most commonly used when transcribing music for the viola?

Accepted Answer

Alto clef

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Treble clef

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Bass clef

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Tenor clef

Question 3

In music transcription, what does the term 'enharmonic equivalent' refer to?

Accepted Answer

Two notes that sound the same but are written differently

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Two notes a half step apart

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Two notes in the same octave

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Two notes with the same letter name

Question 4

When transcribing a melody that uses swing rhythm, how is the eighth-note pair typically notated in a simplified score?

Accepted Answer

As regular straight eighth notes with a swing indication

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As dotted eighth followed by sixteenth

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As a triplet with a rest

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As two quarter notes

Question 5

What is the correct transcription practice when a singer performs a note slightly between two semitones?

Accepted Answer

Use the nearest pitch and add a notation for microtonal inflection

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Write both possible notes as a chord

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Omit the note entirely

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Round to the nearest whole tone

Question 6

Which interval is formed when transcribing two notes that are seven semitones apart?

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Perfect fifth

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Perfect fourth

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Major sixth

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Minor third