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Agbadza is a traditional recreational music and dance of the
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Kpanlogo music and dance comes from the
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The sign ">" above a note means
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In four-part (SATB) writing, the four voices are
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In African music, a leader singing a line and the group answering is called
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MuseScore and Sibelius are examples of
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Software used to record, edit and mix music on a computer is a
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Money paid to a songwriter each time their song is broadcast or sold is a
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The person who oversees the recording of a song, guiding the sound and arrangement, is the
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The sitar is a plucked string instrument associated with the music of
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The four families of instruments in a Western symphony orchestra are
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A time signature of 2/4 means
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Which Ghanaian composer wrote "Yen Ara Asase Ni"?
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Ghana's national anthem was composed by
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E. T. Mensah is often called the King of
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A piece in the form A B A is in
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Which of these composers belongs to the Baroque period?
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A dot placed above or below a note tells the performer to play it
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A curved line joining notes of different pitch, showing they are played smoothly, is a
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The sign that tells a performer to hold a note longer than its value, at the player's choice, is a
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The primary triads of a major key are built on degrees
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A perfect cadence is the chord progression
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The "Amen" cadence (IV to I) is called the
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Music with a single melody line and no accompaniment has a
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A melody with chordal accompaniment, as in most hymns, has a
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Several independent melodies sounding together, as in a fugue, form a
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MIDI is a system that lets electronic instruments and computers
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The organisation that collects and pays royalties to music rights owners in Ghana is
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The gamelan is a traditional ensemble of tuned percussion from
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Changing from one key to another within a piece of music is
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Rewriting a whole piece in a different key without changing anything else is
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Accenting weak beats or off-beats instead of strong beats is
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How many semiquavers equal one crotchet?
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Which time signature is simple quadruple time?
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The symbol C at the start of a stave stands for
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The enharmonic equivalent of F♯ is
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"Rallentando" means
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A metronome mark ♩ = 120 means
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How many quavers equal a dotted minim?
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3/4 time is described as
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A semibreve equals how many semiquavers?
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The relative minor of G major is
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The interval from C up to G is a perfect
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The melodic minor scale ascending raises the
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Hemiola, common in West African music, creates
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Heterophony is a texture in which
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A passing note moves
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A suspension is prepared, sounded against a chord change and then
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In 6/8 time, each bar contains
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In the harmonic minor scale, the seventh note is
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