A music quiz that helps you learn: a collection of multiple-choice (three-option) questions about music.

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Started performing in bands in junior high school. Influenced by Japanese rock and UK rock, spent over 10 years continuing band activities while creating original songs. Later began producing Vocaloid tracks using Hatsune Miku, with total plays of released songs surpassing 10,000. Has five years of experience writing for music magazines. Currently works as a music writer, director, and composer, keeping a ground-level perspective on the scene by attending live shows across Japan. Now performs at live houses in Tokyo, showcasing guitar playing centered on acoustic guitar and informed by knowledge of chord analysis and guitar scales. Also writes leveraging a broad knowledge of music genres.

Music, with its wide variety of genres like classical, jazz, and pop, is loved by people all over the world.

Some of you may want to deepen your knowledge about music, such as the features of sheet music and instruments.

In this article, we’ve gathered a collection of quizzes themed around music.

We’ll introduce everything from quizzes that help you acquire basic musical literacy to ones that ask about the meanings of musical symbols.

Why not try these music quizzes that can help you learn words you may have heard in daily life but never fully understood, and lead to new discoveries?

A music quiz that helps you gain knowledge. A collection of three-choice music questions (11–20)

When is Instrument Day, established by the National Musical Instruments Association in 1970?

November 11
October 10
June 6

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June 6

In 1970, the National Musical Instrument Association designated June 6 as Musical Instrument Day. This aims to promote the spread of musical instruments and the advancement of music culture, and the date was chosen based on the saying that it is best to begin practicing the performing arts at age six on June 6.

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What beats a rhythm at regular intervals?

Metronome
tuner
equalizer

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Metronome

A metronome is a machine or device used to mark rhythm at regular intervals. Musicians use it to maintain tempo during practice. A tuner is used to adjust an instrument’s sound to the correct pitch, and an equalizer is used to adjust audio frequencies.

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Which musical symbol means to return to the beginning of the piece?

fine
Da Capo
segno

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Da Capo

Da capo is an Italian term meaning “from the beginning,” and is a musical notation indicating a return to the start of the piece. Fine means “the end,” and Segno is a symbol indicating a return to another specified section.

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What is the origin of the name castanets?

Inspired by chestnuts (castagna)
From a small castle (castillo) in Spain
From the inventor’s name

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Inspired by chestnuts (castagna)

Castanets are traditional Spanish percussion instruments, and their name comes from the Spanish word for chestnut, “castaña.” Castanets have a similar shape, are made of wood or plastic, and are instruments worn on the fingers to be played.

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What sounds become inaudible as we get older?

high-pitched sound
low sound
intermediate sound

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high-pitched sound

Due to a phenomenon known as age-related hearing loss (presbyacusis), higher frequencies typically become harder to hear first. Even among younger people, very high-frequency sounds above 20 kHz can be difficult to perceive, and as we age, the range of hard-to-hear frequencies extends to lower frequencies than 20 kHz, causing high-pitched sounds to gradually become inaudible.

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