Music Quiz - 50 Trivia Questions!
Test your knowledge of music across genres, from classical to rock, hip-hop to pop, and everything in between, in this comprehensive music quiz.
What type of music is often performed in bars and nightclubs?
What is the study of the music of non-human animals?
Which ancient Greek philosopher suggested that music has a direct effect on the soul?
What is the musical term for a melody supported by chordal accompaniment?
What is the term for the process of deciding how to perform music that has been previously composed and notated?
What is the musical term for a single melody with neither accompaniment nor harmony?
What is the musical term for multiple independent melody lines that interweave together, which are sung or played at the same time?
What website makes it easy for amateur musicians to distribute their music videos?
What is the term for the act of creating a song, an instrumental music piece, or another type of music?
Who proposed the theory that music developed as a form of sexual selection, perhaps via mating calls?
In Greek mythology, who were the nine inspirations for the arts?
What was the most important form of music in the Classical era?
What is the most common form of musical notation used in jazz and blues?
What type of music was used in talking pictures in the early 20th century?
How many notes are there in an octave in Chinese classical music?
In Greek mythology, which of the nine muses was the muse of music?
What is the musical term for the vertical sound of pitches played together to form a chord?
The painting 'Night Revels of Han Xizai' is from which Chinese dynasty?
Which 19th century composer wrote 'Aesthetics of Music', a treatise on the meaning of music?
What is the suspended chord on a guitar?
Who was the Romantic composer of the 19th century?
What type of music is more intimate than symphonic?
What type of music was originally passed down orally?
What is the musical term for the creation of spontaneous music, often within (or based on) a pre-existing harmonic framework or chord progression
Classical music improvisation is a core component of which type of music?
Classical music is traditionally associated with what culture?
What musical term refers to a style of music characterized by love or longing?
In which continent is there a vast swath of music cultures?
"The ""Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal"" is the oldest surviving notated work of what?"
What type of music is associated with Chicago?
What is the music industry's main product?
What activity of Japanese origin centered on a device that plays voice-eliminated versions of well-known songs?
What type of Indian classical music is popular in the southern states of the country?
What type of music was considered non-music by some critics when it was first introduced?
Classical and what are the two main genres of music?
What was the main musical instrument in ancient Greece?
What is the term for a model of the human brain that is used in computing and music?
Which American Indian tribe had a chief called Mountain Chief?
What is the musical term for a piece of music with many parts?
What are the series of pitches used to create a melody?
Jazz music originated in which country?
What name is given to an Indonesian orchestra of percussion instruments?
Which musical instrument is associated with the blues?
In music, what is the term for a piece of music in three-quarter time?
What musical era began around 1600 and ended around 1750?
What instrument is most associated with rock music?
What is the profession of a musician who writes music?
Who was the only female composer to be mentioned in the Oxford History of Music?
What is the term for the rudimentary parts of a piece of music?
What type of musical instrument is an isomorphic?