Music theory quiz (OT)

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andyd
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Post by andyd » Sat Feb 25, 2017 12:14 am

15 out of 20...

Messiaen referred to the octotonic/diminished scale as Mode 2, as in the 2nd mode of limited transposition. Btw, the C should have been a C# in the test!


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ebiggs1
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Post by ebiggs1 » Sat Feb 25, 2017 7:20 am

Is 50% passing? :D
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Harpsi
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Post by Harpsi » Sun Feb 26, 2017 1:18 pm

Fun indeed!

Must be possible though to make something even more difficult, this one wasn't that hard ;-). Who's up to it?
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ttw
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Post by ttw » Sun Feb 26, 2017 9:17 pm

It would have been (to me at least) a more interesting test were more on actual usage and less on nomenclature. (Not that nomenclature isn't important though.)

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