Below, you will find 20 questions - five for each music theory concept you should know to study piano tuning.
Here are things you should know to get 100% on this test.
Naming Notes
We start naming notes with a 0 after the letter, then change at every C.
Naming Notes
It is more convenient to only use sharps when discussing piano tuning theory. Therefore we will not use flats.
Naming Intervals
It is more convenient to name and think of intervals as simply the number of notes it contains.
Formal music theory is required to write and compose music. When discussing piano tuning theory, we don't need formal music theory, or the extra complications it produces. If this is too much for you, consider not learning how to tune pianos, because the piano tuner's system of naming notes and intervals is not going away anytime soon. If you take the time to add this system to the many ways that you already know how to name notes, you will find that it makes things much easier in the long run.Keep this in mind when answering the questions below
Music Theory Quiz
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PART A
Name the following notes using standard piano tuner conventions - lowest A = A0, no flats, just sharps.
#1:
a) D2
b) G3
c) D3
d) G2
#2:
a) C#2
b) Db2
c) C#3
d) Both a and b
#3:
a) D#5
b) Eb6
c) D#6
d) Both b and c
#4:
a) G1
b) F1
c) A1
d) G0
#5:
a) C7
b) F6
c) F8
d) F7
PART B
Name these intervals. Just use m3, M3, P4, P5, m6, M6.
#6:
a) m3
b) P4
c) M3
d) P5
#7:
a) P5
b) M6
c) m6
d) None of the above
#8:
a) m3
b) M3
c) P4
d) Both a and b
#9:
a) P4
b) M3
c) d5
d) P5
#10:
a) P5
b) m6
c) M6
d) None of the above
PART C
Name these compound intervals. Just choose M10, M17, P11, P12, P19, P22.
#11:
a) Perfect Octave
b) M3
c) M10
d) None of the above
#12:
a) P11
b) P12
c) An Octave and a fourth
d) P15
#13:
a) Double octave (P15)
b) P19
c) P21
d) None of the above
#14:
a) P11
b) P12
c) P15
d) P22
#15:
a) M3
b) M17
c) P11
d) P12
PART D
Name these notes, using standard piano tuning conventions, given the interval, starting note and direction. Example: A M3 above C is? (The answer is E):
