Major Scale Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. A melody uses only D, E, F-sharp, G, A, B, and C-sharp, and repeatedly resolves to D. Which major key is the best fit?
G major
D major
A major
C major
2. A key signature contains F-sharp, C-sharp, and G-sharp. Which major key does it indicate?
A major
E major
D major
B major
3. A composer wants the leading tone of A-flat major—the note a half step below the tonic. Which note should be used?
G-flat
F natural
A natural
G natural
4. Which minor key is the relative minor of C major?
C minor
E minor
A minor
D minor
5. Which option spells the ascending B major scale correctly?
B, C-sharp, D-sharp, E, F-sharp, G-sharp, A-sharp, B
B, C-sharp, D, E, F-sharp, G-sharp, A-sharp, B
B, C-sharp, D-sharp, E-sharp, F-sharp, G-sharp, A-sharp, B
B, C-sharp, D-sharp, E, F-sharp, G, A-sharp, B
6. Which pair of letter names is altered by the B-flat major key signature?
A and E are flat
B and E are flat
E and A are flat
B and F are flat
7. Which major key has the four-sharp signature F-sharp, C-sharp, G-sharp, and D-sharp?
E major
B major
F-sharp major
A major
8. On the circle of fifths, moving one step clockwise from B-flat major leads to which major key?
E-flat major
C major
F major
G major
9. A musician wants to harmonize the tonic of F major with its basic major triad. Which notes should be played?
F, G, C
F, A-flat, C
F, B-flat, D
F, A, C
10. In E major, a composer writes D-natural instead of the key signature's D-sharp. How does D-natural function relative to the E major scale?
It is a lowered second scale degree
It is a raised sixth scale degree
It is the tonic
It is a lowered seventh scale degree
11. While playing a D major scale, you reach the seventh scale degree written with the letter C. Which pitch should you play?
C natural
C-flat
C-sharp
D-flat
12. Which sequence gives the interval pattern of every major scale from tonic to octave?
Whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half
Whole, half, whole, whole, half, whole, whole
Whole, whole, whole, half, whole, half, whole
Half, whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole
13. If every note of a C major scale is transposed upward by a whole step, which major scale results?
D-flat major
E major
D major
G major
14. You are constructing an E major scale using the major-scale interval pattern. Which pitch comes immediately after E?
F natural
E-sharp
G-flat
F-sharp
15. Compared with G major, which additional pitch is sharpened in D major?
G
C
F
D
16. Which major key has a key signature containing exactly one sharp?
D major
G major
F major
C major