Intermediate Music Theory Quiz

This informal quiz has 48 questions, and is intended to assess how much of intermediate-level music theory you understand. By the time you’ve mastered the basic and intermediate levels of music theory, you should have knowledge roughly equivalent to one semester of college study.

If you score above 90%, you may be ready to proceed to studying advanced-level music theory. If not, you should consider reviewing basic theory before moving on.

Commonly confused questions: many learners were confused by the following questions:

• The difference between tonic, subdominant, and dominant chords.
• Harmonic rhythm and stress.

As the creator of Hub Guitar, Grey has compiled hundreds of guitar lessons, written several books, and filmed hundreds of video lessons. He teaches private lessons in his Boston studio, as well as via video chat through TakeLessons.