CBMT Exam Test Guide Questions and Answers (Grade+)
Latest Update 2026/2027
1. 1400-1600: music based on modes with a rich texture and four or more
independent melodic parts - polyphony. Blending music lines and smooth
harmony.
Composers: Monteverdi, Byrd, Di Lasso, Tallis: Renaissance Period
2. 1600-1750: contrast to create drama. Concerto, opera, and sonata.
Composers: Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Purcell, Scarlatti: Baroque Period
3. 1750-1820: Lighter, clearer texture, mainly homophonic. Melody line over chordal
accompaniment
Composers: Mozart, Haydn, Schubert, Beethoven: Classical Period
4. 1820-1910: Expressive and emotional, freedom of form and design Composers:
Beethoven, Schuman, Chopin, Bellini, Verdi, Tchaiḳovsḳy, Liszt, Brahms: Romantic Period
5. DGDGBD
Commonly found in folḳ and blues music: Open G Tuning
6. DADF#AD
Can be played with a variety of styles, popular with slide guitars: Open D Tuning
7. DGDGCD
Common in Celtic music, rocḳ and heavy metal music: Model G Tuning
8. DADGAD
Common in Celtic music, English and Irish folḳ: Model D Tuning
9. Same as major scale: Ionian
10. Same as natural minor scale with raised 6th scale degree: Dorian
11. Same as natural minor scale with lowered 2nd scale degree: Phrygian
12. Same as major scale with raised 4th scale degree: Lydian
13. Same as major scale with lowered 7th scale degree: Mixolydian
, 14. Same as natural minor scale: Aeolian
15. Same as natural minor scale with lowered 2nd and 5th scale degrees: Locian
16. : G chord
Latest Update 2026/2027
1. 1400-1600: music based on modes with a rich texture and four or more
independent melodic parts - polyphony. Blending music lines and smooth
harmony.
Composers: Monteverdi, Byrd, Di Lasso, Tallis: Renaissance Period
2. 1600-1750: contrast to create drama. Concerto, opera, and sonata.
Composers: Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Purcell, Scarlatti: Baroque Period
3. 1750-1820: Lighter, clearer texture, mainly homophonic. Melody line over chordal
accompaniment
Composers: Mozart, Haydn, Schubert, Beethoven: Classical Period
4. 1820-1910: Expressive and emotional, freedom of form and design Composers:
Beethoven, Schuman, Chopin, Bellini, Verdi, Tchaiḳovsḳy, Liszt, Brahms: Romantic Period
5. DGDGBD
Commonly found in folḳ and blues music: Open G Tuning
6. DADF#AD
Can be played with a variety of styles, popular with slide guitars: Open D Tuning
7. DGDGCD
Common in Celtic music, rocḳ and heavy metal music: Model G Tuning
8. DADGAD
Common in Celtic music, English and Irish folḳ: Model D Tuning
9. Same as major scale: Ionian
10. Same as natural minor scale with raised 6th scale degree: Dorian
11. Same as natural minor scale with lowered 2nd scale degree: Phrygian
12. Same as major scale with raised 4th scale degree: Lydian
13. Same as major scale with lowered 7th scale degree: Mixolydian
, 14. Same as natural minor scale: Aeolian
15. Same as natural minor scale with lowered 2nd and 5th scale degrees: Locian
16. : G chord
