Multiple Choice Questions

The following excerpt from Pictures at an Exhibition features low pitches.
  • True
  • False
Two of the most obvious musical elements that composers use to achieve variety are dynamics and timbre.
  • True
  • False
The staff is a system of:
  • Synthesizers have always had a well-established presence in standard ensembles.
  • keyboard, pipes
  • False
  • 5 lines and 4 spaces
Music not associated with particular story, image, object, or event is called
  • volume
  • Example A
  • Absolute
  • violin
instrument playing: tapping of chutes
  • notation
  • idiophone
  • aerophone
  • bassoon
The organ is a ____________instrument, whose tone is produced by wind flowing through ____________.
  • wind pressure
  • False
  • keyboard, pipes
  • Example A
The pitch letter names correspond to:
  • the white keys on a piano
  • control flow of air to pipes
  • idiophones and membranophones
  • clarinet
A pianist's skill in manipulating volume is usually referred to as the performer's____
  • False
  • plucked
  • touch
  • True
Upon its invention, the fortepiano eclipsed the popularity of the harpsichord:
  • one cycle per second
  • all the above
  • exactly the same
  • for next 200 years
The volume of this excerpt is an example of which of the following
  • pitch
  • piano
  • G Sharp
  • plucked
When keys that correspond to consecutive letter names are played sequentially they create a
  • True
  • Scale
  • False
  • volume
Which of the following instruments does NOT belong in the definite pitch group:
  • cymbals
  • trumpet
  • False
  • strings
Handel uses different combinations of dynamics and timbre to achieve unity and variety in See Here the Conqu'ring Hero Comes.Which of the following two excerpts combines more instruments and louder dynamics?
  • example c
  • enjoy music as background
  • clarinet
  • Example A
Which instrument of the brass family plays the melody in this example?
  • oboe
  • Octave
  • True
  • trumpet
What is NOT the role of the conductor in a traditional symphony orchestra?
  • Synthesizers have always had a well-established presence in standard ensembles.
  • whether to use modern or old fashioned baton
  • make sure when approporiate, players improvise parts correctly
  • False
Which of the following two excerpts uses soft dynamics?
  • excerpt B; beethovens moonlight sonata
  • flute, clarinet, oboe, and bassoon
  • excerpt B suggests an increase in tension brought about through the increasing rise in pitch
  • Excerpt C; Jazz solo
What do you call a piece of music where a violin soloist plays with an orchestra?
  • clarinet
  • violin concerto
  • electrophone
  • blowing
instrument heard
  • horn
  • idiophone
  • tenor
  • bass
The song Dark Eyes is sung by a choir without instrumental accompaniment. This type of vocal group is called:
  • crescendo; louder
  • oboe, bassoon
  • A cappella choir
  • electrophone
viola players sit
  • 16 and 20,000 hertz
  • chordophone; guitar
  • dead center front
  • violin concerto
The one-piece cast-iron frame, a crucial development in the history of the piano, was invented by:
  • excerpt B; beethovens moonlight sonata
  • all the above
  • quill;pluck
  • Alpheus Babcock of Boston, USA in 1825
Which woodwind instrument is the soloist playing in this example?
  • True
  • False
  • trumpet
  • flute
The English madrigal is characterized by:
  • intensity and intimacy of choral writing
  • new instruments allowed for more dynamic ranges and contrast
  • Excerpt B; wind instruments
  • excerpt B; beethovens moonlight sonata
A piece of folk music typically remains unchanged throughout the years.
  • True
  • False
In brass instruments, pitch depends on the ______of the air column.
  • length
  • trombone
  • well into 17th C
  • False
IN western tradition, sound is represented in written form through musical _____
  • strings
  • False
  • notation
  • True
In musical notation, pitch is indicated exclusively by:
  • whether note head is filled in or not and # of flags on stem
  • make sure when approporiate, players improvise parts correctly
  • tenor
  • The position of notes on the lines and spaces of the staff
A cadential point brings the musical phrase to a resting point, which may or may not be followed by a pause.
  • twice as fast
  • example c
  • False
  • clarinet
Listen to this excerpt from Midsummer Night's Dream. Which instrument classification is represented?
  • french horns
  • aerophone
  • idiophone
  • Absolute
Timbre is often referred to as _________ color.
  • tone
  • tenor
  • False
  • True
The frequency of the lowest sound that the normal human ear can perceive ranges between 16 and 20 Hertz.
  • True
  • False
Listen to this excerpt from Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man.
  • False
  • plucked
  • trumpet
  • True
Aside from Carmina Burana (1937), Carl Orff is widely known for:
  • His work in music education
  • 5 lines and 4 spaces
  • keyboard, pipes
  • True
Which of the following is NOT a way to produce sound in string instruments?
  • brass trombone
  • blowing
  • bassoon
  • whether to use modern or old fashioned baton
This volume excerpt is an example of
  • excerpt B; beethovens moonlight sonata
  • crescendo; louder
  • tenor
  • electrophone
Which of the following is not a decision about interpretation that the conductor of a symphony orchestra makes?
  • whether to use modern or old fashioned baton
  • Excerpt B; wind instruments
  • make sure when approporiate, players improvise parts correctly
  • Time values in music are expressed in relative terms.
Which of the following excerpts from See Here the Conqu'ring Hero Comes uses loud dynamics?
  • french horns
  • Example A
  • The perceptive listener describes music using vocabulary such as "mellow" and "upbeat"
  • Excerpt A; drum african music
The term controller refers to:
  • intensity and intimacy of choral writing
  • the white keys on a piano
  • The device used to select pitch in an electronic instrument
  • electrphone
The following excerpt features a musical ensemble(Hallelujah)
  • True
  • False
Listen to the following excerpt from Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony No.There is a dialogue between a high-sounding part and a low one.
  • tone
  • tuba
  • True
  • Scale
traditional drum set. According to instrument classification by sound source, which of the following groups are represented here?
  • trombone, trumpet, horn, and tuba
  • idiophone
  • idiophones and membranophones
  • A cappella choir
How does a violinist control dynamics?
  • tenor
  • Time values in music are expressed in relative terms.
  • crescendo; louder
  • By applying more or less bow pressure and speed on the strings
In Prokofiev's: "Peter and the Wolf", which instrument represents the "duck"?
  • oboe
  • True
  • clarinet
  • touch
short segments played by piano alone
  • riffs
  • True
  • False
  • clarinet
The distance between D and A (above that D) is a:
  • fifth
  • tenor
  • rhythm
  • False
A rest symbol indicates:
  • idiophone
  • exactly the same
  • period of silence
  • True
The aria Lucevan le Stelle is composed for a/an:
  • tone
  • True
  • False
  • tenor
function of amplifier
  • all the above
  • amplifies loudness
  • dead center front
  • membranophone
super deep male
  • horn
  • bass
  • riffs
  • False
For the most part, pianists and harpsichordists don't have direct contact with the strings of their instruments. Therefore, they manipulate sound through a ____mechanism.
  • moves hammer closer to strings
  • A cappella choir
  • keyboard mechanism attached to a hammer (piano) or plectrum (harpsichord) that strikes or plucks the strings.
  • Excerpt B was used in the text to illustrate program music. Listen to how the music tells a story with a quick tempo, interesting instrumentation and a skipping elf-like rhythm at the beginning.
In Prokofiev's: "Peter and the Wolf", which instruments represents the Peter?
  • clarinet
  • True
  • cymbals
  • strings
This is a short excerpt from J.S. Bach's Air from the Suite No. 3 in D major. Listening to that excerpt, a casual listener would be more inclined to do which of the following?
  • control flow of air to pipes
  • intensity and intimacy of choral writing
  • idiophones and membranophones
  • enjoy music as background
In jazz, performers have wide, creative freedom, even when they are playing from a score.
  • True
  • False
In the organ, volume is determined by:
  • True
  • idiophone
  • chordophone; guitar
  • wind pressure
which instrument carries melody
  • False
  • tone
  • oboe
  • violin
A referential listener is a person that relates to music mainly through extra-musical connections or associations.
  • True
  • False
Which of the following is NOT true of the perceptive listener?
  • The perceptive listener describes music using vocabulary such as "mellow" and "upbeat"
  • Excerpt A; drum african music
  • Excerpt C; Jazz solo
  • make sure when approporiate, players improvise parts correctly
Text states that________ is essential element in music
  • rhythm
  • trumpet
  • riffs
  • False
Which of the following is a member of the brass family?
  • bassoon
  • Absolute
  • wind pressure
  • brass trombone
If you take any pitch on the keyboard, the next occurrence of the same letter name going towards the right (up) will vibrate:
  • french horns
  • Example B
  • one cycle per second
  • twice as fast
In the organ, pipe length determines:
  • False
  • True
  • pitch
  • interval
Handel uses different combinations of dynamics and timbre to achieve unity and variety in See Here the Conqu'ring Hero Comes.Which of the following excerpts combines ensemble playing and soft dynamics?
  • trumpet
  • Example B
  • clarinet
  • whole note
According to the classification of instruments by sound source, the one in this example is a/an:
  • excerpt B soprano
  • False
  • cello: chordophone
  • harp
Which of the following excerpts is an example of art music?
  • excerpt B; beethovens moonlight sonata
  • all the above
  • Octave is name of particular interval size
  • Excerpt B- sounds like mozart or somethin
There are___keys in a full size piano keyboard.
  • 88
  • fifth
  • plucked
  • True
Art music is superior to folk or popular music
  • True
  • False
Which instrument, along with the orchestra, plays this example?
  • oboe
  • False
  • True
  • violin
snare drum
  • crescendo; louder
  • membranophone
  • wind pressure
  • violin concerto
The interval between any two adjacent C's on the keyboard is called a/an
  • volume
  • False
  • Octave
  • True
triumph music
  • tenor
  • False
  • by brass
  • interval
Value of a ___ note serves as basis for relative value of all other notes
  • oboe, bassoon
  • flute
  • whole note
  • False
Which of the following factors that influence dynamic change is at work in the following example?
  • whether to use modern or old fashioned baton
  • energy
  • False
  • flute
composers starterd writing dynamic markings in scores bc
  • 512 Hz on the one to the right, and 128 Hz on the one to the left
  • trombone, trumpet, horn, and tuba
  • True
  • new instruments allowed for more dynamic ranges and contrast
Art music has traditionally been created by trained professional musicians.
  • True
  • False
Identify the single reed instrument:
  • True
  • trumpet
  • clarinet
  • False
Which brass instrument plays the melody in this example?
  • trombone
  • True
  • flute
  • electrophone
Identify the woodwind instrument in this excerpt by the contemporary composer Aulis Sallinen.
  • False
  • flute
  • touch
  • True
Which of the following most likely contains an improvised solo?
  • blowing
  • Excerpt A; drum african music
  • The perceptive listener describes music using vocabulary such as "mellow" and "upbeat"
  • Excerpt C; Jazz solo
The first known instance of a harpsichord dates from:
  • 1397
  • 88
  • flat
  • True
instrument played : synthesizer
  • excerpt B soprano
  • idiophone
  • crescendo; louder
  • electrphone
The distance between two pitches is called a/an
  • True
  • tenor
  • clarinet
  • interval
Each line and space on the staff represents a different:
  • Pitch
  • True
  • oboe
  • False
The four most common brass instruments in the traditional symphony orchestra are:
  • vocal, sounds like opera
  • trumpet
  • flute, clarinet, oboe, and bassoon
  • trombone, trumpet, horn, and tuba
Composers started marking their scores with instructions about dynamic
  • well into 17th C
  • A cappella choir
  • cello: chordophone
  • excerpt B soprano
The black key to the right of G is called G
  • Octave
  • trombone
  • G Sharp
  • piano
The name of the white key in between the group of two black keys on the keyboard is:
  • False
  • flute
  • D
  • True
Listen to this excerpt from Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.
  • tuba
  • horn
  • harp
  • False
When a harpsichordist depresses a key, a simple mechanism causes a __________ to __________ a string.
  • True
  • Example B
  • violin concerto
  • quill;pluck
instrument played with flute
  • aerophone
  • True
  • wind pressure
  • False
Riff
  • Violin, viola, cello, and double bass
  • chordophone; guitar
  • Octave is name of particular interval size
  • short melodic and rhythmic patterns
The following excerpt is dissonant. (Starts at 0 & ends at :16)
  • True
  • False
The volume of this excerpt is an example of which of the following? (Starts at 2:22 & ends at 2:32)
  • Vihuela
  • False
  • Polyphonic
  • Piano
The Etude Op. No. 12 in C minor by Frederic Chopin is an example of a three-part form
  • True
  • False
The secular text and overall musical style of this example suggest that it is from a/an: (1:36-3:40)
  • Organ
  • opera
  • Jacopo Peri
  • True
The violins are played pizzicato in this nine-second example. (Starts at 0 & ends at 6:14)
  • True
  • False
Which brass instrument plays the melody in this example? (Starts at 11:02 & ends at 11:13)
  • Repeated tones
  • True
  • Trombone, trumpet, horn, and tuba
  • Trombone
This piece is a good example of: (:18)
  • homophonic texture
  • Terraced dynamics
  • monophonic texture
  • Jacopo Peri
A feature of this example suggests it is from the early part of the Medieval period. That feature is: (play :22)
  • Bach or Handel.
  • The dramatic use of silence
  • Polyphonic
  • monophonic texture
The Renaissance madrigal was a sacred music form used to convey the meanings behind the poems on which they were based.
  • True
  • False
Listen to the following selection. Which of the following Italian tempo terms best applies to the selection? (Starts at 0 & ends at 7:31)
  • Oratorio
  • False
  • Allegro
  • Excerpt C
The following excerpt is an example of Renaissance a cappella choral music. (0-7:19)
  • True
  • False
The following excerpt represents melody with harmonic accompaniment. ( starts at 1:19 & ends at 1:25)
  • True
  • False
This excerpt most likely falls in the category of::17
  • mass
  • Troubadour song
  • True
  • False
The Renaissance was the golden age of
  • Choral composition for small ensembles
  • theme and variations form
  • Terraced dynamics
  • violin, viola, cello, double bass
Which of the following choices is the defining characteristics of polyphony?
  • Basso continuo; The Doctrine of Affections
  • The grand conclusion of the piece
  • The independence and equality of concurrent melodic lines
  • Performed by a small orchestra
Which type of musical texture is primarily represented in the following example? (Starts at 0 & ends at :19)
  • Polyphony
  • Idiophones
  • Trombone
  • homophony
Which woodwind instrument is the soloist playing in this example? (Starts at 0 & ends at :15)
  • False
  • flute
  • Basoon
  • True
The instrument in this example can be described as a/an: (starts at 0 & ends at :32)
  • Troubadour song
  • Bach or Handel.
  • Electrophone
  • Excerpt C
Does the following excerpt move mainly by disjunct, conjunct, or repeated tones?:36
  • Bach or Handel.
  • Example C
  • Repeated tones
  • Cantus firmus
The composer of this excerpt is... (play :58)
  • Hildegard von Bingen
  • Troubadour song
  • Terraced dynamics
  • There are three beats in each measure.
the following excerpt has smooth melodies that imitate one another on entrances. (Starts at 0 & ends at 3:42)
  • True
  • False
What instrument plays this example? (Starts at 0 & ends at 1:09)
  • rubato
  • True
  • Organ
  • theme
The name of this instrument is
  • True
  • Piano
  • False
  • Oboe
The dynamics in this example is best describes as: (:17-2:53)
  • Choral composition for small ensembles
  • Terraced dynamics
  • Jacopo Peri
  • homophonic texture
The volume of this excerpt is loud. (Starts at :22 & ends at :32)
  • True
  • False
The Italian term for at ease is:
  • rubato
  • Oratorio
  • adagio
  • Piano
Which description of the excerpt is correct: ( starts at 0 & ends at :07)
  • Excerpt B
  • The melodic contour moves upward and then downward
  • Mixed melodic directions with a transitional character
  • The dramatic use of silence
The melody in the following excerpt is comprised of: (starts at :27 & ends at :50)
  • The dramatic use of silence
  • rubato
  • False
  • Several small melodic ideas
Listen to the following excerpt from Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. (Starts at 7:04 & ends at 7:17)This short excerpt represents:
  • The grand conclusion of the piece
  • Allegro
  • Trombone, trumpet, horn, and tuba
  • Bach or Handel.
The kettledrum is the most important percussion instrument of the symphony orchestra
  • True
  • False
In The Young Person's Guide, the theme is played more than 8 times in order to give each instrument family a chance to play.
  • True
  • False
The following excerpt is an example of ritardando. (Starts at 3:14 & ends at 3:24)
  • True
  • False
This music passage is an example of: (starts at :17 & ends at :32)
  • homophony
  • Castanets
  • Excerpt B
  • Disjunct
Which percussion instrument is featured in this example? (Starts at 0 & ends at :30)
  • Blowing
  • Example C
  • Disjunct
  • Castanets
Which wind wood instrument is featured in the following excerpt from Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf? (Starts at 0 & ends at :14)
  • Trombone
  • Oratorio
  • False
  • Basoon
In this section of the Dark Eyes the a cappella choir accompanies a: (starts at 0 & ends at 1:02)
  • rubato
  • Baritone
  • Repeated tones
  • False
In this musical excerpt, it is fair to say that each melodic phrase exhibits a melodic contour that moves in a downward direction. (Starts at 0 & ends at :29)
  • True
  • False
The following musical excerpt represents strophic form.3:11
  • True
  • False
The following excerpt is dissonant. (Starts at 0 & ends at :27)
  • True
  • False
The following example features a steady pulse played by the bass. (Starts at 0 & ends at 5:59)
  • True
  • False
Which of the following is NOT a member of the brass family?
  • Excerpt C
  • English horn
  • Excerpt A
  • Example C
The earliest surviving opera- then called dramma per musica- was written by a member of the Florentine camerata named:
  • Idiophones
  • Jacopo Peri
  • Excerpt B
  • False
For the most part, pianists and harpsichordists don't have direct contact with the strings of their instruments. Therefore, they manipulate sound through a _____ mechanism
  • Polyphony
  • Cantus firmus
  • Disjunct
  • keyboard
During the renaissance, what was the name composers gave to the original chant used as the bases for the main melody in a composition?
  • False
  • Excerpt A
  • Cantus firmus
  • Connotation
The following example is played on an instrument that was very popular during the Renaissance. That instrument is the: (0-5:54)
  • False
  • Vihuela
  • Allegro
  • True
Which statement reflects the musical features of the following music example?
  • The independence and equality of concurrent melodic lines
  • Trombone, trumpet, horn, and tuba
  • Excerpt B
  • Performed by a small orchestra
The melodic material in the following excerpt can be best described as having: ( starts at :37 & ends at :50)
  • The dramatic use of silence
  • Mixed melodic directions with a transitional character
  • theme
  • Trombone, trumpet, horn, and tuba
Which statement does NOT apply to the following music example? (0-1:29)
  • It has monophonic texture
  • Gregorian Chant
  • The melodic contour moves upward and then downward
  • Electrophone
Percussion players produce more or less volume by changing bow pressure and speed.
  • True
  • False
Which of the following most likely contains an improvised solo? (Starts at 1:15 & ends at 1:30)
  • Example B
  • Excerpt C
  • Excerpt B
  • Flute
Which of the following excerpts is an example of art music? (Starts at 0 & ends at 3:30)
  • Excerpt B
  • Excerpt A
  • Polyphonic
  • The dramatic use of silence
The most salient compositional aspect of the following excerpt is:
  • Imitation between voices
  • Repeated tones
  • There are three beats in each measure.
  • Performed by a small orchestra
This composition is a clear example of:17:17
  • The grand conclusion of the piece
  • homophonic texture
  • theme and variations form
  • English horn
According to the text, binary forms are based on the principal of variation
  • True
  • False
This example is: (starts at 1:40 & ends at 2:10)
  • From a renaissance composition having its roots in folk songs
  • homophony
  • fifth
  • Choral composition for small ensembles
In the western music tradition, a note symbol (i.e., its shape) indicates pitch.
  • True
  • False
Which of the following excerpts from See Here the Conqu'ring Hero Comes uses loud dynamics? (Starts at 1:59 & ends at 2:12)
  • Allegro
  • The dramatic use of silence
  • Excerpt A
  • Excerpt B
Which excerpt is an exampl of a gradual, or one of the responses to the reading of the epistle during the Mass, composed by Perotin? (Starts at 0 & ends at 2:09)
  • Excerpt B
  • Excerpt A
  • Excerpt 2
  • Example C
Listen to this music example and answer the following question: Who would be a likely composer for this work?:47
  • Gregorian Chant
  • Allegro
  • Bach or Handel.
  • Excerpt 2
Which of the following is a composition for the vihuela? (0-1:58)
  • Example C
  • Cello
  • Excerpt A
  • Example B
Leonardo B. Meyer refers to the connection between music and its function as a musical:
  • Repeated tones
  • Polyphony
  • Oratorio
  • Connotation
This is an example of a musical genre known as (starts at 0 & ends at :12)
  • Troubadour song
  • Excerpt C
  • Electrophone
  • Gregorian Chant
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