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Question #1

Which instrument is an early version of the trombone?

A sackbut

B shawm

C lute

Question #2

Which instrument is an ancestor of the oboe?

A shawm

B cornetto

C lute

Question #3

Early instrumental music relied on the improvisation skills of players.

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #4

What do the repeated dance sections of Susato’s Three Dances allow the musicians to do?

A Take rests.

B Perform melodic embellishments.

C Correct any mistakes they may have made the first time.

D Take turns dancing.

Question #5

Which of the following dance forms is found in sixteenth-century publications?

A merengue

B quickstep

C saltarello

Question #6

Susato’s Danserye is

A the name of Susato’s civic wind band.

B a song collection.

C a collection of popular dances.

Question #7

An unexpected harsh dissonance coinciding with the word “death” is an example of

A word-painting.

B a cappella singing.

C polyphony.

D organum.

Question #8

The mood of Farmer’s madrigal Fair Phyllis is

A serious and courtly.

B quiet and mysterious.

C light and pastoral.

D sad and melancholy.

Question #9

Looking at the title, Symphony No. 94 in G Major, we can determine that the genre is

A a symphony.

B an overture.

C not stated.

D a classical song.

Question #10

Which of the following shows the correct order of vocal ranges from highest to lowest?

A alto, bass, tenor, soprano

B bass, tenor, alto, soprano

C soprano, alto, tenor, bass

D alto, soprano, bass, tenor

Question #11

Music composed for religious purposes is called

A sacred.

B vernacular.

C nonspecific.

D secular.

Question #12

The bowed string instrument with the highest range is the

A double bass.

B violin.

C viola.

D cello.

Question #13

The instrument family providing the accompaniment to the main melody in this excerpt is the

A brass.

B percussion.

C strings.

D woodwinds.

Question #14

Which might describe “exciting” music?

A a fast tempo.

B an increasingly polyphonic texture.

C All possible answers.

D the main tune rose in the brass.

Question #15

Which is an example of pitched percussion?

A snare drum

B xylophone

C cymbal

D bass drum

Question #16

Which of the following is an approach one can take when writing about music?

A analysis.

B evaluative statements.

C All possible answers.

D comparisons.

Question #17

Which is the correct chronological ordering of the following historical periods?

A Classical, Romantic, Renaissance, Modernist

B Romantic, Classical, Baroque, Modernist

C Baroque, Renaissance, Modernist, Romantic

D Renaissance, Baroque, Romantic, Modernist

Question #18

Benjamin Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra was written specifically to demonstrate

A different timbres in the orchestra.

B different dynamic markings.

C different rhythms.

D different harmonies.

Question #19

Which would you be likely to include when writing about music?

A a comprehensive analysis

B a blow-by-blow description

C a detailed list of the performers and instruments

D a balance between descriptive and personal reactions

Question #20

The concertmaster is the

A conductor.

B first-chair violist.

C first-chair violinist.

D first-chair cellist.

Question #21

Which of the following terms describes instruments made with stretched skins?

A aerophone

B chordophone

C membranophone

D idiophone

Question #22

Which describes instruments classified as idiophones?

A sound produced from the substance itself

B sound produced from a vibrating string

C sound produced by using air

Question #23

Western art music refers to

A the notated and cultivated music of European and Euro-American society.

B music captured in cultural context by ethnomusicologists.

C vernacular musics.

Question #24

The conductor

A interprets the music.

B All answers are correct.

C beats time in metrical patterns.

D rehearses the ensemble.

Question #25

An instrument that produces sound from a vibrating string is called a(n)

A idiophone.

B chordophone.

C aerophone.

D membranophone.

Question #26

Jazz bands usually include

A a reed section and a string section.

B a reed section, a brass section, and a rhythm section.

C only a reed section.

D only a brass section.

Question #27

Which instruments are members of the woodwind family?

A flute, oboe, bassoon, English horn, saxophone

B bass clarinet, English horn, trumpet

C oboe, piccolo, contrabassoon, guitar

D clarinet, piano, saxophone

Question #28

Which describes instruments classified as aerophones?

A sound produced by using air

B sound produced from a vibrating string

C sound produced from the substance itself

Question #29

The instruments of the Western orchestra are categorized into which groups?

A woodwinds, brass, and percussion

B voice, strings, woodwinds, and brass

C strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion

D strings, brass, and percussion

Question #30

The _____ serves as home base in most Western music.

A scale

B dissonance

C tonic

D tonality

Question #31

An accented beat followed by two weak beats indicates a __________ meter.

A duple

B poly-

C triple

D quadruple

Question #32

The term referring to the overall shape of a melody is

A contour.

B cadence.

C interval.

D range.

Question #33

In duple meter, the accent is typically on which beat?

A second

B first

C fourth

D third

Question #34

Melody

A is a musical line, or the tune.

B is a vertical aspect in music.

C occurs only in Western music.

Question #35

The progression of ________ creates a feeling of order and unity in music.

A harmony

B consonance

C octaves

D dissonance

Question #36

The number of beats in a measure determines the

A scale.

B tempo

C rhythm.

D meter.

Question #37

Three or more tones sounded together produce a(n)

A chord.

B scale.

C syncopation.

D interval.

Question #38

The basic unit of rhythm is the

A beat.

B measure.

C note.

D tempo.

Question #39

In Western music, two scales have been predominant: major and minor.

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #40

Dissonance resolves in

A harmonies.

B drones.

C consonance.

D syncopation.

Question #41

A combination of tones that sounds discordant or in need of resolution is called

A diatonic.

B diluted.

C disjunct.

D dissonant.

Question #42

The distance between two pitches is called a(n)

A interval.

B countermelody.

C rhyme scheme.

D cadence.

Question #43

A chord that sounds stable or restful is called

A a drone.

B dissonant.

C ambulatory.

D consonant.

Question #44

The distance between the highest and lowest pitches in a melodic line is its

A timbre.

B climax.

C cadence.

D range.

Question #45

________ is created when the regular accent is shifted to a weak beat or an offbeat.

A Quadruple meter

B Syncopation

C Compound meter

Question #46

_______ is the principle of organization around a central tone.

A Polyphony

B Harmony

C Meter

D Tonality

Question #47

When a melody begins before a downbeat, it is said to begin on a(n)

A irregular beat.

B syncopation.

C consonance.

D upbeat.

Question #48

Harmony describes the _____ aspects of music.

A temporal

B vertical

C tangential

D horizontal

Question #49

The element that propels music forward in time is

A melody.

B range.

C harmony.

D rhythm.

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