Music Appreciation Midterm

The sound source of a the synthesizer is an oscillator.

true

If you take any pitch on the keyboard, the next occurrence of the same letter name going towards the right (up) will vibrate:

twice as fast

which instrument carries melody

violin

The staff is a system of:

5 lines and 4 spaces

If the frequency of the C in the middle is 256 Hz, the corresponding frequencies on either side of that C are

512 Hz on the one to the right, and 128 Hz on the one to the left

There are___keys in a full size piano keyboard.

88

Which of the following excerpts is an example of folk music?

Excerpt A; drum african music

According to the text, the folk song Dark Eyes reflects the Romanian national character.

False, Russian character not Romanian

In the Western music tradition, a note symbol (i.e., its shape) indicates both duration and pitch.

False, only duration

Interpretation is one of the composer's most important tasks.

False, performer is interpreter

Dynamic variety refers to the use of different sound sources.

False, refers to different volumes

The following features a musical ensemble

False, solo piano

A piece of folk music typically remains unchanged throughout the years.

False

According to Booker T. Washington, plantation songs have nothing to do with religious fervor.

False

Art music is superior to folk or popular music

False

Time values are expressed in absolute terms

False; only relative terms

The black key to the right of G is called G

G Sharp

Which of the following is a true statement?

Octave is name of particular interval size

Each line and space on the staff represents a different:

Pitch

Composers of art music create works that are passed on from generation to generation by listening, remembering, and imitating.

False, that would me folk- no written documents or music scores

A note at the bottom of the staff has a higher pitch than a note at the top of the staff.

False;

A long string, if plucked really hard, will vibrate faster and thereby produce a higher pitch than a shorter string.

False; Regardless of how hard we pluck it, a long string will always vibrate at a slower frequency than a shorter one and, therefore, will produce a lower pitch.

Musical excerpt is an example of piano volume

False; This excerpt from Chopin's Revolutionary Étude is an example of forte volume

The following is an example of solo performer

False; can hear wind and string

Referential listeners are most common types of listeners

False; casual are

Which of the following is NOT a way to produce sound in string instruments?

blowing

triumph music

by brass

The electric guitar can be considered as both a chordophone and a/an:

electrophone

instrument played : synthesizer

electrphone

Which of the following factors that influence dynamic change is at work in the following example?

energy

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?

enjoy music as background

When performing, pianists are in direct contact with the source of the sound.

false

Despite being a great composer, Richard Wagner did not succeed in creating great operas.

false; one of most imp opera composers

The two notes of an octave sound exactly the same due to the simple relationship of their frequencies

false; similar not same

The term concerto refers to a performer playing by her/himself.

false; soloist plus orchestra

The collection of parallel lines and spaces on which notes are written is called notation.

false; that would be staff

This example comes from a concerto for __________ and orchestra.

horn

instrument heard

horn

instrument playing: tapping of chutes

idiophone

The English madrigal is characterized by:

intensity and intimacy of choral writing

The text states that guitars are strummed or __________.

plucked

High male voice

tenor

Timbre is often referred to as _________ color.

tone

A traditional symphony orchestra can sometimes have more than 100 players.

true

Perceptive listeners are mainly concerned with judging the quality of the performance of a piece of music.

False; perceptive listeners combine all 3 charecteristics and is not limited to any 1

According to the text, it is a simple task to define the category of folk music.

False; rich, varied, and complicated

Deep River is an example of Jazz

False; spiritual piece

Great performers possess outstanding technique but may not have deep musical understanding.

False; technique and understanding

Percussion players produce more or less volume by changing bow pressure and speed.

False; they don't use a bow

Unity alone sustains interest and appeals to our need and enjoyment of the new, different, and unexpected.

False; unity is for familiarity and variety for interest and unexpected

The volume of this excerpt is an example of crescendo.

False; volume is constant

Identify the false statement:

Synthesizers have always had a well-established presence in standard ensembles.

In wind instruments, sound is produced by setting a column of air in motion inside the body of the instrument.

TRUE

The term controller refers to:

The device used to select pitch in an electronic instrument

In jazz, performers have wide, creative freedom, even when they are playing from a score.

True

The following excerpt features a musical ensemble (Hallelujah)

True

The following excerpt from Pictures at an Exhibition features low pitches.

True

The frequency of the lowest sound that the normal human ear can perceive ranges between 16 and 20 Hertz.

True

The performer acts as a bridge between the composer and the listener.

True

Two of the most obvious musical elements that composers use to achieve variety are dynamics and timbre.

True

The following features a solo performer

True: quick paced solo piano

The main orchestral string instruments are:

Violin, viola, cello, and double bass

According to the classification of instruments by sound source, the one in this example is a/an:

cello: chordophone

instrument played in this excerpt

chordophone; guitar

Identify the single reed instrument:

clarinet

In Prokofiev's: "Peter and the Wolf", which instrument represents the "cat"?

clarinet

Which woodwind instrument plays along with the strings in this Mozart excerpt?

clarinet

Construction and sound production are the same among keyboard instruments.

false

Scholars have been able to determine the origin of the xylophone with absolute certainty.

false

Since the synthesizer is an electronic instrument, oscillation is not a factor in sound generation.

false

The Entry Chorus from Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi is sung by a chamber choir.

false

The synthesizer is a very easy instrument to categorize.

false

sole function of conductor is beat time

false

volume of this excerpt is loud

false

The key indicated by the arrow above is correctly labeled.

false, F sharp or G flat

According to the text, all critics agree that jazz is a subcategory of art music.

false, cannot agree

in western tradition, note symbol indicates pitch

false, indicates duration not pitch pitch is by notehead on specific line or space on staff

As a musical concept, dynamics covers only the overall loudness or softness of a piece of music.

false; also gradual volume changes

The French technical term for "mouthpiece" is la bouche.

false; embouchure

Musical themes cannot represent real or fictional charecters

false; for example Symphonia Fantastique

The aria Lucevan le Stelle is from the opera Gianni Schicci by Giacomo Puccini

false; from opera tosca

The harpsichord was used as an accompanying instrument in opera only in the 16th century.

false; in 16th, 17th, and 18th C It was used in chamber and orchestral music, and also in opera.

All harpsichords use one string per key to produce sound.

false; not all built same

The critical listener combines the characteristics of all types of listeners.

false; that's perspective listener

soprano register lies between alto and tenor ranges

false;soprano is highest female range

The distance between D and A (above that D) is a:

fifth

The black key to the right of the A on this keyboard can be called A sharp or B

flat

Identify the woodwind instrument in this excerpt by the contemporary composer Aulis Sallinen.

flute

Which woodwind instrument is the soloist playing in this example?

flute

The four main orchestral woodwind instruments are:

flute, clarinet, oboe, and bassoon

Upon its invention, the fortepiano eclipsed the popularity of the harpsichord:

for next 200 years

Listen to the following excerpt from Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.

french horns

Listen to this excerpt from Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.

harp

traditional drum set. According to instrument classification by sound source, which of the following groups are represented here?

idiophones and membranophones

The distance between two pitches is called a/an

interval

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.

keyboard mechanism attached to a hammer (piano) or plectrum (harpsichord) that strikes or plucks the strings.

The organ is a ____________instrument, whose tone is produced by wind flowing through ____________.

keyboard, pipes

In brass instruments, pitch depends on the ______of the air column.

length

What is NOT the role of the conductor in a traditional symphony orchestra?

make sure when approporiate, players improvise parts correctly

snare drum

membranophone

super high female

soprano

The sound of string instruments is produced by a _______ stretched between two points.

string

Listen to the following excerpt from Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.

string family

In Prokofiev's: "Peter and the Wolf", which instruments represents the Peter?

strings

The aria Lucevan le Stelle is composed for a/an:

tenor

The pitch letter names correspond to:

the white keys on a piano

Listen to this excerpt from Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss.

timpani/kettle drums

Which of the following instruments does NOT belong in the indefinite pitch group?

timpani; can be tuned

A pianist's skill in manipulating volume is usually referred to as the performer's____

touch

Which brass instrument plays the melody in this example?

trombone

The four most common brass instruments in the traditional symphony orchestra are:

trombone, trumpet, horn, and tuba

In the Western music tradition, a note symbol (i.e., its shape) indicates duration

true

It is very important to recognize that pitch is a relative concept.

true

Just as there are quarter notes, there are quarter rests

true

Kettledrum is another name for timpani.

true

Keyboard instruments are sometimes part of the orchestra.

true

Music that follows an explicit story is often called program music.

true

The casual listener regards music mainly as a mood enhancer or as a pleasant part of the environment.

true

The harp may be a part-time fifth member of the orchestral strings.

true

The name trombone is derived from the Italian term for trumpet.

true

The synthesizer has virtually no standard repertoire.

true

The term timbre refers to the different sound sources used in a composition.

true

We refer to specific pitches or tones with letter names using the letters A through G

true

volume and dynamic are interchangeable terms

true

Music excerpt is an example of forte

true; This excerpt from Antonin Dvorak's Slavonic Dance No. 8 is an example of forte.

Volume of Beethovens Pastoral Symphony is decrescendo

true; becomes softer

The first organ used water to control wind pressure.

true; hydraulos

Castanets are non-pitched instruments.

true; idiophones under concussion group

Jazz incorporates elements of folk music.

true;Jazz predecessors include, among others, plantation songs, spirituals, and river boat music.

Listen to this excerpt from Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man.

trumpet

This example comes from a concerto for __________ and orchestra.

trumpet

Which instrument of the brass family plays the melody in this example?

trumpet

Listen to the following excerpt from Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony No. 6. There is a dialogue between a high-sounding part and a low one.

tuba

____ is an instrumental technique that, in the case of string players, consists of a quick back and forth movement or rocking of the finger that is in contact with the string, with the intent of producing a fluctuation in pitch.

vibrato

Which string instrument is featured in this excerpt from Paganini's 24 Caprices?

violin

What do you call a piece of music where a violin soloist plays with an orchestra?

violin concerto

The following features instrumental, string, vocal, or percussion?

vocal, sounds like opera

The energy with which a player produces the air stream determines __________.

volume

Composers started marking their scores with instructions about dynamic

well into 17th C

A notes duration is indicated by

whether note head is filled in or not and # of flags on stem

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

Value of a ___ note serves as basis for relative value of all other notes

whole note

In the organ, volume is determined by:

wind pressure

The first known instance of a harpsichord dates from:

1397

The audible frequency spectrum in humans ranges between:

16 and 20,000 hertz

The song Dark Eyes is sung by a choir without instrumental accompaniment. This type of vocal group is called:

A cappella choir

Music not associated with particular story, image, object, or event is called

Absolute

The one-piece cast-iron frame, a crucial development in the history of the piano, was invented by:

Alpheus Babcock of Boston, USA in 1825

How does a violinist control dynamics?

By applying more or less bow pressure and speed on the strings

The name of the white key in between the group of two black keys on the keyboard is:

D

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 A

Which of the following excerpts from See Here the Conqu'ring Hero Comes uses loud dynamics?

Example A

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?

Example B

Listen to the following excerpts of Idea A from G. F. Handel's See Here the Conqu'ring Hero Comes. Which one is played by a solo instrument?

Example B

Which of the following excerpts was used in the text as an illustration of program music?

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.

Which of the following excerpts is an example of art music?

Excerpt B- sounds like mozart or somethin

Which of the following excerpts is an example of jazz?

Excerpt B; wind instruments

Which of the following most likely contains an improvised solo?

Excerpt C; Jazz solo

Aside from Carmina Burana (1937), Carl Orff is widely known for:

His work in music education

The interval between any two adjacent C's on the keyboard is called a/an

Octave

The upright piano was first developed in:

Philly, US

When keys that correspond to consecutive letter names are played sequentially they create a

Scale

Which of the following is NOT true of the perceptive listener?

The perceptive listener describes music using vocabulary such as "mellow" and "upbeat"

In musical notation, pitch is indicated exclusively by:

The position of notes on the lines and spaces of the staff

Which of the two following statements is true? Time values in music are expressed in absolute terms. Time values in music are expressed in relative terms.

Time values in music are expressed in relative terms.

A referential listener is a person that relates to music mainly through extra-musical connections or associations.

True

According to the text, Folk music, jazz music, and art music are not mutually exclusive genres.

True

Art music has traditionally been created by trained professional musicians.

True

Folk music belongs to the community even though it may have been created by individual

True

Listen to this excerpt from Midsummer Night's Dream. Which instrument classification is represented?

aerophone

instrument played with flute

aerophone

Which of the following factors contribute to brass instruments having a "brassy" timbre?

all the above

function of amplifier

amplifies loudness

super deep male

bass

In Prokofiev's: "Peter and the Wolf", which instrument represents the "grandfather"?

bassoon

Listen to this excerpt by the Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev.

bassoon

Which woodwind instrument is featured in the following excerpt from Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf?

bassoon

Which of the following is a member of the brass family?

brass trombone

Percussion instruments where two similar objects are clapped together to produce a sound can be further classified under the ____ group.

concussion/idiophone

The function of the organ's stops is to:

control flow of air to pipes

This volume excerpt is an example of

crescendo; louder

Which of the following instruments does NOT belong in the definite pitch group:

cymbals

viola players sit

dead center front

Ascending and descending intervals are calculated:

exactly the same

A cadential point brings the musical phrase to a resting point, which may or may not be followed by a pause.

example c

range most prominent from Listen to these two excerpts from Carmina Burana

excerpt B soprano

Which of the following excerpts suggests increasing tension in the music?

excerpt B suggests an increase in tension brought about through the increasing rise in pitch

Which of the following two excerpts uses soft dynamics?

excerpt B; beethovens moonlight sonata

According to the text, traditional symphony orchestra musicans are permited to improvise their parts

false

The pedals are a crucial component of the piano. The function of the soft pedal is to reduce the amount and quality of the sound. On an upright piano, the soft pedal:

moves hammer closer to strings

composers starterd writing dynamic markings in scores bc

new instruments allowed for more dynamic ranges and contrast

IN western tradition, sound is represented in written form through musical _____

notation

In Prokofiev's: "Peter and the Wolf", which instrument represents the "duck"?

oboe

Which instrument, along with the orchestra, plays this example?

oboe

Identify the correct pair of double reed instruments:

oboe, bassoon

Vibration may be represented in terms of frequency. The basic unit of frequency is called the Hertz. What does one Hertz represent?

one cycle per second

A rest symbol indicates:

period of silence

The volume of this excerpt is an example of which of the following

piano

In the organ, pipe length determines:

pitch

When a harpsichordist depresses a key, a simple mechanism causes a __________ to __________ a string.

quill;pluck

The type of music event where a soloist plays by her/himself is called a __________.

recital

Text states that________ is essential element in music

rhythm

short segments played by piano alone

riffs

Riff

short melodic and rhythmic patterns