Mid-Term Study Guide

The following examples are all in what time? a. 1 half-note, 1 quarter-note, 2 eighth-notes b. 2 quarter-notes, 4 eighth-notes c. 2 half-notes

4/4

The term "modulation" may be defined as

A gradual change from one key to another

The first movement of Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" is an example of

A sonata form

The primary theme of a fugue is called

A subject

When the notes of a musical chord sound one after another, rather than simultaneously, it is called

An arpeggio

Where would a listener most likely expect to hear a "coda" as part of a symphonic movement?

At the end

The compositional technique that is common in a passacaglia and a chaconne is the use of

Basso ostinato

When the structure of a song falls into two distinctive sections is called a

Binary form

The march "Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa is an example of

Duple meter

Symbols used to express the many possible gradations in volume level are called

Dynamics

The opinion that "the value of music lies with its ability to touch the heart--a reflection of human emotion" is the long-held belief of the

Expressionist

The viewpoint that holds "the value of music lies intrinsically within the music itself, and in the nature of its structure and the order of its sounds" is the view of the

Formalist

How many "families" of musical instruments are included in a standard orchestra?

Four (strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion)

What is defined as "melody with harmonic accompaniment?"

Homophonic

The process of playing instruments "in tune" is called

Intonation

Around 1743, an orchestra was created in Mannheim, Germany, in the court of Karl Theodor, that had a reputation as one of the greatest of its time, under the direction of

Johann Stamitz

Small lines used to identify the pitch of notes too high or too low to be included within the staff are called

Ledger lines

Identify the famed conductor/composer of the New York Philharmonic.

Leonard Bernstein

The grouping of tones into a steady, consistent pattern of pulses is called

Meter

Identify the song that is in the minor mode: a. "Happy Birthday to You" b. "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" c. "Jingle Bells" d. None of the above

None of the above

When attending a concert or recital performance, one should

Not applaud between movements of a multi-movement work , or enter the auditorium until the audience applauds at the end of a work

Determined by evenly-timed vibrations, measured in "frequencies," it may be defined as "the highness or lowness of a tone."

Pitch

The "symphonic tone poem" is an example of

Program music and free form

What are the three general approaches to music listening?

Referentialism, formalism, and expressionism

Music portraits, called "symphonic tone poems," which emphasize the descriptive power of the music is a genre especially enjoyed by the

Referentialist

What is used to achieve the element of "unity" in a composition?

Restatement, sequence, and imitation

What composer established his reputation on the basis of his tone poems?

Richard Strauss

The final movement of a standard classical symphony is typically a

Rondo form

A graph-like structure consisting of five lines and four spaces on which music is noted is called a

Staff

The length of time a composer intends for a tone to sound is indicated by the shape and color of the note and by the addition of

Stems, dots, and flags

When the stress, or accent, of the music is placed with the measure on a pulse not normally accented, this process is called

Syncopation

The designation "A-B-A song form" is often used to describe

Ternary form

The song "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is an example of

Ternary form

Identify the member of the woodwind family listed below: a. the trombone b. the xylophone c. the bassoon d. the glockenspiel

The bassoon

In "Peter and the Wolf," the character "grandpa" was represented by

The bassoon

What are essential links in the three-person artistic chain for the communication and propagation of music?

The composer, the performer, and the audience

Identify the double-reed instrument in the following group of instruments: a. the French horn b. the oboe c. the xylophone d. the harp

The oboe

Which of the following is not considered a fugal form? a. the concerto grosso b. the theme with variations c. the chorale prelude d. the motet and madrigal

The theme with variations

In "Carnival of the Animals" by Camille Saint-Saens, the composer used which instrument to describe the "persons with long ears"?

The violins

Melodies that assume a greater importance than others because they contain central musical ideas are called

Themes

"The Sorcerer's Apprentice" is a good example of a

Tone poem

A chord built upon the first degree of the scale is known as the

Tonic

Identify which of the following is not part of a sonata (or "sonata-allegro") form: a. recapitulation b. development c. transposition d. exposition

Transposition

When the tones of a chord are stacked in intervals of a third, this common chord is called a

Triad

The lowest sounding member of the brass family is the

Tuba