music appreciation

Which of the following is the best/most complete option for opening statements about the rhythm of "Footloose"?

"Footloose" by Kenny Loggins is a classic 80's song I enjoy chiefly because of its complex and engaging rhythms.

Select the proper order for these sentences in a paragraph about rhythm.

1. "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins is a 2. Rhythm is what moves music 3. Overall the rhythms in "Footloose" 4. The song began with a regular 5. In each section, I was able to detect 6. Because of its engaging rhythmic

Please order the sentence types in their correct sequence for a paragraph analyzing the rhythms of "Romance" by Claude Debussy.

1. I really enjoyed listening to 2. Rhythm is what moves music 3. Overall the rhythms of the piano 4. At the beginning, the piano played simple 5. The meter seemed to be consistently simple 6. The refined interaction of the simple

How many pitches are used in a dodecaphonic melody?

12

A backbeat places accents on which two beats?

2 and 4

In simple meter, big beats can usually be divided into groups of ___ and ____.

2 and 4

Many "rock and roll" songs employ the use of backbeat, which places accents on beats:

2 and 4

Which of the following is an example of duple meter?

2/2

In compound meter, big beats are generally subdivded into groups of

3 smaller beats

How many beats are in a measure of "9/8" time?

9

Choose the correct defintion of sound.

A physical sensation produced in the organs of hearing when certain vibrations (sound waves) are caused in the surrounding air by a vibrating body

What is a melody?

A succession of pitches perceived by a listener as a single entity

Instruments in this category produce sound by using air.

Aerophone

Listen to this excerpt from "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins, and decide whether or not you agree that the percussion plays a regular backbeat.

Agree

A string quartet, piano trio, or duo sonata are musical ensembles that play which kind of music?

chamber music

The most exciting, high point in a musical line is called the _______.

climax

The conductor is usually responsible for all of the follwing except:

composing the music

Melodies that feature smaller, often step-wise intervals consisting of primarily consecutive pitches is said to be ______.

conjunct

The overall shape of a melody is known as its _____.

contour

This is the highest male voice type, sometimes referred to as falsettists.

countertenor

This register of the human voice typically produces the highest sounds.

falsetto

The concert master usually plays which instrument?

first violin

An element of pitch, _______ concerns the number of vibrations per second a musical tone has.

frequency

The number of cycles of vibrations per second, measured in Hertz (Hz) is called ______.

frequency

Chordophones produce sound _____.

from a vibrating string stretched between two points

This human vocal registration produces the lowest tones/frequencies, as sometimes heard in gospel bass singers.

glottal fry

This 19th-century Afro-Cuban dance rhythm is often a staple rhythmic feature of popular music.

habanera

The instrument heard here is typically plucked.

harp

What does the top number of the time signature tell you?

how many beats are in each measure

____________ means "the (vertical) distance between two pitches."

interval

Noise is made up of ________ sound waves.

irregular

The organ, piano, and harpsichord belong to which instrumental family?

keyboards

Considering the human voice as an instrument, its actuator (power source) are the ______.

lungs

One iteration of a group of beats are contained within a ______.

measure

A line, or tune, in music is called a _____.

melody

This term refers to how beats are organized.

meter

The [1], or how the beats are grouped, of "Footloose" remains consistent throughout. I noticed it was [2] meter, or "4/4 time", because I could regularly count [3] beats in each measure.

meter, simple quadruple, four

This is the medium female voice type.

mezzo soprano

This human vocal registration is typcially associated with singing and speaking.

modal voice

When Whitney Houston belts her face off in "I Will Always Love You", which vocal register is she using?

modal voice

____ is perceived as an irregular succession of soundwaves.

noise

Music that moves without any strong sense of beat or meter is said to be ______.

nonmetric

____ are a system of symbols that represent pitch, usually refered to in Western music by the first seven letters of the alphabet.

notes

Which important interval represents a frequency doubling?

octave

This rhythmic figure occurs between the major beats in a measure.

off beat

This basic unit of rhythm occurs between beats in a measure.

offbeat

The smaller unit of measurement within the context of an entire melody is called a ______.

phase

The overall distance between the highest and lowest notes in a melody is known as ______.

range

____ is the distance between the highest and lowest pitches of a melody.

range

During the chorus of "Footloose" as heard below, the percussion plays a [1] (regular/syncopated) beat, while Mr. Loggins sings more [2] (regular/syncopated) rhythms.

regular, syncopated

The vocal tract serves as which part of the voice as an instrument?

resonator

What moves music forward in time is known as _____.

rhythm

Marches are almost universally in which time signature?

simple duple (2/4)

Most pop music is written in this meter.

simple quadruple (4/4)

With its slow tempo, the meter in "Romance" is more easily identifiable as [1] quadruple meter because the beats played by the piano seem to be grouped in groups of two and [2].

simple, four

This is the most simple type of sound wave.

sine wave

In which musical family would you find the violin, viola, cello, and guitar?

strings

The violin, viola, cello, and double bass all belong to which orchestral section?

strings

The song "Hip Hop Hooray" by Naughty by Nature features ______, a deliberate upsetting of the normal pattern of accents.

syncopation

_____ is a deliberate upsetting of the normal pattern of accents.

syncopation

What is pitch?

the "highness" or "lowness" of a sound

This is the largest, most common instrumental ensemble in Western music.

the orchestra

Timbre refers to _____.

the tone color/quality of an instrument

The vocal folds themselves serve as which part of the instrument of the human voice?

the vibrator

Choose the correct defintion of timbre.

tone color or quality

Which are the two most commonly used musical clefs?

treble and bass clefs

This symbol is known as a ____________?

treble clef

What is the name of this symbol, which indicates a medium/high pitch range on a musical staff?

treble clef

Spanish for "triplet", this term applies to a basic rhythmic figure where three notes occur within the same time span occupied by two notes.

tresillo

Which instrument does NOT belong in the woodwind section?

trumpet

Which instrument does the concertmaster play?

violin

What does the bottom number of a time signature tell you?

which note gets one beat

Bands are ensembles that typically rely on which two instrumental sections?

winds and percussion

The flute, oboe, and bassoon belong to this musical family.

woodwinds

This symbol is known as which clef?

bass clef

A basic unit of rhythm, a _____ is a regular pulse that divides musical time into equal segments.

beat

The regular pulse of a piece of music is otherwise known as the ______.

beat

To which orchestral family do the featured instruments, accompained by the snare drum, in this clip belong?

brass

_______ produce sound from a vibrating string stretched between two points.

Chordophones

Listen to the clip below and decide whether or not you agree with the following statement: The rhythms of the vocal line were predominantly syncopated, often clashing with the piano accompaniment.

Disagree

Which of the following is NOT considered a typical family of Western instruments.

Electrical

The ______ is a 19th-century rhythmic figure found in Cuban social dancing.

Habanera

Which of the following is NOT an essential property of a musical tone?

Interpretation

The atonal melody of this piece caused much scandal during its premiere in 1912.

Mondestrunken from Pierrot lunaire by Arnold Schoenberg

Mixed meter makes this piece difficult to count.

Sacrifical Dance from The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky

Choose the sentence that best exemplifies an appropriate summary statement for a paragraph on the rhythms in "Romance" by Claude Debussy.

The refined interaction of the simple, slow rhythms of the piano and voice combined to make "Romance" by Claude Debussy a very enjoyable song.

Which sentence best describes the nature of the piano playing for this excerpt of "Romance" by Claude Debussy.

The rhythms of the piano sounded simple, regular, and slow.

Which of the following is NOT an essential element for sound?

Vaccum

Which sort of piece exclusively employs 3/4 (simple triple) time signatures?

Waltz

The vertical lines that separate measures on a musical score are called _____.

bar lines

The vertical lines that separate measures on a musical score are known as _____.

bar lines

Often portrayed as priests or villains in operas, this type of male voice is considered to be the lowest.

bass

Which male voice has the lowest vocal range?

bass

Meaning "in the style of the chapel", this type of singing only features human voices.

a capella

The high point in the melodic line, usually representing a peak in intensity as well as in range, is called _____.

a climax

The vertical distance between any two pitches can be called ______.

an interval

The vertical distance between any two pitches of a melody is called ______.

an interval

The interval associated with a doubling (or halving) of a pitch's frequency is called ______.

an octave

How does sound travel through an elastic medium?

as a wave