M7 Music Listening Quiz
What non-Western timbre is the prepared piano heard in this selection meant to simulate?
Chinese erhu African-tuned drums * Javanese gamelan * Japanese gagaku
Which instrument family provides the majority of the harmony in this excerpt?
woodwinds percussion * strings * keyboard
Which percussion instrument is featured at the beginning of this excerpt?
xylophone * tambourine * timpani Chinese woodblock
Which term best describes the harmony in this excerpt?
chromatic minor major * atonal *
What best describes the sung melody at the opening to this song?
conjunct consonant a cappella * disjunct *
Which best describes the melodic contour in this excerpt?
dissonant consonant * disjunct * conjunct
What best describes the sound and timbre of this excerpt?
reedy brassy * tintinnabulation * percussive
What kind of phrase groupings are featured in this work?
regular, 4-bar phrases regular, 3-bar phrases irregular groupings of 3 and 4 bars * irregular groupings of 4 and 5 bars *
How would you best describe the ensemble that performs this excerpt?
solo duet * chorus * a cappella
Which word best describes the rhythm in this excerpt?
steady triple meter * strong offbeat accents * compound,meter nonmetric
Who is shouting "Mambo" in this excerpt?
the Jets * the Sharks * policemen Tony
What specialized percussion instruments are heard in this selection?
triangle and xylophone woodblocks and marimba * bongos and cowbells * chimes and gourds
What brass instruments are featured in this excerpt?
tubas trumpets trombones * French horns *
What instrument has the solo in the beginning of this excerpt?
viola cello double bass * violin *
What wind instrument is playing in dialogue with the soprano in this excerpt?
oboe bassoon * piccolo * clarinet
What culture inspired the syncopated rhythms heard in this selection?
* Afro-Cuban * South African Central European Asian
Which is NOT true about this excerpt?
* It is clearly in a major key * It contains repetition The pianist prepared the piano It is disjunct and accented
What mood does this excerpt evoke?
* dreamy and ethereal * celebratory and energetic somber and elegiac angry and terse
Which instrument has the main melody in this excerpt?
* flute * clarinet cello violin
What brass instruments are playing the theme in this excerpt?
* horns * tubas trombones
Which best describes the music in the introduction to Imperial March, heard in this excerpt?
* rhythmic ostinato * lyrical melody focus on woodwinds soft volume
Which best describes the rhythm of this excerpt?
* syncopated and irregular * marchlike in the style of a European court dance regular and predictable
Which best describes rhythm in the bass parts in this excerpt?
* three note ostinato rhythm * drone improvised rhythm steady duple-meter march rhythm
What best describes the performing forces of this piece?
* two SAA-TBB choirs, a cappella * one a capella SATB choir SATB choir with organ one SSAATTBB choir
What brass instrument is playing at the top of its range above the accompaniment in this excerpt?
French horn tuba trombone * trumpet *
Which best describes the key and harmony of this work?
G major * G minor * atonal modal
Which best describes the relationship between the two choirs that sing in this excerpt?
The choirs begin on different pitches. The second choir sings music different from the first choir. * The second choir sings the same music as the first but begins a bit later. *
Which best describes the melody of A Hymn to the Mother of God?
The voices sing in leaping motion with a wide distance between their lowest and highest pitches. The voices sing in stepwise motion with a wide distance between their lowest and highest pitches. The voices sing in leaping motion with a small distance between their lowest and highest pitches. * The voices sing in stepwise motion with a small distance between their lowest and highest pitches. *
Which best describes THIS excerpt?
aria * chorus * recitative sinfonia
How would you describe the vocal range of the singer in this excerpt?
bass contralto * tenor * baritone
What term best describes the harmony in this excerpt?
major * dissonant * minor consonant
Which of the following best describes the texture of this excerpt?
monophonic * polyphonic * homorhythmic heterophonic
