Music 111 Study Guide

What was Tommy Jarrell's instrument?

violin

Which of the following terms is not connected with the dynamic level of sound?

Conjunct motion *Wrong Answers: crescendo, decrescendo, mezzo piano

In a strophic song:

Each stanza of the text is set to the same music

Who was the most prolific and influential composer of marches in the United States?

John Phillip Sousa

In the human brain, Broca's area is associated with

Language

This piece features what traditional Scottish instrument?

bagpipe

In the 21st Century the main purpose of ________ is primarily as a marketing tool, helping companies efficiently label their merchandise.

genre

What is the origin of the banjo?

it is derived from West African lutes

A repeating patters within a song is known as a(n)

ostinato

In this song, the narrator is no longer the young miller; this song is sung from the point of view of:

the brook where the narrator committed suicide

The part of a musical piece that you might sing along with and which might get stuck in your head is

the melody

Which elements of this song demonstrate rock-and-roll characteristics?

distorted vocals and heavy rhythms

The "characters" in this song appear in which order in this excerpt?

father, elf king, son

Which two instruments heard prominently in this excerpt (not from our book) are from the Appalachian dance tradition?

fiddle and banjo

Ragtime was a style of music popularized by pianists and featuring steady rhythm with the left hand and ______ with the right.

syncopated rhythms

What sound was composer Henry Cowell attempting to imitate with his piece, Dynamic Motion (1916)?

the New York Subway

What areas in the brain are unique to human beings?

the structure responsible for language production and comprehension

The clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship with a licensed practitioner is known as

Music Therapy

Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelungs derives from _____ mythology.

Norse

Which rock band was directly inspired by Michael Siegel's album Sounds of the Junk Yard and sought to replicate its sounds in their playing?

Sonic Youth

In Star Wars: A New Hope, when the droids R2D2 and C3PO land on Tatooine, Williams utilized the following elements popularized by Igor Stravinsky:

All of the Above

The final scene (Act III, Scene 3) of The Valkyrie contains ____

All of the above

Which instrument is accompanying the singer?

An Appalachian dulcimer

Which "strain" is heard in this excerpt from "The Stars and Stripes Forever"?

B

What pre-existing disco song is this early hip hop hit based on?

Chic's "Good Times"

Franz Schubert wrote many great works for public concert halls, and is now known as one of the greatest 19th- century symphony composers.

False

Koko the gorilla was able to verbally speak a few simple words.

False

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) was a world-famous performer by the time he was 17 years old.

False

Schubert's "Elf King" is strophic, meaning that each stanza of text has the same melody.

False

Strauss composed this piece for a dance club that specialized in waltzes.

False

Which of the following cannot be classified as genre:

Improvisational *Wrong Answers: EDM, Rock, string quartet

The theme that represents "Loge as fire" used the following to represent fire:

Rising and falling dynamic levels and pitches to represent the unpredictable nature of fire spreading across the ground

In 19th century Vienna, Johann Straus II (1825-1899) was known as which of the following?

The Waltz King

Which of the following is a theme addressed in Beyonce's Lemonade?

The struggle of Black Americans

Which of the following is not a use of music therapy?

Training professional musicians

12-bar blues provides the structure for most blues compositions.

True

A study from 2005 found that you don't have to be a skilled singer to reap the benefits of group or solo singing

True

Beyonce's album Lemonade is a good example of a modern work that accomplishes the same purpose as a song cycle.

True

In Lemonade, Beyonce uses both words and musical style to communicate her message.

True

Schubert chose texts that imitated folk poetry and sometimes set them in a folk-like style.

True

When humans listen to music, what parts of the brain react?

almost all parts of the brain

The innate ease and speed with which your brain processes certain kinds of information is known as:

aptitude

Which of the following dance styles developed alongside hip-hop music?

breaking

The technique of assigning a unique theme to each character, object, place, and idea in a drama is the use of ______.

leitmotif

This excerpt contains a good example of what musical phenomenon?

ostinato *Wrong Answers: sonata form, text painting, heterophony

A session musician is a musician who:

participates in recording sessions for television and film

Which texture is heard here?

polyphony *Wrong Answers: homophony, monophony

A sequence of regularly-spaced can be called:

pulse

In Star Wars, the musical themes are effective because they:

represent specific characters or ideas

Which of the following is NOT one of the there organizational principles that produce form?

timbre

The term through-composed indicated that each line of a text has a unique melody and no music is repeated.

true