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
