Music Appreciation Ch. 1 Test

Downloading copyrighted music or movies (intellectual property) -without paying- is not a crime.

False

Larger cities often maintain symphonic orchestras and community bands; but not opera companies.

False

Music mastery is only found in classical music.

False

Nonmusicians such as attorneys, agents, managers, booking agents, and promoters are not a part of the music industry.

False

The heart of every recording studio is the

Mixing console

Many commercials only use one performer.

True

Music in local communities encompasses professional, semi-professional, and amateur music organizations and activities.

True

Studying a culture's music involves considering the context of music in a society, music as it relates to human behavior, and the general attitude of the people toward their music.

True

Stylistic differences are the characteristics which distinguish one piece from another.

True

The mix down process is where the individual recorded tracks are

combined with effects added

The recording can only be as good as

the equipment in the recording studio

___________ is the process by which a culture assimilates, blends with, or adopts to the characteristics and practices of other cultures.

Acculturation

_____ is someone who performs in any medium with creativity and sensitivity and with the ability to communicate with an audience.

Artist

_______ ___ _________ are big patrons of touring musicians

Colleges and universities

The primary factor in the development of America's cultural mainstream was the predominance of _____ _______ in North America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

English-speaking

What are scholars of music in cultures?

Ethomusicologists

__________ determine how music is taught, learned, and passed on from one generation to the next, and wether it is notated or transmitted mainly by oral tradition.

Ethomusicologists

___________ discover what tangible things a community uses to produce music: instruments, equipment, printed music, or recordings.

Ethomusicologists

____________ seek to learn about the social aspects of music in a culture.

Ethomusicologists

___________ ______________ rejected the music of Native Americans as primitive and unworthy.

European Americans

A primary purpose of this course is to cultivate an awareness and knowledge of musical traditions in West Tennessee only.

False

In the music business, _________ ___________ is the making and selling of things for profit.

Manufacturing and Merchandising

Repair people who keep instruments functioning are part of the _________ ___ ___________ bench of the music business.

Manufacturing and Merchandising

Anyone recording copyrighted material for profit has to obtain _________ ___________ and pay the established fees.

Mechanical rights

A goal of this course is to gain an understanding of the structure of music by examining various ways in which music is _____

Organized

Anyone performing copyrighted material for profit has to obtain _________ ____________ by paying a license or by paying a royalty.

Performance rights

Symphony orchestras offer a package of concerts called what?

Subscription series

Anyone using copyrighted music in a film for profit has to obtain __________ _________ and pay the appropriate fees.

Synchronization rights

A primary purpose of this course is to become a more perceptive listener.

True

Arts are important in the workplace and contribute to an improved quality of life in local communities and aid in tourism and the recruitment of new business and industry.

True

To copy copyrighted property without permission or without paying a legal fee is piracy and is illegal.

True

Most of America's popular and classical music is based on melodic, harmonic, rhythmic, and performances of _______ _____

Western Europe

The worst shape for a recording space is

a cube

To record in a room, one must get control of the ______ in that room.

acoustics

Groups that retain a substantial part of the language, customs, or social views of their original cultures became what we call ___________ __________

ethic minorities

A primary purpose of this course is to improve your ability to listen to music _____________

intelligently

Sound is turned into electronic signals by a

microphone

What does a recording engineer do?

mix sound

The ________ __________ of the United States include Western European classical music, folk music, popular music, jazz, blues, and various ethnic music evolving from a blending of cultures in this country.

musical traditions

Reverb is

reflected sound

Most early religious, folk, and popular songs were derived form traditions and styles from _________________________

the British isles and mainland Europe

Advertising in the music business includes radio, television. print media, and ________

the internet