Music Appreciation Unit 1 Test

T or F: The up-and-down movement of pitches in a melody is called zig-zag.

False

What is a series of tones, or pitches, that move by steps or intervals and add up to a recognizable whole called?

Melody

What is the basic way that a performer changes pitch on a woodwind instrument?

Opening and closing small holes along the length of the instrument

Which of the following are not actually types of rests - partial, silent, eighth, or whole?

Partial and silent

What technology takes recordings of acoustic instruments and places them under the control of a keyboard or computer?

Sampling

Which type of chord usually leads to the dominant chord?

Subdominant

What is the speed of the beat or the basic pace of the music called?

Tempo

What is the term describing the regular, recurrent pulse that is subdivided and organized to create rhythms and metrical configurations?

Beat

What is the property of sound that refers to how long a musical sound lasts called?

Duration

What is the distance between two tones called?

Interval

What type of scale contains both whole steps and half steps, with a half step between the second and third tones?

Minor

T of F: Modulation is the shifting from one key to another.

True

T or F: Computers can assist in producing music by creating digital audio samples of acoustic instruments.

True

What is the name for a series, or sequence, of chords?

Progression

What is the simultaneous sounding of three or more tones, or pitches, called?

Chord

Which clef indicated notation that is relatively low in pitch?

Bass

Fill in the Blank: The _______________ in music is even and regular, while the _______________________ may be freely flowing and irregular.

Beat, rhythm

T or F: Before the twentieth century, a basic principle of music composition was that a composition would begin in the home, or tonic key, and would end in a different key.

False

T or F: Computers can assist in producing music by making decisions about what music timbres should be used.

False

T or F: In some cultures, blowing horns is a way to alter the weather.

False

T or F: Increasing how fast something vibrates creates a lower sounding pitch.

False

T or F: Maintaining the same lip pressure against a vibrating reed is a technique used to control the pitch of brass instruments.

False

T or F: Modulation is a shifting from one meter to another meter.

False

T or F: Modulation is not used in longer works because the music becomes too complex.

False

T or F: Pitch is a measure of how loud a sound is.

False

T or F: The beat in music is always clearly emphasized and strongly felt.

False

T or F: The faster that an object vibrates, the lower its pitch.

False

T or F: The lowest tone of a melody is usually the climax, or emotional focal point.

False

T or F: The major scale always starts on the note C.

False

What does the term "crescendo" mean?

Gradually louder

What does the term "diminuendo" mean?

Gradually softer

What is the term for a set of treble and bass staves used to notate keyboard music?

Grand staff

In the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb," the first phrase contains a _________________ cadence.

Half

In music notation, the higher a note is placed on the staff, the _____________ the pitch is.

Higher

What term is used to refer to the organization of beats into regular groups of strong and weak ones?

Meter

To notate __________________, notes are placed on lines of spaces of a staff.

Pitch

The repetition of a melodic pattern at a higher or lower pitch is called a __________________.

Sequence

What descriptions apply to the sound of a minor scale and songs that are composed using a minor scale?

Serious and melancholy

How is music as an art organized?

Sounds and silence in time

Historically, what have been the main tools for composers of electronic music?

The tape studio, synthesizers, and computers

When a melody serves as the starting point of a composition and is modified in various ways as the work progresses, it is called a ________________.

Theme

T or F: A melody moves by small intervals called steps or by larger ones called leaps.

True

T or F: A reed produces specific notes only when played by a woodwind instrument.

True

What is used to indicate the meter of a. piece at the beginning of the staff?

Time signature

T or F: A synthesizer gives the composer control over the pitch, dynamics, rhythm, and duration of a musical sound.

True

T or F: Attentive and perceptive listening is necessary for recognizing and fully understanding the properties of musical sound in a performance.

True

T or F: Computers can assist in producing music by controlling synthesizer mechanisms.

True

T or F: Computers can assist in producing music by generating music notation.

True

T or F: In general, string instruments with longer strings can play a lower-pitch sound than instruments with shorter strings.

True

T or F: In some cultures, instruments are used for alternative purposes including healers employing rattles for medical uses.

True

T or F: Many melodies are made up of shorter parts called phrases.

True

T or F: Modulation usually changes the central tone.

True

T or F: Pitch is related to how fast something vibrates.

True

T or F: Religious ceremonies including drums as a sacred element are a cultural purpose for instruments.

True

T or F: Rhythm is a fundamental part of life.

True

T or F: Some cultures use bells to guard against harm.

True

T or F: Sound is created when an object vibrates.

True

T or F: The interval pattern of any major scale is always the same.

True

T or F: The major scale is constructed of whole steps and half steps.

True

T or F: The melody of a song often reflects the intended mood of the lyrics.

True

T or F: Using a sliding tube to change the length of tube through which air vibrates is a technique used to control the pitch of brass instruments.

True

T or F: Using valves to change the length of tube through which air vibrates is a technique used to control the pitch of brass instruments.

True

T or F: Varying lip tension while blowing in a mouthpiece is a technique used to control the pitch of brass instruments.

True

What technique is used in music to depict specific images, enhancing the text being sung?

Word painting

Does the lower register of a woodwind instrument sound different from the upper register?

Yes, the lower register sounds thick and breathy and the upper register sounds high and penetrating.

Which two of the following methods add rhythmic variety to music - a dotted note, a triplet, a rest, a flat sign?

A dotted note and a triplet

What material best teaches the relationship that exists between music and words, helping to explain the thought or story behind them?

A vocal music guide

What two functions, other than religion and entertainment, can instruments serve?

Announce the arrival of important people and communicate important messages.

What is the technique of playing the notes of a chord one after the other (instead of simultaneously) called?

Arpeggio

The resting place of point of arrival at the end of a melodic phrase is called a ____________________.

Cadence

The resting place or point of arrival at the end of a melodic phrase is called a _____________________.

Cadence

What is the term for a dominant chord that resolves to a tonic chord, giving a sense of conclusion?

Cadence

What is the dramatic rise to the highest note of a phrase called?

Climax

Who are the 2 people who lead choruses, orchestras, and bands and have the responsibility of keeping everybody together and helping to shape the musical composition?

Conductors and directors

In harmony, a combination of tones that is stable and whose sound has a sense of arrival, or resolution, is referred to as ____________________.

Consonance

Which type of chord is built on the fifth notes of the scale?

Dominant

Which meter means there are only two beats per measure?

Duple

The loud, triumphant entrance of the entire orchestra, complete with cymbal crashes, is an example of which property of music?

Dynamics

The sudden quiet and crescendos leading to important parts of the piece are examples of changes in which property of music?

Dynamics

What is the name for the various levels of loudness and softness in music?

Dynamics

What things are produced by variation in tone color?

Emotion impact and Expressive effects

What two things are produced by variation in tone color?

Emotional effects and emotional impact

What are 3 ways composers write for acoustic instruments for use with electronic music?

Live sounds are used in real time with a laptop, mixed with synthesized sounds, and fed into a laptop computer.

Which of the following are typically used to designate form and sections within a piece of music - lowercase letters, roman numerals, numbers, uppercase letters?

Lowercase letters and uppercase letters

A mechanical or digital device that indicates tempo on a scale of beats per minute by emitting sounds or flashes of light is called a _______________.

Metronome

What is the short part or section of a melody called?

Phrase

Many composers prefer to set _______________ to music due to its rhythmic patterns and emotional qualities.

Poetry

Many instruments come in different sizes, which means they have different _______________________.

Ranges

In music notation, the symbol that indicates the duration of silence is called a ________________.

Rest

Beat, meter, accent, tempo, and syncopation are interrelated aspects of what musical element?

Rhythm

Eighth note, quarter note, and half note are all used to notate what aspect of music?

Rhythm

In music, what is the flow of patterns through time called?

Rhythm

What is the term for the particular arrangement of note lengths and silences in a piece of music?

Rhythm

What type of reed does a clarinet use?

Single

What is the unexpected accent of an offbeat note or a normally weak beat called?

Syncopation

What were early audio manipulating processes done on?

Synthesizers

What is the primary scale in a piece of music called?

The key

In a time signature, the upper number indicates what?

The number of beats in a measure

What are the 4 main properties of musical sounds?

Tone color, pitch, dynamics, duration

The _________________ clef is used to indicate notes that are relatively high in pitch.

Treble