Why were sea songs created?

To indoctrinate future and potential sailors by glorifying naval life.

The forcible capture of potential seamen.

How do sailors "man the yards?"

Sailors spread out upon the ship’s yardarms to salute the naval vessel., By singing a ceremonial shanty as they "man the yards."

Other than writing Adagio in C for Marianne Kirchgaessner, Mozart also wrote a quintet for which instruments?

Armonica, Flute, Oboe, Viola, and Cello

A group of usually seven pitches, or just a scale.

[Test Question]: Franklin did what to distinguish one bowl/pitch from another?

He painted the rims different colors.

Haul Away The Bowline is what type of shanty?

A short-drag shanty, A foresheet shanty

In what order of people was the armonica passed through to the Mozarts?

Marianne Davies -> Anton Mesmer -> The Mozart Family

The Romantic era was most defined by:

- its heavy emphasis on emotions.

A sequence is best defined as?

A musical idea that is repeated at a different pitch.

The highness and lowness of a sound.

The pattern of emphasis superimposed on groups of beats.

Melody can be defined as?

A series of successive pitches occuring one at a time.

Harmony is musically defined as?

When two or more tones are sounding simultaneously.

Chords are defined as?

Three or more pitches sounding simultaniously.

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1
Why were sea songs created?
The British Navy was bored and had too much of a budget to spare.
To boost morale and promote recreational activities done in the sea.
To indoctrinate future and potential sailors by glorifying naval life.
Because there was a flourishing and demanding sea song industry back then.
2
Define impressment.
To make someone feel admiration and respect for one.
The forcible capture of potential seamen.
A person who has been taken prisoner or an animal that has been confined.
The action of bringing someone or something under domination or control.
3
Major and minor scales that are parallel contain the same:
Key Signature
Tonic
Accidentals
4
How do sailors "man the yards?"
Sailors spread out upon the ship’s yardarms to salute the naval vessel.
By singing a heaving shantie as they "man the yards."
By singing a hauling shantie as they "man the yards."
By singing a ceremonial shanty as they "man the yards."
5
What form is Haul Away The Bowline in?
Arch Form (ABCBA)
Ternary Form (ABA)
Strophic Form (AAA)
Binary Form (AB)
6
What is the usual frequency that American orchestral musicians tune their instruments to?
A-432 Hz
Equal Temperament
A-440 Hz
A-444 Hz
7
Who was the poet who inspired Charles Griffes to write The Fountain of the Acqua Paola in 1916?
William Sharp
Edgar Allan Poe
Walter Scott
Walt Whitman
8
Other than writing Adagio in C for Marianne Kirchgaessner, Mozart also wrote a quintet for which instruments?
Armonica, Flute, Oboe, Viola, and Cello
Armonica, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon
Armonica, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, and Cello
Armonica, Trumpet 1, Trumpet 2, French Horn, and Trombone
9
Rubato would be described as having a:
Consistent beat
Inconsistent beat
10
A Key is defined as?
A scale that starts on the sixth degree of its relative major scale.
A group of usually seven pitches, or just a scale.
The first scale degree of the diatonic scale.
11
The jal-tarang, or musical bowls are based from where?
India
Bangladesh
Singapore
Indonesia
12
[Test Question]: Franklin did what to distinguish one bowl/pitch from another?
He used varying amounts of water.
He used differently size bowls.
By adjusting the speed of the spindle.
He painted the rims different colors.
13
Haul Away The Bowline is what type of shanty?
A heaving shanty
A short-drag shanty
A hauling shanty
A foresheet shanty
14
Ann Ford published the first method book for musical glasses in:
1761
1768
1791
1762
15
Similarly to a sea shanty, The Song of the Volga Boatmen coordinated work between _______.
Motors
Mules
Burlaks
16
His second year/book then focuses on what country?
Austria
Hungary
Sweden
Italy
17
In what order of people was the armonica passed through to the Mozarts?
Marianne Kirchgaesser -> Anton Mesmer -> The Mozart Family
Marianne Davies -> Marianne Kirchgaesser -> The Mozart Family
Anton Mesmer -> Marianne Kirchgaessner -> The Mozart Family
Marianne Davies -> Anton Mesmer -> The Mozart Family
18
The Hydraulis, or water pipe was said to be based from Alexandria, which was in what region?
Ancient Rome
Ancient Greece
19
The Romantic era was most defined by:
- its heavy emphasis on emotions.
- its emphasis on rhythm and on contrapuntal texture.
- its real or implied movements.
- its conveying of the moods and emotions aroused by subjects.
20
What are woodwind, reeded, and brass instruments classified as, according to Sachs and Von Hornbustel?
Idiophones
Aerophones
Chordophones
Membranophones
21
What exactly were foresheet shanties used for?
Quick, intense labor
Pushing labor
Pulling labor
Specific labor
22
What meter is Haul Away The Bowline sung in?
Compound Duple Meter
Simple Quadruple Meter
Asymmetrical Meter
Compound Triple Meter
23
In 15th century Azerbaijan, Abdulgadir Maraghayi invented the ________, which featured a set of 76 bowls.
Chini sazi kazat
Jal-yantra
Hi
Shui Chan
24
Which of the following would be the enharmonic equivalent of B♭?
B♮
C♭
A♯
B♯
25
Approximately how many fountains were in the gardens of the Villa d'Este?
200
300
500
700
26
Which of the following material is not used for the bowls required for the jal-tarang to be played?
Bronze
Glass
Porcelain
Clay
27
Naval ship workers were forbidden from singing on deck.
True
False
28
Music in its simple definition is defined as?
Sounds of different variety combined in such a way as to convey emotion.
Sound organized in time.
A sound perceived as pleasingly harmonious.
The "thing" that you actually have to practice.
29
Which music group rewrote The Song of the Volga Boatmen into a swing arrangment that reached number one on 1941 charts.
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
The Glenn Miller Band
The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
Gene Krupa and His Orchestra
30
A sequence is best defined as?
A musical idea that is repeated at a different pitch.
Classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments.
The shape or structure of a work.
31
Repetition is defined as?
Repeating musical material.
The art of playing or singing music with emotional communication.
A note of shortened duration.
32
What is the thing that interconnects all character pieces in a suite/cycle?
The meter
The key signature
The main theme
33
Pitch is defined as?
The highness and lowness of a sound.
The loudness and softness of a sound.
34
Meter is defined as?
An emphasis placed on a particular note or set of notes.
The articulation of notes.
The pattern of emphasis superimposed on groups of beats.
35
During which century were canal songs most prevalent in?
The 21st century
The 18th century
The 20th century
The 19th century
36
Melody can be defined as?
When two or more tones are sounding simultaneously.
An improvised or written-out ornamental passage.
A series of successive pitches occuring one at a time.
37
If A4 is 440 Hz, then what frequency is A3, an octave below, at?
110 Hz
880 Hz
220 Hz
38
What is the meter of a triple meter or 3/4 time?
STRONG-weak
STRONG-weak-STRONG-weak
STRONG-weak-weak
39
The Water Organ (16th century CE) also requires human labor to pump water through it's pipes.
True
False
40
Album d'un voyageur (1837-8), by Franz Liszt, was split into three large suites called ________ ("Years of Pilgrimage").
Weihnachtsbaum
Tre sonetti di Petrarca
Harmonies poetiques et religieuses
Annees de pelerinage
41
Lacrimosa is a song for weeping.
False
True
42
Who invented and coined the term for recitals in 1840?
Frederic Chopin
Franz Liszt
Johannes Brahms
Felix Mendelssohn
43
Haul Away The Bowline features which of the following?
Instruments
Call and response
A cappella
Vibrato
44
When did the "Age of Sail' begin, and how long did it last?
1650-1850's
1750-1850's
1550-1850's
1650-1750's
45
The Erie Canal/Low Bridge, Everybody Down is an authentic canal/folk song.
False
True
46
Harmony is musically defined as?
What the world cannot attain.
When two or more tones are sounding simultaneously.
The quality of forming a consistent whole.
47
In his first year/book of his "pilgrimage," titled Suisse (Switzerland), it also featured a reworked version of _______.
Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este
Nuages gris
Au bord d’une source
Reflets dans l’eau
48
Chords are defined as?
Categorizations of simultaneous or successive sounds.
Three or more pitches sounding simultaniously.
A word short for chordophones.
49
Who invented the glass armonica in 1762?
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Eli Whitney
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
50
And Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este contained what hallmark trait found in virtually every piece about water?
Arpeggios
Polyphony
Improvisation
Fugues
51
When was the iron-framed piano invented?
The 20th century
The 19th century
The 18th century
The 17th century
52
What are ethnomusicologists defined as?
Scholars who study the history of music.
Scholars who study the music of other cultures.
Composers.
Scholars who study the fundamental questions about the nature of music.
53
His third/final book contained what famous "water" miniature/character piece?
Des pas sur la neige
Jeux d’eau
Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este
Bourrée
54
Rhythm is defined as?
The correspondence of sound between notes or the ending of phrases.
A direction for the performer to sustain a note for its full length.
The way music is organized in time.
55
Character pieces were especially popular during which era?
Classical
Baroque
Impressionist
Romantic
56
Sound is described as waves of energy, and those energy waves contain ________.
Both Amplitude and Frequency
Frequency
None of the above
Amplitude
57
When was the city of Porto Bello captured by the English?
1745
1727
1721
1739
58
What was the purpose of sea shanties being sung on merchant ships?
To coordinate soldiers against enemy forces,
To coordinate the physically demanding tasks with sailing a large ship.
To advertise the glories of working on merchant ships.
Because the dull tasks often found on merchant ships often bored sailors.
59
How many bowls are needed to be considered a complete set for the jal-tarang?
20
24
22
15
60
What key does the B section change to in Adagio in C?
G Major
B Major
E♭ Major
C Minor
61
All of these are minor scales except:
Melodic
Harmonic
Augmented
Natural
62
How is the jal-tarang tuned?
By adjusting the size of each bowl.
By adjusting the volume of water in each bowl.
By using a different set of drumsticks for each individual bowl.
63
Variation is defined as?
The quality and color of different tones.
Repetition with enough alterations to have a distinct feeling of contrast.
The sequential arrangement of sounds and silences in time.
64
An Example of a Perfect Fifth would be:
B to F
A to D
E to E
C to G
65
A motif is best defined as?
A distinctive sequence on a protein or DNA.
The smallest unit of form, and a recurring musical idea.
A distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic composition.
66
An interval is musically defined as?
A semitone.
The distance between two pitches.
A pause or break in a measure.
67
Tempo is defined as?
The speed of the beat.
The key a piece is played in.
The time signature of a piece.
68
The melodic minor scale contains a raised 7th, and remains the same both ascending and descending.
True
False
69
When was Adagio in C written?
1791
1776
1780
1768
70
Naval ships pay better, and are safer to work on than merchant ships.
False
True
71
Beat is musically defined as?
A musical scale with twelve pitches.
A percussive bow stroke used when playing bowed string instruments.
The steady pulse that underlies most music.
72
G Major is also known to be the _______ of C Major.
Mediant (Third)
Supertonic (Second)
Dominant (Fifth)
Subdominant (Fourth)
73
Merchant ship workers were also forbidden from singing on deck.
True
False
74
Who curated the American Songbag in 1927?
Leonard Bernstein
Glenn Gould
Aaron Copeland
Carl Sandburg
75
A theme is defined as?
The underlying message that the composer wants to convey.
The technique of writing a melody or melodies in conjunction with another.
A set of phrases that make a complete melody.
76
How would you describe the tempo of Adagio?
Very slow
Very Fast
Slow
Walking
77
A phrase is best defined as?
The section of a form of a piece.
A cohesive musical thought.
A small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit.
78
The Hydraulis requires human labor to pump ________ through it's pipes to create sound.
Air
Water
Oil
Sound
79
The Hydraulis was invented by who in 3rd century BCE Alexandria?
Vitruvius
Athenaeus
Ctesibius
Pliny the Elder
80
Form is defined as?
Indicates that the notes are to be played extremely separated and distinct.
How music is organized on a larger time scale.
A recurring passage in Baroque music for orchestra or chorus.
81
How long is the duration of a dotted eight note played?
3/4 beats
1 beat
1/2 beats
3 beats
82
During what century was Haul Away The Bowline speculated to be written in?
The 19th century
The 16th century
The 18th century
The 17th century
83
Thomas S. Allen, the composer and lyricist, copyrighted The Erie Canal in what year?
1912
1915
1911
1905
84
The earliest known record referencing musical glasses is found in a 1492 treatise, _______, by Franchinus Gaffurius.
Theoricum opus musice discipline
Theorica musicae
Practica musicae
De harmonia musicorum instrumentorum opus
85
What form was Adagio in C major written in?
Ternary Form (ABA)
Rounded Binary Form (ABA')
Binary Form (AB)
Rondo Form (ABACABA)
86
How many glasses did Christoph Willibald Gluck use in an alleged performance?
27
26
24
25
87
When was "surf rock" invented?
The 1950's
The 1980's
The 1970's
The 1960's
88
Who curated a collection of Russian folk songs in 1866?
Sergei Prokofiev
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Igor Stravinsky
Mily Balakirev
89
Surely, rapid arpeggios are commonly used in most pieces that feature water, but Nuages Gris is an exception because?
It featured no arpeggios.
The arpeggios were played very slowly.
The arpeggios were detached and played staccato.
90
Though a certain instrument's use was permitted on naval ships. Which was?
Apitoes
Boatswain’s whistles
Hand flutes
Wolf whistles
91
Which of the following is not a sea song?
The True English Sailor
The Sea Martyrs
Haul Away the Bowline
Vernon’s Glory
92
Who was Marianne Kirchgaessner's mentor?
Niccolò Jommelli
Joseph Schmittbaur
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Pietro Metastasio
93
Character pieces are defined as?
Setting poetry to classical music to create a piece of polyphonic music.
A single-movement programmatic work for orchestra.
A piano work that conveys some sort of image or emotion.
A genre that uses only instruments to depict storylines.
94
Who are the two ethnomusicologists that categorized instruments into four groups?
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.
Charles Lebouc and Henri de Regnier.
Harold Bauer and Robert Farnon.
Curt Sachs and Eric Von Hornbustel.
95
An Introduction is best defined as?
Music that preceeds the main theme of a piece.
An interval which is one semitone less than the corresponding minor.
A second or subsidiary subject, other than the melody of a piece.
96
An ostinato is defined as?
Another term for vibrato.
A melodic or rhythmic motif that is repeating in rapid succession.
A rapid, slight variation in pitch, producing a stronger or richer tone.
97
The Song of the Volga Boatmen is an authentic Russian folk song.
True
False
98
A Major Third contains ____ half steps.
4
3
5
6
99
Though the glass harp was practically obscure back in the 15th century, ________ popularized it in 1744.
Richard Pockrich
Émile Waldteufe
Henry Purcell
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
100
A cappella, or "chapel style" is defined as?
A succession of two distinct phrases
A method in which a long note is replaced by shorter melodic configurations
Having no accompanying instruments
Relatively continuous, non-sectional, or non-repetitive music

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