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True or False: A rhapsody is music written to set the mood of a play, cover scenery change, or as background music.
True
False
2
True or False: The classical orchestra is larger than the baroque orchestra.
False
True
3
What were the two types of music created during the Medieval period?
Red & Blue
Sacred
Strophic
Secular
4
Romantic composers used extremes to write their music meaning they.....
Used experimental sounds to clearly communicate different feelings
Used wide dynamic and tonal ranges
Used pyrotechnics during performances
Used crazy makeup for their operas
5
Past composers were paid by people who told them what to write. Romantic composers had creative freedom because....
Their bosses were more emotional
Their bosses didn't care what they wrote, as long as it was good.
Their bosses allowed it
Their bosses were themselves
6
The three main instrument families musicians used during this time were...
Brass, woodwind, and percussion
Keyboard, string, and wind instruments
Hurdy Gurdy, sackbut, electric guitar.
Violin, viola, cello, bass
7
These were the two main types of operas during this time.
Opera seria & opera tragique
Opera tragique & comedy opera
Opera buffa & rock operas
Opera seria & opera buffa
8
True or False: The harpsichord can change the volume of its sound based on how hard the player hits the keys.
False
True
9
Timbre is....
Musical music
Spelled wrong. It's "timber".
Music with no meaning
Musical color
10
Where was baroque music usually played?
Churches and public squares.
Wealth people's homes and churches.
Stadiums and arenas.
Wealthy people's homes and in public.
11
The Baroque, Classical, and Romantic era were all known as what?
Common Instrument period
Old-timey period
Common Practice period
Common Theme period
12
Expressionism used timbre to create a feeling of _________________.
Calm
Loneliness and despair
Calm & peaceful
Uncomfortable anxiousness
13
The main theme during this time was....
A greater exaggeration of romantic feelings
Love songs
An era of fantasy story-telling, operas and powerful music.
A greater exaggeration of all emotions
14
Towards the end of the era, composers started to use polyphony which used....
Individual, improvised harmonies over a single melody.
Single, repeated melody at different intervals
Multiple, repeated melodies
Multiple, independent melodies
15
How did musicians learn Medieval music?
They learned it by ear.
They learned it by watching other musicians perform it.
They learned it by divine intervention.
They learned it by internal data transfer.
16
A nocturne is a form of music that creates the feeling of what?
Nighttime
Dread
Daytime
Fear
17
Music during this time was used as a form of what?
Alien transmission
Secret code
Comunication
Interpretive dance
18
Fill in the blanks:Sacred music pieces were _____________________, and secular music pieces were _____________________
Weird sounding; also weird sounding
Church music; Devil music
Worship songs or biblical stories set to music; poems set to music
Poems set to music; Worship songs or biblical stories set to music
19
Because the melodies were less complex, musicians could focus more on....
Learning new instruments, and writing music of their own
Red & Blue
Dynamics and phrasing
Emotion and tone
20
A technique TV or movie directors can do is "needle drop" in which they.....
Drop in pop songs to further emphasize feelings or characters
Drop a bunch of sewing needles on the floor so actors have to wear shoes
Hide needles in the scene as easter eggs for the audience
Use the record needle to cut and scratch records to create a hip-hop sound.
21
This invention helped more people have access to music.
The flash drive
The printing press
Carbon copy paper
Electricity
22
Composers wrote easier, less complex melodies because...
The public didn't like complex music
They were lazy
They weren't as skilled
The public demanded more, newer music
23
Impressionism used timbre to create a feeling of ______________.
Calm & peaceful
Seriousness
Fear & dread
Uncomfortable anxiousness
24
This instrument is usually the main identifying sound of the Baroque style of music.
Harp
Piano
Clavichord
Harpsichord
25
This form of music became the dominant form during this era.
Instrumental Music
Secular Music
Sacred Music
Experimental Music
26
What were the four main countries that contributed the most during this time?
Spain, Hungary, Greece and Italy.
France, United Kingdom, Russia, and Italy
Germany, Sweden, Poland, and Ukraine
France, Spain, Germany, and Italy
27
The Renaissance era took place between....
1920 - 2021
500 - 1400
1400 - 1600
1600 - 1730
28
Most of the music during this era was monophonic, which is...
Multiple musicians accompany a melody with harmonizing pitches/rhythm.
Performer or performers, plays a single melody without harmony or chords
Musicians playing the same melody together while slightly changing it.
Multiple musicians playing the same melody at a fixed interval
29
The new forms that were created during this time are all called what?
Unusual sounds.
Modern style
Modernism
Experimental
30
The renaissance period was different from the medieval period because music included more variations of....
Harmony
Range
All of them
Rhythm
