A cappella, or "chapel style" is defined as?

Having no accompanying instruments

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

Armonica, Flute, Oboe, Viola, and Cello

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

He painted the rims different colors.

What are ethnomusicologists defined as?

Scholars who study the music of other cultures.

Haul Away The Bowline is what type of shanty?

A short-drag shanty, A foresheet shanty

Variation is defined as?

Repetition with enough alterations to have a distinct feeling of contrast.

The highness and lowness of a sound.

A sequence is best defined as?

A musical idea that is repeated at a different pitch.

The forcible capture of potential seamen.

Character pieces are defined as?

A piano work that conveys some sort of image or emotion.

Who are the two ethnomusicologists that categorized instruments into four groups?

Curt Sachs and Eric Von Hornbustel.

How music is organized on a larger time scale.

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."

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

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

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