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Music Appreciation Exam Review
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"Consonance" means music sounds pleasing to the ear
True
False
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What is "Dissonance"
A sound that is pleasant
A type of ensemble
A type of instrument
An unpleasant clashing of sounds
3
What civilization gave us the first piece of "written" music in the form of engravings on a tomb stone?
Turkey
China
Mexico
Brazil
4
Which musical era had no unifying characteristics between pieces of music?
Romantic
Modern
Classical
Medieval
5
The Romantic period was not as reliant on what? (the classical era was reliant on this)
composers
music teachers
kings and queens money
repetition
6
What is it called when music is played using a picture as the shee music?
Illustration Performing
Picture Playing
Pretty Color Conducting
Graphic Score
7
What are "dynamics"?
The volume of the music
The speed of the music
How the music is written
How the music is played in a small room
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The harpsichord was invented after the piano
False
True
9
What was the first era we went over in Music Appreciation?
Antiquity
Baroque
Medieval
Modern
10
In the Medieval Era, who was music almost exclusively written for?
The Peasants
The People
The Church
The kings and queens
11
How was music written in the Medieval Era?
Normal Notes
Neumes
It wasn't written
Worded Instructions
12
What era was the idea of an orchestra invented?
Classical (1750-1820)
Modern (1910-1960)
Baroque (1600-1750)
Romantic (1820-1910)
13
Who led the orchestra before there was a conductor?
The clarinet player sitting at the end
The harpsichord
The Lute
The first chair violin
14
What instrument is this?
Triangle
Xylophone
Snare drum
Chimes
15
In the modern era, what was also facing huge change and diversity?
Science
Math
History
Art
16
What do we not have record of from the Antique Era?
Artifacts
Written Music
Instruments
Fossils
17
What was the last era we learned about?
Modern
Antiquity
Classical
Romantic
18
What is a group of 3 musicians called?
Tritent
Trio
Truet
Troubador
19
What kind of group is a "chamber group"?
A small group with a few types of instruments
An orchestra
2 musicians
A big group with every instrument
20
When did women composers become prevelant?
Modern Era
Medieval
Renaissance
Antiquity
21
What is a "Virtuosic" player?
Someone who writes music
Someone who is really good at their instrument
Someone who is okay at their instrument
Someone who plays multiple instruments
22
What insturment is this?
Trombone
Tuba
Baritone
Trumpet
23
Which instrument is the NEWEST
Harpsichord
Lute
Schwam
Saxophone
24
What was the first instrument discovered?
A guitar like instrument called "guitarlikeinstrument"
A brass harp
A fully intact snare drum
A vulture bone flute
25
Classical music contained a lot of what?
Singing
Repetition
Saxophones
Dissonance
26
What does "Polyphony" mean?
One sound
2 sounds working together
Many sounds working together
One sound with many instruments
27
What normally ended a musical era?
death, tragedy, or a call for change
a schedule that was written a long time ago
death of a famous person and the change of art styles
some sort of group agreement
28
Which period had very emotional music?
Romantic
Medieval
Baroque
Antiquity
29
What is this instrument?
Saxophone
Trumpet
Flute
Clarinet
30
Most people didn't have access to sheet music until AFTER the printing press was invented.
True
False
31
What does a conductor do?
Writes music for an orchesra
Drive a train
Play an instrument in an orchestra
Leads a group of musicians, like an orchestra
32
How did Baroque music sound?
Crazy
Loud
Dull
Fancy
33
What does "Monophonic" mean?
Loud sounds
Many sounds
One sound
Complicated Sound
34
What is it called when you write music using a "Punnett square"?
Punnett Sounds
Cerealism
Serialism
Musical Math
35
What instrument is this?
Recorder
Alphorn
Didgeridoo
Flute
36
If "tonality" sounds good, then "atonality" must sound...?
bad
slightly good
pretty good
nice
37
Which famous composer died which caused the start of the Romantic Era?
Beethoven
Montiverdi
Schumann
Vivaldi
38
What does "Tempo" mean
How fast or slow music is
How silly goofy music is
How loud or soft music is
How happy or sad music is
39
What instrument is this?
Trombone
Flute
Saxophone
Trumpet
40
What is an Opera?
a song for a symphony
a large musical play that tells a story
kind of like a rock concert
a talkshow host on daytime TV
41
What does a composer do?
Play music
Write music
Perform music
Conduct music
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What is this instrument?
Cello
Violin
Viola
Bassoon
