MUS 121 Test No. 1 Review

The Brass family includes all of these instruments Except:

Which of these words can be used to describe harmony?

Which of the following is a metal bar bent into a shape and struck by a metal beater?

The name of the church service that can either be sung or played in the Catholic Church is:

The commissioning of art to sponsor the work of an artist is referred to as:

Which of the following is an aerophone?

How loud or soft a musical sound is played is:

What is the name of the part of a string instrument pulled across the strings to create sound?

Which of the following is spelled correctly?

Which of the following is a membranophone?

Cymbals are idiophones.

What instrument is heard in this example?

In the Romantic Era, the German word for solo song:

Which of these genres is a drama onstage that is sung?

Which of the following is not a chordophone?

Who is the composer of this piece of music?

What is timbre?

What is the word for the rise, fall, and stasis of a melody?

Which is the smallest of the woodwind instruments?

What is a chord?

Which of these woodwind instruments is commonly associated with jazz music?

What is Pitch?

Fill in the blank: The note names used in western music are A, B, __, F, G, __, and E.

What is the name of the piece of music that we heard in class that showcases the instruments?

Homophonic music has melody along with a harmonic accompaniment.

Which of these is a composer from the modern era?

The modern piano has how many keys?

The pipe organ uses air to produce sound

Which of the following is not a genre popular in the Baroque Era?

Music based upon the repetition of melodic, harmonic, and/or rhythm with little variation is:

Which of these ensembles utilizes both wind and string instruments?

A highly skilled musician is referred to as:

Music sung by monks and nuns in monasteries is known as

Music is generally categorized as either sacred or ____________.

Which of the following is not a voice type?

The dates of the Renaissance are:

Which of the following is a category of meter?

What are the dates of the Modern Era?

What is meter?

An idiophone uses a reed to vibrate and make a sound.

Traveling musicians in the Medieval Era are known as:

Which of the following is not a popular composer from the Romantic Era?

Music from the Classical Era is predominantly

Composers Gustav Mahler, Richard Wagner, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, are from which era?

The string instrument family includes which instrument?