MUL 101 Midterm

Question 1

The concerto is an instrumental work in which contrast is achieved by opposing groups playing “against” one another

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

The smallestinterval in Western music

Accepted Answer

Half Step

Question 3

when a single voice takes over the melodic interest, while all other voices are subordinate and supportive

Accepted Answer

Homophony

Question 4

The five movements of themass ordinary are:

Accepted Answer

Kyrie, Gloria, Credo,Sanctus, and Agnus Dei.

Question 5

Ars nova means

Accepted Answer

New Art

Question 6

The Baroque Suite is a group ofshort dances (all in the samekey) that originate in thedifferent countries in Europe

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

“dry” recitative

Accepted Answer

Secco

Question 8

Two major forms of choralmusic from the Baroqueperiod are the cantata andthe oratorio

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

The Contralto voice type is very common

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

melody that moves principally by small intervals in a joined, connected manner

Accepted Answer

Conjunct

Question 11

Who was NOT a major composer of the Baroque Period

Accepted Answer

Mozart

Question 12

The three major keyboard instruments of the Baroque were the organ, harpsichord, and clavicord

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

The distance between the lowestand highest pitches of a melody

Accepted Answer

Range

Question 14

The Lutheran cantataadapted elements from ___

Accepted Answer

Opera

Question 15

Instrumental music began to flourish as a result of _______

Accepted Answer

wider availability of printed music

Question 16

Two major centers ofpower governed during Middle Ages

Accepted Answer

Church and Monarch

Question 17

Foremost composer ofthe Ars nova style

Accepted Answer

Machaut

Question 18

What is NOT a characteristic of Gregorian Chant?

Accepted Answer

Italian Text

Question 19

playing the notes ina short, detached manner

Accepted Answer

Staccato

Question 20

setting a text at many notes per syllable

Accepted Answer

Mellismatic

Question 21

Which is NOT a type of musical form

Accepted Answer

Andante

Question 22

a compositional device thatbrings out the meaning of a word musically

Accepted Answer

Word Painting

Question 23

"Very Soft"

Accepted Answer

Pianissimo

Question 24

An additional melody thatplays at the same time as the main melody

Accepted Answer

Countermelody

Question 25

when themelody and harmony arefirmly rooted in the key

Accepted Answer

Diatonic

Question 26

motet in theRenaissance period differed from the Medieval because it used ___ text(s) for all voices

Accepted Answer

1

Question 27

the “song” of opera which is highly emotional and shows off the voice

Accepted Answer

Aria

Question 28

Divisions of the musical staff that containa fixed number of beats

Accepted Answer

Measure

Question 29

Which is NOT one of the four major groups of instruments in Western Music?

Accepted Answer

Keys

Question 30

The fugue can refer to a keyboard work, OR to a compositional treatment/form of a work

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

The first accented beat of apiece of music

Accepted Answer

Downbeat

Question 32

The Oratorio is staged

Accepted Answer

False

Question 33

Art and music waspredominantly ______during the Middle Ages

Accepted Answer

Religious

MUL 101 Midterm

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MUL 101 Midterm

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