Music Midterm

What was a type of wheel fiddle?

Which advancement helped singers develop a more intimate singing style?

Monophonic music uses how many voices?

The creation of music charts helped to shape and to encourage the growth of rock and pop music.

What term refers to placing emphasis on a weak or offbeat?

Which artist is an example of someone who was popular for disco?

Which of the following is a type of popular music?

A sagbut was a type of cello.

Personal computers help musicians create and store new sounds.

The shawm was perhaps the most popular double reed instrument of the Renaissance period.

Dancing was prohibited during the Renaissance in Europe.

Tone quality of a sound / it is what helps to distinguish one musical instrument from another?

What is the speed of a piece of music?

Prehistoric or primitive music comes from what type of cultures?

What is the highness or lowness of a sound?

The so-called British Invasion, which included the Beatles, happened in the 1980s.

Which composer was considered the master of polyphonic music?

The ancient Egyptians adorned harps with gold and silver.

What is a typical theme in pop music songs?

“Do, Re, Me, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do” represents what?

The tempo of a piece is objective; all composers interpret the tempo directions in the same way

Composers are mostly concerned with pitch and are less concerned with rhythm.

The early Egyptians are thought to have used what type of scale?

Pop music is just another name for popular music. There is no difference between the two terms.

Pop music no longer exists in the 21st century. It has been replaced by other music genres.

Which of the following means to increase the level of sound?

Organum added what to Gregorian chants?

Which of the following was one of the first instruments that prehistoric people probably used?

A madrigal proper was through-composed.

A metronome is which of the following?

Popular music is said to reflect the tastes and preferences of which social class?

What was a characteristic of Palestrina’s compositions?

Fortissimo means to do what?

Dynamics: refers to the loudness or softness of a note, and the quality of the note is played.

Prehistoric or primitive music comes from what type of cultures?

Who is an example of an artist who used protest lyrics in his or her songs during the 1960s?

Which philosopher laid some of the foundations for modern music theory?

What was a popular trend in the 1990s?

What was Ottaviano Petrucci known for?

Madrigals tend to have about how many voices?

What is a musical piece in which one solo instrument (piano) is accompanied by an orchestra?

The Divje Babe flute was made from what material?

A piece of music where one part echoes or imitates another part is known as what?

Which culture studied music through the lens of mathematics and science?

What is a low female voice?

The Renaissance period in general was considered a time of rebirth in the arts and culture.

Tempo: frequency of a sound and it relates to the highness or lowness of a tone that we hear.

What was the Samaveda?

William Byrd was known as a “genius” of what instrument?

What is a series of musical notes that have been strung together?

Who commissioned simple melodies for the new Protestant church?

Which composer was considered the master of polyphonic music?

A Largo tempo would be which of the following?

What is the timing of the musical sounds or notes in the music?

Dorian mode begins on what note?