MUS 121 Test No. 1 Review

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

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

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

Which of the following is a category of meter?

Music sung by monks and nuns in monasteries is known as

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

The modern piano has how many keys?

Which is the smallest of the woodwind instruments?

Which of the following is an aerophone?

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

Which of these ensembles utilizes both wind and string instruments?

A highly skilled musician is referred to as:

The pipe organ uses air to produce sound

What are the dates of the Modern Era?

Which of the following is not a voice type?

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

The dates of the Renaissance are:

Which of the following is not a chordophone?

What instrument is heard in this example?

Traveling musicians in the Medieval Era are known as:

Which of the following is a membranophone?

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?

What is meter?

Music is generally categorized as either sacred or ____________.

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

Homophonic music has melody along with a harmonic accompaniment.

What is Pitch?

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

Who is the composer of this piece of music?

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

Which of the following is spelled correctly?

What is a chord?

What is timbre?

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

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

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

Cymbals are idiophones.

The string instrument family includes which instrument?

Which of these is a composer from the modern era?

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

Music from the Classical Era is predominantly

How loud or soft a musical sound is played is:

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