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What does "adagio" mean?
What's a genre?
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What's a genre?
quality of colour of musical sound
patterns of sound
categories of math
categories of music
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What does "adagio" mean?
fast and loud
slow but loud
slow and expressive
fast but expressive
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What does 'ostinato' mean?
a breed of otters
play once and never again
food
motif
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What's an 'arpeggio'?
speed up
jump from 1 note to another
slow down
notes of a chord played in succession
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What distinguishes classical music from other genres?
love the use of electric guitars
formal structures
orchestral instrumentation
digital audio manipulation
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Reggae music originated from the Appalachian region
False
True
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What does 'diminuendo' mean?
gradual decrease in tempo
gradual increase in volume
don't change the volume
gradual decrease in volume
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What does 'prestissimo' mean?
fast
really fast
slow
quickest tempo possible
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What does 'grave' mean?
something everyone's gonna end up in
"-danger"
very quiet
very slow
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What does 'pianissimo' mean?
play softly
play shortly
play loudly
play longly
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What's a similarity between country and bluegrass music?
slow tempo
both doesn't use vocals
uses acoustic instruments
country of origin
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'Andante' means moderate tempo
True
False
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What does 'lento' mean?
fast, energetic
slow, relaxed
gradually increasing in speed
moderate, walking
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What does 'crescendo' mean?
gradual decrease in volume
gradual increase in tempo
gradual increase in volume
gradual decrease in tempo
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What are some defining characteristics of jazz music?
originated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
African-American origins
from New Orleans
wide instrumentation
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What does 'larghissimo' mean?
extremely slow tempo
gradual decrease in tempo
extremely fast tempo
gradual increase in tempo
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Reggae music originated in the late 1960s
True
False
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What does 'legato' mean?
detached
roughly connected
smoothly connected
nothing, play normally
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Opera is a form of musical theatre
True
False
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Rock and pop music are the same thing
True
False
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'Vivace' means slow and mellow
True
False
