"Total serialism" refers to

A composition that uses serial techniques for pitch, rhythm and dynamics

What does the term "pitch class" mean

For example, the pitch class "C" refers to C's in all octaves

Which ONE of the following is the retrograde of the row shown below

A, C#, C, F, E, A flat, F#, G, E flat, D, B flat, B

What is a musical palindrome?

A composition that is the same when played backward or forward

The purpose of "aleatoric" procedures in music

is to allow the performer to have input into the creative process

The term "inversion" when referring to a 12-tone row is a label for

the intervallic mirror of the row

The term "dodecaphonic" refers to

A composition using serial techniques

In music, a twelve-tone matrix is used

to generate all of the possible permutations of the twelve tone row

How did you know that this composer was the likely composer of that row?

The row is designed so that every trichord contains a M3 and a m2.

Our survey of 20th century music

has inspired me to listen to more 20th century music, has changed the way I listen to music, has made me a better musician, has opened up my musical imagination

Music that is composed with the 12 chromatic pitches of the scale

the first six notes of a twelve tone set

"Normal order" is the term we use to describe

the smallest possible intervallic span between a set of pitches.

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1
"Total serialism" refers to
Music composed by totally awesome serial composers
A composition that is totally avant-garde.
A composition that uses serial techniques for pitch, rhythm and dynamics
A composition that uses graphic notation
2
The tritone belongs to which "interval class"?
Interval class 2
Interval class 6
Interval class 4
Interval class 8
3
The score below is representative of
A hot mess
Aleatoric music
Set theory gone awry
Total serialism
4
The example below illustrates
an octatonic scale
interval vector analysis
quintachords
an enigmatic scale
5
Who are the composition majors in our class that will join the pantheon of folks below?
Robert, Drew, Delilah
Robert, Florian, Bjorn
Carlo, Nuala, Jayna
Enrique, Pieter, Miles, Jenny
6
What does the term "pitch class" mean
For example, the pitch class "C" refers to C's in all octaves
Pitch class refers to the number of half steps between 2 pitches
The first music class you ever took where you learned the names of pitches
For example, C# is classy, and C is not (so pedestrian)
7
The score below is representative of
a troubled composer
graphic notation
my doodling during theory class
homemade notation
8
Which composer favored the use of palindromes in his compositions
Schönberg
Webern
Stravinsky
Berg
9
The so-called Second Viennese School was made up of
Schönberg, Berg and Webern
Stravinsky, Hindemith and Dallapiccola
Composers that flunked out of the First Viennese School
Copland, Bernstein, Foss
10
Which ONE of the following is the retrograde of the row shown below
A, C#, C, F, E, A flat, F#, G, E flat, D, B flat, B
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A, C, C, F, E, A, F, G, E, D, B, B
11
Who is the likely composer of this same row?
Dallapiccola
Schönberg
Webern
Berg
12
What is a musical palindrome?
A composition that is the same when played backward or forward
A composition that can be played upside down and still sound like shit
A composition using a drone bass
A composition using a complex numbering system
13
The purpose of "aleatoric" procedures in music
is to allow the performer to have input into the creative process
is to allow the performer to determine the structure of the piece
to give the conductor nightmares
is to relieve the composer of responsibility for the piece
14
The term "inversion" when referring to a 12-tone row is a label for
the prettiest version of the row
the backward version of the row
the triads created by the row
the intervallic mirror of the row
15
Which of the following compositional forms or devices was NOT common in 20th century music
Palindrome
Canon
Counterpoint
Minuet
16
The term "dodecaphonic" refers to
Twelve drummers drumming
A composition with 12 variations
a Sesame Street song about words with twelve syllables
A composition using serial techniques
17
In music, a twelve-tone matrix is used
by Bartok and Hindemith exclusively
to generate all of the possible permutations of the twelve tone row
By composers that have no ear.
To hack into a mysterious musical virtual reality
18
Which of the following composers did NOT use serial techniques
Stravinsky
Debussy
Copland
Dallapiccolla
19
The guy in the last question composed this "totally serial" piece. Who is he?
Samuel Barber
John Cage
Luigi Dallapiccola
Oliver Messiaen
20
How did you know that this composer was the likely composer of that row?
The row has the composer's trademark lyric qualities
I guessed.
The row was composed using the most dissonant intervals
The row is designed so that every trichord contains a M3 and a m2.
21
Which of the following composers was interested in "chance" procedures
Bela Bartok
Paul Hindemith
Claude Debussy
John Cage
22
Our survey of 20th century music
has inspired me to listen to more 20th century music
has changed the way I listen to music
has made me a better musician
has opened up my musical imagination
23
Serial music is...
Music that is composed with the 12 chromatic pitches of the scale
A compositional method favored by Viennese people
Music you listen to only at breakfast
Music you play when you want a house guest to leave
24
A hexachord is
another name for the evil iii triad
the first six notes of a twelve tone set
a set of six pitches that spells someone's name
a set of six triads
25
"Normal order" is the term we use to describe
A, B, C, D, E
the alphabetic chromatic order of a set of pitches
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
the smallest possible intervallic span between a set of pitches.

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