Understanding Music Exam Review

What refers to a dance in which foot movements produce audible rhythms made by metal plates on the dancer's shoes?

Beethoven went blind in his later year.

Membranophones are any instrument that produces sound by being struck, scraped, or shaken.

Music often functions as a form of group expression and social communication.

What word refers to the tones in between and including the highest and lowest pitches you can sing?

What word or phrase means a style of singing with flowing phrases, beauty of vocal color, and brilliant technique?

Which term refers to a jazzy dance in which couples swing, balance, and twirl?

What is a twentieth-century musical form that radically changed the course of popular music?

What is the texture when all parts and playing or singing the exact same thing?

What do you call the sharing of another person’s feelings or emotions?

What is a cadence?

What term designates a particular type of music with a distinctive form or sound?

Instruments that generate sound from electricity are called chordophones.

What do you call the series of clicks that allows the conductor to synchronize the orchestra’s playing to the film?

Homophony, polyphony, and monophony are all examples of types of what?

Sensuous listening is…..

 _____________________ composed the “Maple Leaf Rag.”

What term means the way the beat or pulses in a musical selection are organized and subdivided?

What do you call groups or sets of beats divided by vertical lines on the music staff?

What is the term for the structure and design of a composition, incorporating repetition, contrast, and unity?

What are verbal messages set to music?

What do you call a figure of speech in which one word or phrase is used to substitute for or designate another?

Which definition most accurately describes an interval?

One of the most distinctive rock and roll music styles of the twentieth century was Motown.

What do you call the process of putting all the sound (dialogue, sound effects, and music) onto one soundtrack?

What term is used to refer to a Latin American dance performed at a moderately slow, walk-like tempo in 4/4 meter?

Luciano Pavarotti was a famous Ragtime composer

What is the highness or lowness of sound determined by its frequency of vibration?

What do you call a spontaneous musical invention?

What word refers to hearing-related experiences?

Once a person establishes musical preferences, they never change.

What term refers to the capacity to think sound?

The body movement and gestures of the hula _____________________.

An ensemble is a musical phrase that is repeated.

Romantic musical expressions have been a part of cultures throughout history

Which term refers to a style of dance music created by Mexicans in Texas?

What is a style of "art" music that stands apart from traditional or popular music?

A hook is a phrase that often reinforces the song’s main message

Perceptive listening is listening to and appreciating a musical work for its _______________.

What is the name for a musical form where parts enter at different times but have the same melody throughout?

What are the flatted third and seventh notes of the scale in any major key called?

What was a popular type of music in America prior to World War 1?

Composer Libby Larsen called the ________________ the most important musical invention of the past 50 years.

Since the first beat of a group is accented, hearing the accent helps the listener to establish the ____________.

What term represents the musical qualities of language?

What do you call the process of composing music expressly for a film?

What term refers to a form of expression within a musical genre?

Generally, the larger the instrument, the higher the pitch.

Historians estimate that 50% of all songs are about love.

What is a steady recurring pulse called?

What is a question-and-answer pattern in which a group responds to a leader?

What do you call singing without accompaniment or harmony?

Which term below refers to a performer with brilliant, flawless technique?

What is the oldest and most prevalent category of music?

What is the name of music intended for a wide audience, featuring prominent melodies and simple chordal accompaniment?

What term describes the aural aspect of music in which a certain number of beats are grouped together?

What does a music director do?

Where do the Bamikele people come from?

What is the distinct tonal quality of an instrument or voice, which is clearly identified by the ear?

What is a basic rhythmic pattern that provides the foundation for the complex rhythms played by multiple drums?

Foreshadowing means to suggest actions or events before they happen.

What is an intentionally organized succession of musical tones called?

What is spotting?

Mariachi music comes from which country?

What term is used to describe a genre of African-American music that often expresses frustration, sadness, or longing?

A listener can decide how much attention to give the music.

John Williams wrote the scores for Star Wars and the Harry Potter films.

Which term refers to the way sounds are woven together?

What is the term that refers to the performance practices, means, traditions, and uses of music for a group of people?

What term refers to an African-Brazilian dance that is faster and jazzier than the tango?