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1
Peter and the Wolf can be best used to:
Introduce tempo
Introduce dynamics
Introduce mixed meter
Introduce instruments of the orchestra
2
Which tempo is "walking speed?"
Andante
Adagio
Allegro moderato
Allegretto
3
Answer the following question:
Contrary motion
Oblique motion
Similar motion
Parallel motion
4
What is the interval?
Major 3rd
Minor 3rd
Tritone
Perfect 4th
5
Which is the most appropriate conducting pattern?
2 beat-pattern, one short and one long beat (2+3)
3-beat pattern, one long and two short (3+2+2)
3-beat pattern, two short and one long (2+2+3)
2-beat pattern, one long and one short (3+2)
6
Which of the following is not a Renaissance composer?
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Josquin de Prez
Guido de Arezzo
Thomas Tallis
7
Which of the following rolls in written for the snare drum part in measures 7 and 8?
11-stroke
7-stroke
17-stroke
9-stroke
8
True or False: The second movement of a symphony is often fast.
True
False
9
Which would be the most difficult for a choir to perform?
Gospel
Call-and-response
A capella
Fugue
10
A transposed band score shows the alto sax part written in the key of D Major. What key are the parts for horn in F?
Bb
E
F
C
11
What type of microphone is this?
Omnidirectional
Bidirectional
Cardioid
Supercardioid
12
All of the following are important to the Suzuki method EXCEPT:
Beginning instruction at an early age
Performing in groups
Parental involvement
Reading music at an early age
13
Which of the following best characterizes the genre and period?
20th cent. boogie-woogie
20th cent. ragtime
20th cent. swing
20th cent. rockabilly
14
True or false: There are 9 National Music Standards (as of 2020)
True
False
15
Which lists musical genres in chronological order?
Opera, motet, string quartet, symphonic poem
Motet, string quartet, pera, symphonic poem
Opera, symphonic poem, motet, string quartet
Motet, opera, string quartet, symphonic poem
16
What is the country of origin?
Indonesia
India
Japan
Peru
17
A clarinetist is playing this note sharp , but other notes are in tune. How can they bring down the pitch?
Play on a harder reed
Slightly pull out the barrel
Firm-up their embouchure
Put the fingers on the right hand down.
18
Which of the following was written by Copland?
Appalachian Spring
Romeo and Juliet
Swan Lake
The Rite of Spring
19
Johann Sebastian Bach
Transcendental Etude no. 10 in F Minor
Brandenberg Concerto No. 5 in D Minor 1st movement
Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune
Che gelida manina from La Boheme
20
What is the implied time signature?
12/4
9/8
6/8
3/4
21
Smallest unit of musical form (as short as two notes or as long as six)
Antecedent
Theme
Melody
Motif
22
During the 18th and 19th centuries, this involved improvisation as part of the performance
Divertimento
Ritornello
Cadenza
Fugue
23
20th century Hungarian composer; one of the founders of ethnomusicology
Anton Webern
Bela Bartok
Claude Debussy
Alban Berg
24
A trumpet player is playing B below the staff very sharp. What should they do?
Pull out valve slide
Lip down
Firm up the embouchure
Choose another fingering
25
Who is the composer of the excerpt shown?
Arnold Schoenberg
Franz Schubert
Carl Nielsen
Johannes Brahms
26
You are teaching a lesson on motifs. Which composer can be best used to teach motifs?
Brahms
Beethoven
Strauss
Tchaikovsky
27
Which of the following is likely to cause faulty intonation in HS singers in a choir?
Inadequate rehearsal time
Unsupported tone
Singing in a foregin language
Lack of an instrumental accompaniment
28
Which music mode is shown here?
Dorian
Locrian
Phrygian
Lydian
29
Where did the flute originate?
Italy
England
France
America
30
What is a concerto?
Composition for an organ
A French Polyphonic song
Composition for an orchestra & 1 or more solo instrument
Chamber music
31
According to Music Learning theory, which is the initial step in developing rhythm competency?
Reading and writing rhythms
Improvisation
Discriminate between macro and micro beats
Listening and moving to music
32
What is the interval?
Major 3rd
Perfect 5th
Minor 6th
Perfect 4th
33
What is folk music?
serious and traditional Western European music
traditional music of a country
modern music that is popular with young people
a style of music with a strong and loud beat
34
This learning theory focuses on using folk songs in the mother tongue and solfege.
Dalcroze
Orff-Schulwerk
Suzuki
Kodaly
35
What chord is this?
ii
vii0
iv
V
36
Who is the composer?
Terry Riley
Charles Ives
Duke Ellington
John Corigliano
37
Conductor cues are customarily given when:
The articulation changes from one style to another
A soloist/section enters after a long rest
The meter changes from simple to compound
A soloist/section must fade out after a long note
38
True or false: an octatonic scale consists of only whole steps
True
False
39
Creating an ostinato on barred instruments to accompany folk songs is which approach?
Kodaly
Dalcroze
Orff
Gordon
40
Which of the following tempi is slowest?
Larghissimo
Largo
Andante
Grave
41
Which THREE of the following texts are part of the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Mass?
Agnus Dei
Sanctus
Dies irae
Gloria
42
What is the tessitura?
Volume
Register being played
Timbre
Range of instrument
43
What technique is employed here?
Decrescendo
Accelerando
Hemiola
Metric modulation
44
Who wrote "Gradus ad Parnassum?"
Johann Joachim Quantz
Johann Joseph Fux
Philip Farkas
Carl Czerny
45
How do you play this note on the trumpet?
1-3
2-3
2
0
46
What solfege syllable is this?
So
Fa
Re
La
47
What is the style of this piece?
Minuet
Fugue
Passacaglia
Scherzo
48
When was the clarinet invented (approx)
1820
1630
1569
1690
49
Which scale degrees make up a pentatonic scale?
1,2,3,4,5
1,3,5,7,1
1,2,4,6,7
1,2,3,5,6
50
What is the difference between MIDI and analog?
There is no difference
MIDI transmits audio signals, analog doesn't
MIDI doesn't transmit audio signals, analog does
51
What is an anacrusis?
Rhythmic pattern
Pickup bar/beat
Hemiola
Conducting gesture
52
Which National Standard is "reading and notating music?"
4
5
6
2
53
Violinists should be able to reach the _____ comfortably without stretching
Nut
Body
Scroll
Tuning pegs
54
Who is the composer?
Strauss
Mozart
Vivalid
Brahms
55
Appogiatura is approached by a ___ and left by a ____
Same; step up
Leap; step
Step; leap
Step up; same
56
Type of counterpoint where one or more voices imitate a leading voice
Call and response
Canon
Polyphony
Fugue
57
True or false: the sixth note in a major/minor scale is the submediant
False
True
58
True or false: Extrinsic reward is better than intrinsic reward
True
False
59
Which of the following is the form of da capo aria?
A B A B A"
A B A C A D A
A B A
A A B A"
