MUS 121 Test No. 1 Review

Which of the following is an aerophone?

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

Music is generally categorized as either sacred or ____________.

The Brass family includes all of these instruments Except:

Traveling musicians in the Medieval Era are known as:

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

Music from the Classical Era is predominantly

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

Cymbals are idiophones.

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

Homophonic music has melody along with a harmonic accompaniment.

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

Who is the composer of this piece of music?

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

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

What is Pitch?

How loud or soft a musical sound is played is:

Which of these ensembles utilizes both wind and string instruments?

The dates of the Renaissance are:

The string instrument family includes which instrument?

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

Which of the following is not a chordophone?

Which of the following is a membranophone?

What instrument is heard in this example?

Music sung by monks and nuns in monasteries is known as

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

What is timbre?

Which of the following is spelled correctly?

The pipe organ uses air to produce sound

A highly skilled musician is referred to as:

Which of these words can be used to describe harmony?

What is a chord?

What are the dates of the Modern Era?

Which of these is a composer from the modern era?

The modern piano has how many keys?

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

Which of the following is a category of meter?

Which is the smallest of the woodwind instruments?

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

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

What is meter?

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

Which of the following is a metal bar bent into a shape and struck by a metal beater?

Which of the following is not a voice type?

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