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Practice Test Nine (Golden)
What does 'con sordino' mean?
What is 'tala?'
Practice Test Nine (Golden)
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What is 'tala?'
The rhtyhmic structure of Indian classical music
Japanese theatre or music and dance
The term for Mongolian drumming
African melodic throat singing
2
What does 'con sordino' mean?
With bow
With mute
With expression
With intensity
3
Which response is a music writing file?
GIF
PDF
XML
TIFF
4
Define 'coloratura.'
Rich, elaborated, ornamanted operatic singing style
Pertaining to woodwind instruments
Differing shades of musical tone
Desiganation of tone in pop music
5
Place in order from fast to slow.
Presto, Andante, Largo, Larghetto
Adagio, Andante, Allegro, Presto
Allegro, Adagio, Andante, Larghetto
Presto, Allegro, Adagio, Largo
6
What is monophony (monophonic texture)?
Multiple voices or melodies share melodic interest.
One melody is present with no accompaniment.
A round is an example.
One melody is present with harmony.
7
What is 'Raga?'
Classical Indian music
Japanese folk music
Gamelan music
Eastern European music
8
What is 'alla breve' time.
2/2
4/4
Cut time
3/4
9
What is timbre?
Pitch of sound
Volume of sound
Duration of sound
Quality of sound
10
Define 'recitative.'
Sung loudly
Sung softly
Sung as if spoken
Sung quickly
11
Which is not a Giacomo Puccini opera?
La Boheme
The Marriage of Figaro
Madame Butterfy
Tosca
12
Inversion
Rhthmic values have been reduced
Melody line is upside down or flipped
Melody line appears backwards
rhythmic values have been increased
13
Place in historical order
Monteverdi, Rossini, Puccini
Monteverdi, Puccini, Rossini
Rossini, Monteverdi, Puccini
Puccini, Rossini, Monteverdi
14
Which music educator is associated with Music Learning Theory?
Carl Orff
Edwin Gordon
Richard Colwell
Carl Seashore
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Define 'cantabile.'
Smooth, lyrical singing
Fast passage
Slow passage
Artuclated passage
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What is homophony (homophonic texture)?
One melody is present with harmony.
Multiple voices or melodies share melodic interest.
One melody is present with no accompaniment.
A round is an example.
17
Which response is associated with Arnold Schoenberg?
The twelve tone row
Impressionism
Emancipation of dissonance
Composition without dissonance
18
Which mode has a major tonic (I) chord?
Dorian
Phyrgian
Myxolydian
Aeolean
19
Place in order loud to soft
f, mf, p, pp
pp, p, mf, f, ff
pp, p, f, mf, ff
mf, f, p, pp
20
Which response does not belong?
Pizzacato
Martele
Spiccato
Saltando
21
What does 'NC' stand for on a lead sheet?
Non cantare
Not sounded
Not counted
No chord
22
Arthur Sullivan
Hymnist
Associated with poet William Gilbert
English composer of light opera
Wrote Pirates of Penzance
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What is pizzicato?
Bowed string
Slapped string
Plucked string
Hammered string
24
What is 'portamento.'
High soprano solo
Slide in pitch between two notes
Trombone glissando
Musical tone without variation
25
Which response is a graphic file?
MIDI
MUSX
TIFF
XML
26
What is the term for diminishing in dynamics and tempo?
Colando
Allargando
Retardando
Decrescendo
27
What is a 'rondo?'
A-B-A-C-A-D-A
A-B-A-C-A-B-A
Musical form in which main theme returns after a digression
Musical form that disappeared before the classical period
28
Which are the genres of Claudio Monteverdi?
Opera, sonatas
Opera, motets
Sonatas, motets
Opera, madrigals
29
Eric Whitacre
Contemporay music education theorist
Contemporary Canadian composer
Innovator of early 20th century electronic music
Innovator of the virtual choir
30
Whih are the genres of Palestrina?
Mass, Motet
Mass, Cantata
Mass, Sonata
Motet, Cantata
31
What is French overture style?
Type of overture only perfromed in slow 3/4 time
Term to describe style for Renaissance overtures
Style of music only used in France
Dotted 8th/16th rhtyhm performed as double-dotted 8th/32nd
32
What publication is associated with Richard Colwell?
On Teaching and Learning
Handbook for Music Teaching
The New Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning
A Philosophy of Music education
33
Diminution
Rhthmic values have been reduced
Melody line appears backwards
Melody line is upside down or flipped
rhythmic values have been increased
34
What is the interval that is used in a bordun?
Major 3rd
Perfect 5th
Minor 6th
Octave
35
Which mode has a minor tonic (i) chord?
Myxolydian
Lydian
Phyrgian
Ionian
36
Single Paradiddle
LLRR LLRR
RRLL RRLL
RLRR LRLL
RLLR LRRL
37
What is polyphony (polyphonic texture)?
A round is an example.
One melody is present with harmony.
One melody is present with no accompaniment.
Multiple voices share melodic interest.
38
Kochel Catalog numbers
Catalog of Chopin's music
Catalog of Mozart's music
Catalog of Bach's music
Catalog of Beethovens music
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What is a 'gigue?'
Dance rhtyhm of English origin
Lively tune in 3/4 time
Lively tune in 6/8
Common movement within a Baroque dance suite
40
What does 'spiccato' mean?
Use heavy bow
Use very end of bow.
Use log, smooth bow
Lightly bounce bow
41
How do you tune a violin?
Begin with the D string and tune adjacent strings to a perfect 4th
Begin with the A string and tune adjacent strings to a perfect 5th
Begin with the A string and tune adjacent strings to a perfect 4th
Begin with the G string and tune adjacent strings to a perfect 5th
42
Which ballet was not written by Aaron Copeland?
Rodeo
Appalachian Spring
Rite of Spring
Billy the Kid
43
Who coined the term 'audiation?'
Carl Orff
Edwin Gordon
Carl Seashore
Richard Colwell
44
BWV Catalog numbers
Catalog of Chopin's music
Catalog of Bach's music
Catalog of Mozart's music
Catalog of Beethovens music
45
Which contribution of the Beatles was most significant?
Inovative marketing of new records
Great cover songs of the hits of other bands
Virtuso instrumental techniques
Innovative studio recording techniques and use of wrold instruments
46
Which were the genres of Gioachino Rossini?
Mass, overture
Opera, overture
Mass, motet
Mass, opera
47
Augmentation
Melody line appears backwards
rhythmic values have been increased
Melody line is upside down or flipped
Rhthmic values have been reduced
48
Which is not a musical texture
cacophony
Heterophony
Monophony
Homophony
49
Retrograde
Rhthmic values have been reduced
Melody line is upside down or flipped
Melody line appears backwards
rhythmic values have been increased
50
What type of string is most reactive to humidity and temperature?
Wire metal
Wound metal
Nylon
Gut
