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Music Appreciation Final Exam Review - Multiple Choice
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Chapters 1-13 in The World of Music with no listening questions
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1
One of the most influential Rock and Roll artists...
Elvis Presley
George Gershwin
Ricky Skaggs
Bob Marley
2
Instruments whose material of contruction is the sound producing agent. Hit it or Shake it!
Aerophone
Idiophone
Chordophone
Membranophone
3
A system of visual symbols which was developed to reinforce the singer's memory of a melody.
Flotation
Notation
Opera
Sonata
4
Minstrel Shows and Vaudeville were variety shows containing many different acts.
True
False
5
We put music into these categories to help us understand it better.
Geometrics
Genres
Genomes
Geocaching
6
Someone who performs in any medium with creativity/sensitivity/communication with the audience.
Artist
Anamorphus
Fashionista
Paint-by-number
7
When music is passed down generations without the use of notation. Word of mouth.
Oral Tradition
Annual Tradition
Exact Tradition
Indigenous Tradition
8
Instrument that displaced the harpsichord and was used for solos during the Classical Period.
Turntables
Pianoforte
Oboe
Harp
9
The words to an opera.
Libretto
Symphony
Cadenza
Lieder
10
What does A Cappella mean?
Free Rhythm
No Words
No Instruments
No Voices
11
A chant which
one note
is given to
each syllable
of a text.
Syllabic Setting
Modal Setting
Melismatic Setting
Polyphonic Setting
12
This composition technique used in the Baroque Era; keyboard improvised based on chord symbols.
Counterpoint
Continuo
Contour
Contrast
13
Who is NOT a contemporary country artist?
Carrie Underwood
James Brown
Kenny Chesney
Garth Brooks
14
Who is the legendary Folk Singer and Songwriter that headed the Urban Folk Revival?
Boba Fett
Bob Newhart
Bob Dole
Bob Dylan
15
Who developed Ragtime in St. Louis?
Scott Joplin
Clifford Brown
Ornette Coleman
Benny Goodman
16
These are the hymn books that contain psalms to be sung during worship.
Psalters
Psaminama
Psalmers
Pslammers
17
Over 600 compositions - 25 piano concertos, 41 symphonies, 23 string quartets, etc; died at 35.
Dzbenski
Haydn
Beethoven
Mozart
18
A madrigal is a sacred composition typically with 8-10 parts.
True
False
19
This Classical form has 3 distinct sections: exposition, development, and recapitulation.
Sonata Form
Concerto Form
Chamber Form
Minuet and Trio Form
20
I think I did well in this class.
False
True
21
After Gospel Music, Elvis Presley crossed into commercial genres like Rock and Roll.
True
False
22
Jazz Style pioneered in the 1950's and 1960's by Ornette Coleman. Pure Improv!
Ragtime
Hard Bop
Sweet Swing
Free Jazz
23
Who is the "King" of R&B? (The old kind)
Jimi Hendrix
R. J. Prince
B.B. King
Bob Dylan
24
When America first took shape, whose culture did Americans borrow to help shape their own?
Native American Culture
European Culture
African Culture
Australian Culture
25
Call and Response singing....
Motet
Antiant
Antiphonal
Antigone
26
Worldwide point of view that requires an awareness and respect for other nations and cultures.
Global Eradication
Global Community
Glacial Perspective
Global Perspective
27
A better term for what we used to consider "Classical Music".
Sound Music
Artist Music
Art Music
Pop Music
28
The composers symbols which can be translated into musical sounds....they are on paper!
Sketching
Scribbling
Writings
Notation
29
Chamber music is typically written for 10 or more musicians.
False
True
30
Relatively short pieces used in the Roman Catholic Church; established by Pope Gregory I.
Sonatas
Concertos
Counterpoints
Gregorian Chants
31
Born in Germany, Produced Italian Operas in England, Wrote Oratorios... Who is he?
Verdi
Handel
Palestrina
Haydn
32
This city hosts one of the best known Folk Festivals AND Jazz Festivals.
Quahog
Nashville
Newport
Moses Lake
33
Scholars in music culture. They research, write and teach about music of a particular culture.
Ethnomusicanalyst
Ethnomusicrockagist
Ethnomusicologist
Harry Potter
34
A steady beat. The "heartbeat" of the music.
Harmony
Pulse
Instrumentation
Melody
35
Who helped lead the splitting of the Christian Church into Catholic and Protestant?
Martin Luther
Thomas Morley
Hildegard of Bingen
Orlando Di Lasso
36
Which of these genres is NOT from Latin America?
Bossa Nova
Klezmer
Salsa
Rumba
37
Baroque composer, wrote a cantata about coffee, 20 children, master of fugues. Who is he?
Bach
Beethoven
Di Lasso
Palestrina
38
The illegal downloading or copying of music.
Pirannaucy
Pirate - C
Piracy
Piernocy
39
She was a nun, abbess, mystic, poet, writer, and composer.
Tina Morely
Hildegard of Bingen
Linda Belcher
Theresa Tallis
40
These were put together to improve the "deplorable" state of psalm singing.
Singing Schools
Conservatories
Singing Tea Parties
Screaming Schools
41
The Classical Period was restrained, balanced, and clear when compared to the Romantic Era.
True
False
42
The bass line used in a continuo.
Bassist Continuo
Bow Down Continuo
Basso Continuo
Low Continuo
43
Which of these is not an element of sound?
Assimilation
Loudness
Duration
Pitch
44
An unstable feeling in music. It doesn't feel good.
Tension
Cadence
Loudness
Dynamics
45
Vocal Genre, choral, Bach wrote one about Coffee....
Cantata
Carols
Cinnamon
Concerto
46
St. Mark's Cathedral is shaped like...
A Cross
An Ark
A Hexagon
A Circle
47
The shape or structure of a piece of music. How it is organized.
Dynamics
Rhythm
Melody
Form
48
He was a child prodigy who received a superior education from his father Leopold.
Beethoven
Mozart
Palestrina
Handel
49
Changing from one tonal center to another (key change).
Modality
Modulation
Mode
Major-Minor Tonal System
50
Afro-Cuban dance that has been popular since the 1970's.
Salsa
Country
Techno
The Electric Slide
51
Berry Gordy founded Motown Records.
True
False
52
This is a job that makes music a business.
Instrument Manufacturers
All of the Above
Sheet Music Publishers
Copyright Attorneys
53
One of the most famous Russian composers. Best known for his Ballet Music.
Schubert
Gabrieli
Bach
Tchaikovsky
54
Music created for its own sake, without any extra musical connotations...no feels.
Program Music
Nationalistic Music
Chamber Music
Absolute Music
55
All of these are traditional Jazz instruments except...
Saxophone
Bass
Piano
Cello
56
The rate of speed of a piece of music.
Tempretta
Tempist
Tempo
Tempilla
57
A succession of musical tones, usually varying in pitch and rhythm. Horizontal.
Rhythm
Tempo
Harmony
Melody
58
Radio station WSM in Nashville started a hillbilly program that became the Grand Ole Opry.
False
True
59
A resurgence or return to a popularity of an existing style of music.
Revival
Survival
Archrival
Altvival
60
This is done when one listens attentively in an attempt to understand the musical process.
Perceptive Listening
Personal Listening
Partition Listening
Perspoctive Listening
61
A type of folk song that promotes union organization, patriotism, and political candidates.
Lyric Songs
Narrative Ballads
Rally Songs
Children's Songs
62
Who is the father of modern black gospel music?
James Brown
Thomas A. Dorsey
B.B. King
Elvis Presley
63
A song that has sustained popularity through decades and generations. A staple!
Symphony
Sonata
Standard
Sequence
64
1890's-1950's - Greatest period of American songwriting...also a street in NYC.
The Nashville Sound
Rockabilly
Ragtime
Tin Pan Alley
65
A theatrical work containing songs, dances, and drama....like Phantom of the Opera.
Rumba
Musical
Big Band
Ragtime
66
It is a sacred composition intended for concert performance. G. F. Handel’s
"Messiah"
is one.
Opera
Overture
Oratorio
Oprah
67
Classical Genre - Solo instrument playing with orchestra
Opera
Concerto
Chamber Music
Concerto Grosso
68
This Classical Genre is for a small group of instruments playing with full orchestra.
Sonata
Theme and Variation
Concerto Grosso
Counterpoint
69
This instrument was NOT present in the Baroque Era.
Piano
Violin
Harpsichord
Oboe
70
This is a sacred polyphonic composition, usually sung in Latin without accompaniment.
Concerto
Madrigal
Sonata
Motet
71
This form is used quite a bit in Jazz Music.
Rhythmic Enhancement
Metric Style
12-Bar Blues
Melodic Turn-Around
72
R&B stands for...
Rhythm and Buicks
Rum and Butter
Reds and Blues
Rhythm and Blues
73
Soul is....
an extension of Country.
an extension of R&B.
cookies.
an extension of Popular Music of India.
74
Popular Mexican-based dance music, originating on the border of Mexico and Texas. Accordion!!!
Rockabilly
Mariachi
Tex-Mex (Tejano)
Gagaku
75
Usually occurring before an aria, it is narrative singing in a free tempo; the dialogue part.
Oratorio
Fugue
Recitative
Cadenza
76
What does MIDI stand for?
Musical Insanity Diggity Instrumentation
Musical Instrument Data Interface
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
Musical Instrument Digitized Instruments
77
13 stringed instrument from Japan. Having one in your home suggests an artist's upbringing.
Shakuhachi
Klezmer
Koto
Cello
78
Time period: Shakespeare, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci....other ninja turtles...
Classical
Medieval
Baroque
Renaissance
79
The Easy Instructor introduced this system , where each pitch of a is notated on a staff.
Shape-letter
Shape-written
Shape-song
Shape-note
80
This is the indigenous music of North America.
Celtic Music
Popular Music of India
Native American Music
Mariachi Music
81
This German Romantic composer of EPIC operas was a self-taught musician. Very Brassy!
Gabrieli
Wagner
Beethoven
Mozart
82
Schubert wrote over 600 Italian Art Songs.
False
True
83
Type of motet written for more than one choir.
Polychoral
Polyscientifical
Pollywannacracker
Polychordal
84
Mexican folk music - Violins, Guitars (big and small), trumpets..and sometimes voice and harp!
Kabuki
Mariachi
Dangdut
Rockabilly
85
Oldest documented orchestra music in the world.
Goku
Gagaku
Ginkkubiji
Ginzu
86
It is a dramatic stage production that involves soloists who sing arias and recitatives.
Concerto
Opera
Symphony
Sonata
87
A chant that was used as the basis for a polyphonic composition; "fixed melody".
Canticle
Cantstop Wontstop
Cantus Firmus
Coloratura
88
He was a friend to Mozart and Beethoven's teacher.
Des Prez
Bach
Haydn
Palestrina
89
The roots of Rap and Hip-Hop can be traced to this area.
New York City
Los Angeles
Nashville
Chicago
90
Which of these is NOT a type of Folk Music.
Lyric Songs
Comedic Songs
Children's Songs
Work Songs
91
This American Composer created prepared piano, chance music, and electrified cactus.
Chopin
Cage
Palestrina
Handel
92
A suite of dances.
Dance Suite
Aria
Oratorio
Opera
93
The part of the Catholic liturgy that has produced the most important sacred music.
Modes
Cantata
Concerto
Mass
94
The science of sound.
Immunology
Biology
Chemistry
Acoustics
95
A harmony with 3 or more simultaneous sounds.
Cloister
Chordetta
Chord
Chard
96
The blending of cultures.
Acculturation
Accusations
Acoustics
Aesthetics
97
Music styling where an artist will slightly lower the pitch and return to the same pitch.
Tone Altering
Tone Bending
Tone Arching
Tone Blending
98
He was one of the great composers of the Renaissance. Wrote innovative motets.
Bach
Mozart
Des Prez
Handel
99
Earliest music = Classical Style, but his later works = Romantic Style. Who is he?
Handel
Palestrina
Beethoven
Mozart
100
Changing keys. Shifting the tonal center from one pitch to another.
Mogality
Modulation
Monophonic
Moldy
101
Which of these is NOT a genre of music?
Corndog
Concerto
Cantata
Chamber Music
102
This term describes the level of loudness.
Tonality
Dynamics
Strophic
Rondo
103
The loudness of softness of music. Varies in intensity.
Melody
Notation
Dynamics
Harmony
104
This term describes rate of speed in which a piece of music is played.
Symphony
Tempo
Cadenza
Word Painting
105
Where did traditional gospel music come from?
Native Americans and the way they prayed.
African-American worshipers and the way they worshiped.
Western Europeans and the way they played.
Spanish immigrants and their influence on Mariachi Music.
106
Early chants tend to be....
Monophonic
Counterpoint
Polyphonic
Chamber Music
