What does the top number of the time signature tell us?

How many beats are in each measure

Pair of eighth notes beamed together

How did Motown's quality control team decide which songs to release to the public?

If they had $1 to spend, would they buy a record of the song or a sandwich?

How many times do you write the time signature?

Once, at the beginning of the piece

Why is it named Motown?

It is where Henry Ford founded the automotive industry in the early 1920s

If the top number of the time signature is 2

There are 2 beats in every measure

What is a cover version?

A remake of a song made famous by another artist

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2024 Music Midterm Review

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1
Music intended for a wide audience, often featuring prominent melodies is
Classical music
Traditional music
Popular music
2
What is the name of the 1930s to early 1940s style of jazz?
Hot jazz
Cool jazz
Dixieland
Swing or big band
3
How many beats are in this figure?
5
3
16
3
4
One of Mozart's symphonies is an example of
Traditional music
Classical music
Popular music
5
Mozart composed
Vocal music only
In every major vocal and instrumental genre of his time
Instrumental music only
6
What is the value of this figure?
4 beats of sound
2 beats of silence
2 beats of sound
4 beats of silence
7
What is another name for Motown?
Billboard Top 100 City
Hitsville USA
Top of the Charts Town
Chart Toppers City
8
To divide the main beat into smaller parts of the beat is to
Note divide
Subdivide
Music divide
9
What is the term for rhythms that shift the accented notes to weak beats?
Harmony
Syncopation
On the beat
Double barline
10
How many half notes are in one whole note?
1
3
4
2
11
What is the value of this figure?
2 beats of sound
4 beats of silence
1 beat of sound
4 beats of sound
12
What is the value of this figure?
1 beat
1/2 beat
2 beats
112 beats
13
A particular type of music with a distinctive form or sound is
Genre
Tone color
Song title
Musical style
14
What is the name of the 1920s style of jazz?
Swing
Bebop
Dixieland
Cool jazz
15
If the bottom number of the time signature is 4
You have to clap 4 times before you start the song
The quarter note equals 1 beat
The song has 4 measures
There are 24 beats in every measure
16
How many beats are in this figure?
3
4
2
1
17
In Mexico, music is
Mainly performed at formal concerts
Performed only in religious ceremonies
Not important
Used to celebrate a wide variety of events
18
What does the top number of the time signature tell us?
How many beats are in each measure
How many notes are in each measure
19
How many eighth rests are in one whole rest?
38
8
18
28
20
Indonesia is part of which continent?
Asia
South America
Africa
North America
21
Motown is a nickname for what city?
Philadelphia PA
Los Angeles CA
Orlando FL
Detroit MI
22
In what northern city did swing develop in the 1930s?
Philadelphia
Chicago
Seattle
New York City
23
What is this figure?
Quarter rest
Fifteenth rest
Sixteenth rest
Sixteenth note
24
What is the value of this figure?
1 beat of silence
1/2 beat of silence
2 beats of silence
4 beats of sound
25
How many quarter notes are in one whole note?
25
4
8
16
26
What is this figure?
Pair of sixteenth notes beamed together
Two eighth rests
Double barline
Pair of eighth notes beamed together
27
How did Motown's quality control team decide which songs to release to the public?
If they $100 to spend, would they buy a concert ticket or shoes?
If they had $50,000, would they buy 50,000 copies of the song or a pool?
If they had $1 to spend, would they buy a record of the song or a sandwich?
28
In the swing era, did jazz bands become larger or smaller?
Larger
Smaller
29
What is this figure?
Half note
Half rest
Seventeenth note
Quarter note
30
Style of “art” music that often uses orchestral instruments is
Popular music
Traditional music
Classical music
31
Scholars who study the music of different cultural groups; they study both written and unwritten music traditions
Anthropologists
Chemists
Ethnomusicologists
Biologists
32
Swing music was often used for
Dancing
Meditation
Religious ceremonies
33
How many times do you write the time signature?
On every line of music
Once, at the beginning of the piece
34
The performance practices, means, traditions, uses, and beliefs about music of a group of people
Music video
Music class
Music culture
Music life
35
Did New Orleans remain an important jazz center throughout the history of jazz?
No
Yes
36
Notes get their names from their relationship to the
Whole note
Sixteenth note
Half note
Quarter note
37
In the 1920s, most jazz was in what type of meter - duple or triple?
Duple meter
Triple meter
38
What is this figure?
Whole rest
Quarter rest
Whole note
Half rest
39
Measures are divided by
Note lines
Barlines
Staff lines
50-yard line 🏈
40
What is the value of this figure?
2 beats of sound
2 beats of silence
4 beats of silence
222 beats of silence
41
Why is it named Motown?
It is where Henry Ford founded the automotive industry in the early 1920s
It is where the biggest silent movies of the 1920s were filmed
Everyone who lived there had an expensive lawnmower
It was a very wealthy town in the early 1900s; everyone had lots of money
42
What instrument did Benny Goodman play?
Clarinet
Vibraphone
Trumpet
Piano
43
What must come at the end of a written composition?
The time signature
The composer's name
The percussion clef
The double barline
44
Mexican and Balinese music falls under category of
Popular music
Traditional music
Classical music
45
What is this figure?
Sixteenth rest
Eighth rest
Eighth note
Quarter rest
46
If the top number of the time signature is 2
There are 2,242 beats in every measure
There are 12 beats in every measure
There are -21 beats in every measure
There are 2 beats in every measure
47
What is a cover version?
A remake of a song made famous by another artist
The first (original) version of a song
48
Classical music written for small ensembles (groups) is called
An opera
Chamber music
Jazz
A symphony
49
Instruments that produce sound by a vibrating column of air
Idiophones
Membranophones
Aerophones
Chordophones
50
What is this figure?
Half note
Whole note
Whole rest
Eighth note
51
Music that develops within and is strongly associated with a cultural group or region is
Popular music
Classical music
Traditional music
52
A form of expression within a musical genre is
Literary style
Poetic form
Rhythm
Musical style
53
Who founded Motown?
Berry Gordy, Jr.
Gordovius Berrington, Jr.
Gordon Berry, Jr.
Berriell Gordington, Sr.
54
Customs, beliefs, language, arts, and institutions of a group of people that are learned/transmitted within the group
Cuisine
Culture
Communications
History
55
What does the bottom number of the time signature tell us?
How many beats are in each measure
What type of note equals 1 beat
56
A Balinese music ensemble (performing group) is called
A brass band
String band
Gamelan
Symphony orchestra
57
Who were 2 of the most famous composers of the Classical period?
Justin Bieber and Bruno Mars
Haydn and Mozart
Berry Gordy Jr. and Marvin Gaye
58
How many eighth notes are in one whole note?
8
12
4
0
59
During what decade was Motown founded and developed?
2000s
1960s
1930s
1920s
60
What are traditional music styles and genres often associated with?
A specific style of clothing and shoes
A certain type of food
Specific cultures or places
61
What is the value of this figure?
2 beats of silence
4 beats of sound
2 beats of sound
1 beat of silence
62
The Balinese gongs, cymbals, and chimes are
Electrophones
Membranophones
Idiophones
Aerophones
63
Classical music is often associated with which continent?
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
64
What instrument did Lionel Hampton play?
Piano
Vibraphone
Clarinet
Guitar
65
What is this figure?
Half note
Quarter rest
Whole rest
Half rest
66
Rests indicate
Sound
Silence
67
Do beat and rhythm mean the same thing?
No
Yes
68
In Bali, the arts
Are not important
Are very important and nearly everyone is some type of artist
69
How many beats are in this figure?
7,423
992
4
3
70
How many sixteenth notes are in one whole note?
8
4
16
32
71
Instruments that generate sound from electricity
Electrophones
Idiophones
Chordophones
Aerophones
72
What is this figure?
Double barline
Whole note
Half note
Percussion clef
73
The group of 5 lines that runs across the page and is where you write notes and rests is the
Barline quintet
Staff
Double barline
Barline
74
What instrument did Louis Armstrong play?
Trumpet
Tuba
Triangle
Trombone
75
What instrument did Jelly Roll Morton play?
Piano
Vibraphone
Clarinet
Banjo
76
How many sixteenth notes are in one quarter note?
2
3
1
4
77
Simple, solid instruments that produce sound by being struck, scraped, or shaken
Idiophone
Electrophone
Shakophone
Membranophone
78
What are measures?
Symbols used to designate sound
Symbols that are found at the beginning of a piece to indicate pitches used
Symbols used to designate silence
Groupings of beats separated by barlines
79
The distinct tonal quality of an instrument or voice, which is clearly identifiable by ear; “tone color”
Timbre
Beat
Harmony
Melody
80
How many beats are in a quarter note?
1/4
4
1
1/2
81
Instruments that produce sound by striking or rubbing a skin/membrane stretched across a resonating air chamber; a drum
Strike-ophone
Drumophones
Idiophones
Membranophones
82
What is the value of this figure?
1 beat of sound
2 beats of sound
4 beats of sound
1 beat of silence
83
Hip hop is an example of
Classical music
Traditional music
Popular music
84
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is considered a child prodigy. What does this mean?
He was a famous chef at the age of 8
He was a famous painter by the age of 5
He was already extremely talented at music at a very young age
He was a famous mathematician by the age of 12
85
How many eighth notes are in 1 quarter note?
3
4
1
2
86
If the top number of the time signature is 4
The quarter note equals 1 beat
There are 4 notes in every measure
There are 4 beats in every measure
87
What is this figure?
Four eighth notes beamed together
Four thirty-second notes beamed together
Four sixteenth rests
Four sixteenth notes beamed together
88
When did the word "jazz" first appear in print?
1417
2017
1017
1917
89
Instruments that create sound by striking, rubbing, or plucking a string
Chordophone
Aerophone
Stringophone
Guitarophone
90
Swing music was in what type of meter - duple or triple?
Duple meter
Triple meter
91
What is this figure?
Half rest
Quarter note
Quarter rest
Sixteenth rest
92
Scholars who study the physical/cultural characteristics & social customs of a group of people
Mathematicians
Anthropologists
Ethnomusicologists
Scientists
93
The way the beats or pulses of music are organized and subdivided; it is how music moves through time
Rhythm
Beat
Harmony
Measure
94
What is this figure?
Ninth note
Quarter note
Eighth note
Eighth rest
95
Mexican folk songs are an example of
Traditional music
Classical music
Popular music
96
How many half rests are in one whole rest?
2
3
1
4
97
In what city did jazz develop in the mid-1800s?
Philadelphia
Nashville
New Orleans
Chicago
98
How many beats are in this figure?
6
24
8
2
99
What is Motown short for?
Motor City
Money Town
Lawnmower Repair Shop
Mobile Phone Store
100
What is this figure?
Sixteenth note
Sixteenth rest
Whole rest
Eighth note

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