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Music Theory Chapter 1
Music Theory Chapter 1
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Notation and Acoustics
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This is a :
Whole Rest
Whole Note
Half Note
Breve
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This is a:
Bass Clef
Tenor Clef
Treble Clef
Alto Clef
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This song was used to teach solfedge to Guido d'Arezzo's young singers.
Hymn to St. John
Hymn to the Russian Earth
The Alphabet Song
Do, a Deer, a Female Deer
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Increased air pressure
Rarefaction
Frequency
Compression
Vibration
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This rest receives:
1/2 Count
2 Counts
1 Count
4 Counts
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The two basic materials of music are:
Rhythm and Blues
Sound and Time
Sound and Rhythm
Time and Timbre
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This rest receives:
2 Counts
1 Count
1/2 Count
1/4 Count
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The pitch one octave lower than A=440 is vibrating at _____________ cycles per second.
220
1760
110
880
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This rest receives:
1/2 Count
2 Counts
1 Count
4 Counts
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This note receives:
1/2 Count
2 Counts
1 Count
1/4 Count
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440 cycles per second (piano is tuned to this)
A=440
D=440
C=440
B=440
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This is a:
Half Note
Breve
Whole Note
Quarter Note
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Decreased air pressure
Vibration
Frequency
Compression
Rarefaction
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What is the difference between a tie and a slur?
There is no difference between the two
A slur "superglues" two notes together- a tie means smooth
A tie "superglues" two notes together- a slur means smooth
None of the above
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This note receives:
2 Counts
8 Counts
4 Counts
1 Count
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This treatise (book) by Franco de Cologne was the first on music notation
Music in Theory and Practice
Music Notation for Dummies
De Musica Mensurabili
Hymn to St. John
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The maximum number of notes you should beam together (unless they are part of 1 beat) is:
4
2
6
5
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Different pitches vibrating simultaneously
Tones
Harmonic/Overtone Series
Fundamentals
Notes
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Number of cycles per second
Compression
Rarefaction
Frequency
Vibration
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When notes of a chord are on adjacent lines/spaces, which side of the stem is the higher note?
Right
Left
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The study/science of sound
Audiology
Acoustics
Auralistics
Soundology
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The Father of the Five Line Staff and Solfedge
Guido D'Arezzo
Franco de Cologne
J. J. Fux
Ludwig von Beethoven
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This time signature can be described as:
Compound Meter
Simple Meter
None of the above
Asymmetrical Meter
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This is a:
Quarter Rest
Eighth Rest
Half Rest
Whole Rest
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This note receives:
1/2 Count
1 Count
4 Counts
2 Counts
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What does the top number of the time signature tell us?
None of the above
Kind of note that gets the beat
How many beats per measure
How many notes in the measure
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This is a:
Eighth Rest
Whole Rest
Quarter Rest
Half Rest
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The way notes are grouped within the meter - allows music to move through time.
Beat
Meter
Rhythm
Frequency
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This is a:
Bass Clef
Alto Clef
Tenor Clef
Treble Clef
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A half step notated using two different note names
Enharmonic Half Step
Basic Half Step
Chromatic Half Step
Diatonic Half Step
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A musical sound with pitch
Fundamental
Partial
Tone
Note
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The distance between two pitches
Chromatic Half Step
Diatonic Half Step
Enharmonic
Interval
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What does this symbol do?
Cancels an accidental
Raises the tone a half step
Lowers the tone a half step
Raises the tone a whole step
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The pitch two octaves lower than A=440 is vibrating at _____________ cycles per second.
110
1760
220
880
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What does this symbol do?
Raises the tone a half step
Raises the tone a whole step
Lowers the tone a half step
Lowers the tone a whole step
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What is a sound wave?
A and C are correct
One cycle of compression and rarefaction
The sound of the high tide caused by a hurricane
The source of sound
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What is the purpose of an augmentation dot?
Adds half the value of the note/dot it follows
Adds 1 beat
Doubles the value of the note
Adds 2 beats
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This note receives:
4 Counts
1 Count
1/2 Count
2 Counts
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This is a:
Quarter Note
Eighth Note
Half Note
Whole Note
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In simple meter the beat is divided by:
2
3
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The pitch two octaves higher than A=440 is vibrating at _____________ cycles per second.
1760
110
880
220
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Beams should:
All of the above
Not pass more than one staff line for every two notes
Clarify the time signature
Not be used with flags, generally
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These are:
Compound Meters
Simple Meters
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This note receives:
2 Counts
8 Counts
1 Count
4 Counts
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What does this symbol do?
Lowers the tone a half step
Raises the tone a whole step
Raises the tone a half step
Lowers the tone a whole step
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This rest receives:
4 Counts
1/2 Count
2 Counts
1 Count
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This rest can be used to show a whole measure of rests in any time signature.
Half Rest
Quarter Rest
Eighth Rest
Whole Rest
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Beats grouped in patterns with the first beat accented
Rhythm
Meter
Frequency
Beat
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Symbols used in very early music
Crotchets
Chicken Scratch
Neumes
Quavers
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Stems should be ___________ in length
5 lines
1 inch
1 centimeter
1 octave
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What does this symbol do?
Lowers the tone a half step
Lowers the tone a whole step
Raises the tone a whole step
Raises the tone a half step
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In compound meter the beat is divided by:
2
3
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A note without an accidental
Basic note
Breve
Ordinary note
Plain note
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Dynamics should be added:
Between the staves
Below the staves
Depends on the type of music
Above the staves
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Stems on notes with ledger lines should go:
One octave in length
Down
To the middle line of the staff
Up
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The periodic motion of a body:
Vibration
Frequency
Compression
Rarefaction
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Where are the two naturally occurring half steps?
A-B and E-F
E-F and B-C
B-C and G-A
A-B and F-G
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This rest receives:
4 Counts
2 Counts
1/2 Count
1 Count
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This rest should NOT be used in 3/4 time.
Eighth Rest
Whole Rest
Half Rest
Quarter Rest
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These are:
Simple Meters
Compound Meters
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Which of the following are properties of sound?
Duration
All of the above
Timbre
Intensity
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This is a:
Whole Rest
Quarter Rest
Eighth Rest
Half Rest
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This is a:
Tenor Clef
Alto Clef
Bass Clef
Treble Clef
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When two parts are written on the same staff, how do we tell the melodies apart?
Color coding
Labeling
Stem direction
Shape of the notes
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What does this symbol do?
Lowers the tone a half step
Raises the tone a whole step
Lowers the tone a whole step
Raises the tone a half step
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Below the third line, stems go:
None of the Above
Down
Up
Either Way
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The pitch one octave higher than A=440 is vibrating at _____________ cycles per second.
220
880
1760
110
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This is a:
Half Note
Quarter Note
Eighth Note
Whole Note
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Two notes that have the same sound, but different note names.
Partials
Fundamentals
Harmonics
Enharmonics
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Above the third line, stems go:
Down
Either Way
Up
None of the Above
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Individual notes of the overtone/harmonic series
Harmonics
Partials
Overtones
All of the above
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The source of sound
Vibrations
Sound Waves
All of the Above
Compression and Rarefaction
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Tone Quality
Intensity
Pitch
Enharmonics
Timbre
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This is a:
Half Rest
Eighth Rest
Sixteenth Rest
Quarter Rest
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This is a:
Quarter Rest
Whole Rest
Half Rest
Eighth Rest
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This is a:
Tenor Clef
Treble Clef
Alto Clef
Bass Clef
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What is the smallest interval?
Half Step
Major Third
Whole Step
Minor Third
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When a dotted note is on a line, the augmentation dot should go ______________?
Slightly above the line
Slightly below the line
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The first pitch of the overtone series
Note Zero
Fundamental
Partial 1
Foundation
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What does the bottom number of the time signature tell us?
Kind of note that gets the beat
How many beats per measure
None of the above
How many notes in the measure
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This note receives:
1/4 Count
1/2 Count
2 Counts
1 Count