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Music 120 Aims_Pipes 1
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A #music quiz to learn the basic terminology when listening to #classical performances.
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How do you succeed in this course?
Listen several times to the examples and write notes!
Keep Up (on all assignments)!
Do the readings and ask questions!
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The process of changing tonal centers or keys is known as...
Modulation
Interval
Polyphony
Ostinato
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In which orchestral family is the piano?
Brass
Woodwind
Percussion
String
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What is a meter?
Organized pattern of beats usually divided into 2 or 3.
The length of a note
A harmonic resolution.
The end of a phrase.
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This active note is a 5th above the Tonic and always wants to resolve, creating tension.
Fugue
Triangle
Drone
Dominant
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An underlying beat pitting 2 beats against 3 is called a...
Polyrhythm
Tonic
Tonality
Symphony
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What is an interval?
The length of a note.
The distance between your theater seat and the snack bar.
The length of a tuba.
The distance between any two pitches.
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What instrument is this?
xylophone
piano
trumpet
pipe organ
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What is a melody?
Music played loudly
A musical line or sentence
A family of instruments
A span of pitches from low to high
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In what musical family is the trumpet?
Brass
Woodwind
Strings
Percussion
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An interval spanning 8 notes of the major scale is called an...
Minor 3rd
Perfect Octave
Minor 2nd
Perfect 5th
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This scale consists of all 12 semitones.
Chromatic
Minor
Major
Pentatonic
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What is a range?
The distance between the lowest and the highest pitches.
The place where I roam.
A second melody added for texture.
An organized rhythmic pattern.
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The texture where there is only one single line is called...
Monophony
Heterophony
Polyphony
Homophony
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The smallest interval in Western Music is called the...
Perfect 5th
Half step or Minor 2nd
Octave
Perfect 4th
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What is a cadence
A rhyming scheme.
A long melody with large intervals.
A resting place which punctuates like a comma or a period.
A type of trumpet
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The first note of any major or minor scale is known as the...
Dorian
Tonic
Timpani
Dominant
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Imitation where each voice enters in succession with the exact same melody is called a...
Gregorian Chant
Round
String Quartet
Variation
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In what family is the clarinet?
Brass
Percussion
Woodwind
Strings
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This harmonic effect creates tension in music.
Dissonance
Polyrhythm
Chord
Consonance
