Final Exam Practice

What are world instruments?

Rap focuses on lyrics that are spoken or chanted with a rhythm.

Which of the following music is from the European tradition?

Most guitars have how many strings?

What is Guitar Hero?

What are the most common types of instruments taught in classes in middle and high school?

What is a Didgeridoo?

MCing is a part of what musical genre?

Which of the following is not a musical element?

What is another name for performance anxiety?

What are the major chords?

Folk music is also traditional music.

What is an octave?

Classical music originated in America.

What is shadow rehearsing?

What does decrescendo mean?

What are the minor chords?

What is a small orchestra with instruments from all the instrument families?

When we identify the kind of music we like, we can use that inspiration to create our own music.

All of the woodwind instruments are narrow pipes that have holes in them.

What does stacatto mean?

 This is “what not to do” to prepare for a performance:

Music is a form of human language meant to communicate using sound.

 What does “common practice” mean? 

A chord has several single notes played together to make a harmonious —ideally—sound.

Maracas are a part of what instrument family?

Which instrument is a reed woodwind?

What does ABA represent?

What is a fret?

What are instrument families?

What is the name of the little gates that control the airflow through the brass instrument?

The harp is a stringed instrument that had its beginning in what ancient civilization?

All brass instruments qualify to be in the brass family.

The Pipa is the Chinese lute.

There is scientific proof that music has the power to affect us physically and emotionally.

What is a Chinese stringed instrument with a long neck and a round body?

What is the best way to hold the guitar?

How many instrument families are there in orchestra music?

What is a musical repertoire?

Which of the following is not an instrument family?

What is harmony?

Music is a symbol of this chaos in the world.

String instruments are always small.

What kind of companies make instruments?

The U.S. is well known for its classical musicians.

Jazz is a mixture of African, South American, and European musical influences.

The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, and Beyoncé are all excellent examples of pop music

What is a musical interval?

All world instruments are stringed instruments.

What are chord progressions?

The guitar is the hardest instrument to learn to play.

In the 1950s, rock music was a cultural_____.

How do string instruments produce sound?

Humans have been using string instruments to create music for thousands of years.

Which is the best definition of a major scale?

What is a string instrument with a metal frame and strings that are plucked?

What is an orchestra?

How many years have string instruments been around?

Guitar playing isn’t just for rock and roll.

An English Horn belongs to what musical family?

What is the African guitar blik kitaar made from?

Which of the following is not a basic instrument?

What is the opposite of dissonant?

What is a sitar?

String instruments make up the largest section of an orchestra.

Music is a whole-body activity.

There is no difference between classical and popular music.

What is a fretboard?

The zither is a stringed instrument unique to what country?

What is the sound of a major scale?

What is consonant?

Mastering musicianship can be done quickly and with much ease.

What does forte mean?

Each instrument family has several different instruments in it.

Which of the following is not a string instrument?

What is musicianship

Which hand plays the guitar strings?

How are an African guitar and a western guitar different?

What is the oldest music in the world?

What is musical pitch?

What does crescendo mean?