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An anthropologist studies cultures and their music.
True
False
2
Rate of speed of the music
Tempo
Accent
Dynamics
Beat
3
A __ is a series of pitches arranged from high to low or low to high.
half step
key signature
scale
tonic
4
group of instruments that produce sound by causing a stretched membrane to vibrate
membranophone
chordophone
idiophone
aerophone
5
Baroque painters exploited their materials to emphasize _.
oils and acrylics
sculpture and painting
light and dark
Bright colors and gray tones
6
group of instruments that produce sound by vibrating as a whole when struck, shaken, or scraped
Idiophone
Chordophone
Aerophone
Membranophone
7
A libretto is the words to a play.
True
False
8
Isaac Newton was a baroque composer.
True
False
9
Choose all that are world divisions.
North America and Europe
Sub-saharan Africa
North America and South America
Asia and the Pacific Islands
North Africa and the Middle East
Latin America and the Caribbean
10
A Jali is the official court musician of the Mbira tribe.
True
False
11
Movement =
vibrato
when the orchestra enters the stage
sounds complete & independent, but is part of a larger whole
the introductory section of a symphony
12
Shamisen
a Japanese piano
a 13 stringed zither
a Japanese long-necked, three-stringed lute
a Japanese end-blown flute
13
Texture in music refers to _
the division of the beat
two or more notes played simultaneously
the "layers" of music heard
the feel of an instrument's keys or valves
14
The word baroque has at various times meant all of the following except _
elaborately ornamented
bizarre
flamboyant
naturalistic
15
Terraced dynamics take place when _
there is a sudden change from one dynamic level to the next.
there is a gradual change from soft to loud.
there is a gradual change from loud to soft.
a piece has been composed by Vivaldi.
16
"elegant music" used in the Japanese Imperial Court
Gagaku
Kabuki
Shinto
Bunraku
17
group of instruments that produce sound by causing air to vibrate
Idiophone
Membranophone
Chordophone
Aerophone
18
the major form of classical Japanese dance/drama
Noh theater
Gagaku
shakuhachi
Kabuki
19
A concerto grosso has _ movements.
two
one
four
three
20
Main composers of the Baroque era were _ and _.
Ludwig van Beethoven
George Frideric Handel
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johann Sebastian Bach
21
Japanese puppet theater
Shakuhachi
Bunraku
Gagaku
Noh theater
22
This music is short-lived, for a wide audience, and designed to sell
Traditional
Classical
Folk
Commercial
23
A cappella
means to sing with accompaniment by outside instruments as opposed to those only for indoor use.
True
False
24
The tonic is the central tone to which all others seem to pull.
False
True
25
Dynamics are the highness or lowness of a pitch.
False
True
26
Music with a single melodic line is _.
Stereophonic
Homophonic
Monophonic
Polyphonic
27
Tone color (timbre) refers to _
the specific sound of an instrument or voice
an ascending scale
the color of each opera backdrop
a descending scale
28
Text (the words) can change the mood in a Baroque piece of music.
True
False
29
The beat is the regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time.
True
False
30
The two main types of Mass are the ordinary and the proper.
True
False
31
A tone combination that is stable.
Consonance
Dissonance
Tonic
Harmony
32
Claudio Monteverdi wrote one of the earliest operas, Orfeo, that is still performed today.
False
True
33
group of instruments that produce sound by causing strings to vibrate
Chordophone
Idiophone
Membranophone
Aerophone
34
A combination of three or more tones sounded simultaneously is called a chord.
True
False
35
When music mimics the lyrics, this is known as _.
timbre
good composition
word painting
lyricism
36
A melodic sequence occurs when _
three people perform one after the other.
the same notes are repeated exactly.
music is composed by the same person in consecutive years.
the same melodic phrase is repeated with higher or lower notes.
37
One type of music common to all world divisions is classical.
True
False
38
In Italy, music schools were often connected with churches.
True
False
39
Music with one melodic line and simple accompaniment, like a guitar or lute, is considered to be homophonic in texture.
False
True
40
During the Middle Ages, musical instruments were allowed by the church.
True
False
41
The instrument pictured below is a shamisen.
False
True
42
Troubadours and jongleurs were _.
monks who played instruments for the nobility
medieval musicians who played religious music
musicians, poets, storytellers, and entertainers
monks who composed religious music
43
The following is an example ___.
Harmony
Consonance
Tonic
Dissonance
44
_ music became as important as _ music for the first time during the Baroque period.
harpsichord, trumpet
instrumental, vocal
violin, piano
vocal, instrumental
45
A cantata is __
a sung piece, or choral work, usually with orchestral accompaniment.
an unaccompanied work for choir.
a church service.
a mini opera.
46
A complete musical thought that can often be sung on one breath and ends at a point of full or partial rest
melody
sequence
cadence
Phrase
47
A shakuhachi is a Japanese end blown flute
False
True
48
Tutti =
Two
One
None
All
49
Gregorian chant is called so because Pope Gregory I collected and organized many of the known chants of the time.
False
True
50
A showcase solo for a singer is called a/n _.
recitative.
opera
cantata
aria.
51
Sharp or flat signs immediately after the clef symbol that indicate the key of the piece of music
Scale
Signature
Time signature
Key signature
52
An ethnomusicologist studies the music of cultures.
False
True
53
Figured bass is a technique using numbers above notes to indicate chords.
True
False
54
This entity had a virtual monopoly on learning during the Middle Ages.
serfs
monarchy
politicians
church
55
All-male Japanese theater
Gagaku
Noh
Bunraku
Kabuki
56
Improvisation is to _
add slides or trills to a simple melodic line.
decide which piece to perform.
add dynamics to music.
make up the music played or sung while it is being performed.
57
A patron is someone who ___.
supports music being removed from the lower classes
supports a musician financially
composes music for the ruling class
cries when they hear beautiful music
58
Hildegard von Bingen was unusual during her lifetime because _.
she met with the male religious leaders of the time
she wrote music
she wrote books
she played the harp
59
A composition characterized by the systematic imitation of a principal theme (subject) in simultaneously sounding parts
prelude
fugue
recitative
chorale
60
A pattern of notes and rests; a division of the beat
tune
melody
rhythm
beat
61
Martin Luther was credited with starting the Protestant Reformation.
True
False
62
The Baroque period took place during the years 1600 to 1800.
True
False
63
The instrument below is an African thumb piano called the mbira.
True
False
64
Baroque music usually focuse on _ mood/s in one movement.
one
two
ever changing
several
65
The distance between two pitches is called an interval.
False
True
66
Folk music is written music that has passed down from generation to generation.
False
True
67
the main theme; the main tune; a memorable series of pitches and rests creating phrase
pitch
cadence
melody
rhythm