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Academic Decathlon - Music Section II
Academic Decathlon - Music Section II
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1
Steve Reich's
It's Gonna Rain
(1965) is based on the recording of...
street noise
heavy rain
a professor
a preacher
2
In Terry Riley's piece,
In C (1964),
each musician decides...
when to move on to the next fragment of music
the tempo at which they play at
when to switch from one octave to another
when to switch notes
3
The musical term for the distance between C and the next higher or lower C.
Whole note
Octave
Half note
Harmonic
4
Who was the
composer
for
West Side Story
?
Oscar Hammerstein
George Gershwin
Leonard Bernstein
Aaron Copland
5
All of these are movements in John Coltrane's:
A Love's Supreme
except...
Enlightenment
Psalm
Resolution
Acknowledgement
6
Who is known for the creation of
free jazz
?
John Coltrane
Art Blakey
Ornette Coleman
Miles Davis
7
The signs of
sharp
or
flat
indicate that...?
a note has been raised or lowered a half step
a note has a sudden drop or rise in volume
a note has been raised or lowered a half step
a note has a sudden drop or rise in pitch
8
Western orchestral instruments are grouped into...?
Assemblies
Categories
Classes
Families
9
Charles Strouse is known for the production of what
musical
?
Camelot
The Sound of Music
Grease
Annie
10
Who made a jazz cover of the song "
My Favorite Things
" from
The Sound of Music
?
Gil Evans
Berry Gordy
John Coltrane
Miles Davis
11
Which of these
instruments
is played in the
Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima
?
Flute
Harp
Piano
Cello
12
Take Five
composed by Dave Brubeck employs the time signature of....
5/5
4/5
4/4
5/4
13
Aleatoric
music is based on...
chance
atonality
minimalism
dissonance
14
How do you play a
tremolo
on a string instrument?
Rapidly alternating between 2 pitches.
Sliding your finger on a string to change pitch.
Moving the bow rapidly back and forth as fast as possible.
By suddenly increasing or decreasing your volume.
15
Third Stream music
is the combination of what two styles?
Jazz and Pop
Rock and Classical
Jazz and Rock
Jazz and Classical
