MUS 101 Test 1 Answers Example For Students

MUS 101 Test 1 Answers You should notice your reactions to the musical sounds you hear. True Music is necessary for physical existence False The composer of Hoe-Down from Rodeo is Aaron Copeland Most concert music is louder than popular music False Why are some guidance and instruction often needed to understand and appreciate many works of concert music? All of these choices Hearing and listening to music are the same thing False The best procedure to studying/listening to a musical work in this course is listen while following computer graphics, then listen with Listening Guide, and then listen without any visual aid Most works of concert music are longer than popular pieces of music True Fantasizing scenes in your mind helps you listen to music better. False Suppose you really like a type of popular music. Your attitude toward the classical music in this course should be finding out why many people find classical works interesting to listen to Polyrhythms are a feature of the music from which part of the world? Africa The best known work of Georges Bizet, the composer of Farandole, is The Opera, Carmen Refer to Figure 2.2. Which of these measures contains syncopation? The second one Refer to Figure 2.1. Number 2 in the above example is pointing to the tempo marking Meter is the Pattern of the Beats The terms that indicate tempo in music are usually in Italian Even if all the beats in a steady series are equally loud, the tendency of listeners is to think of them in small groups of twos or threes True Syncopation occurs when the emphasis of the rhythm is placed where it is not expected The basic ratio on which the notation of rhythm is based is 2:1 A theme is a melodic idea that plays a central role in a musical work Higher pitches in music notation appear higher on the lines and spaces than low pitches. True Groups of notes that do not seem to blend together well and give a feeling of tension are described as dissonant A sharp (#) lowers a pitch by one half step False Almost all melodies in the music of Western civilization have a tonal center Pitches in music can be part of All of these choices Notes aligned vertically in music notation are sounded at the same time True Your impression of a melody is affected by All of these choices Many of the more familiar songs sung in America and Europe end on notes other than the tonic False The term for the degrees of loudness in music is volume False The letter f indicates that the music should be soft False The word that indicates the music should get louder is decrescendo False In order to be considered music, the sounds must have been rendered in music notation False The principle of Gestalt psychology, The whole is greater than sum of its parts, is true of music True The timbre of any sound played on an instrument (other than an electronic one) or sung almost always changes slightly from its beginning to its ending True The overtone or harmonic series is the pattern of pitches that results when dividing a string or air column at fractional points Which is the most accurate definition of music? Organized sounds occurring within a specified span of time Form in music refers to the overall plan for the organization of the music Ternary form is represented by the letters aba A short melodic or rhythmic figure that is repeated often and contributes to the unity of a musical work is called a motive The composer of Concieto de Aranjuez is Joaquin Rodrigo A movement in an instrumental work is a large independent section of a large instrumental work When the soloist in a concerto plays alone a paraphrase of the themes, he or she is playing a cadenza Forms in music are constructed around repetition, variation, and contrast The term for the different levels of loudness and softness in music is dynamics The timbre of an instrument or voice is determined by the number and strength of the partials its sounds produce Letters such as ff and mp on page of music tell the performer how loud or soft the music should be The basic idea of a concerto is contrasting a soloist or small group with an orchestra or band A concerto is a genre Percussion instruments produce sound by being struck or shaken True The way a string player draws the bow across the strings can significantly affect the quality of sound True The hair on the bow of a string instrument is treated camel hair False Timpani sound different pitches, but bass drums cannot True The string instruments in a symphony orchestra consist of violins, cellos, double basses, harp, and Violas The term for sounds that are made on string instruments by plucking the string is Pizzicato The use of vibrato when playing a string instrument makes the sound Warmer The piccolo is the smaller cousin of the flute Which woodwind instruments produce sounds with a double reed? oboe and bassoon Sound is produced on all brass instruments when when the players lip membranes vibrate as air passes between them The valves or slide on a brass instrument change the length of the tubing and thereby introduce a different overtone series Which percussion instrument can produce different pitches? xylophone Which instrument is not a percussion instrument? harp Approximately what proportion of a symphony orchestra consists of string instrument players? half The woodwind instruments in a symphony orchestra are flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon A vibrato is slight, rapid fluctuations in the pitch of a sound Woodwind and brass instrument players start and stop sounds by controlling the flow of air with the tongue How many strings do violins, violas, and cellos have? four A mute is a device that can be attached to a string or brass instrument to change their timbre The pipe organ has a pedalboard that is played with the feet. True The pipe organ, like the piano, has one keyboard False The sounds on a pipe organ are produced by air being blown through pipes True A traditional acoustic guitar and an electric guitar sound very much alike False The main difference between a harpsichord and a piano is the number of keys False When playing the harpsichord, it is possible for the player to make gradual changes of dynamic level, which is not true on the piano False Singers regulate pitch by adjusting the tension in the vocal cords The higher female voice is the soprano Which of these instruments is usually included in wind bands but not in symphony orchestras baritone horn The harpsichord produces sound when A quill or a plectrum plucks a string The pedals on the piano can all of these choices The metal strips on the fingerboard of a guitar are called frets Digital recordings create sounds by rapidly processing discrete bits of information, usually numbers In what ways can the human voice be considered a musical instrument? all of these choices Singers change the timbre of a sound by changing the formation of the tongue and mouth In electronic music sampling means using recorded samples of the actual sounds of an instrument The original notation of Gregorian chant consisted of square notes and no indication of meter True Gregorian chants were essentially hymns sung by the congregation at worship services False Every civilization throughout history and around the world has had music of some kind True The music the early Greeks sounded like No one knows what it really sounded like Gregorian chant has no All of these choices Many of the practices of the Christian church were adapted from Judaism The early Greek who discovered the basic acoustical ratios of musical sounds was Pythagoras An important ancient Greek philosopher who strongly advocated music as essential for an educated person was Plato Which of these is true about Gregorian chant All of these choices The Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei constitute what part of the Mass? The Ordinary Hildegards Ordo virtutum is a morality play The outlook of many people during the Middle Ages was otherworldly Western civilization refers to the culture that developed in ancient Greece and then spread throughout Europe The Dies irae is a Gregorian chant sung at funerals Composers in the Medieval times were fascinated by complex rhythmic and melodic relationships in music True Guillaume Machaut is largely responsible for introducing polyphony False A Medieval motet could have one of its parts in Latin and another in French true Much secular music existed during Medieval times, but only a little of it was written down True Medieval motets have no rhythm False Many of the persons who created art works and music during Medieval times are anonymous true The approximate dates of the Medieval period are 1100-1450 An important intellectual movement during the Gothic period was Scholasticism Secular music is nonreligious music Polyphony developed in The Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris A Medieval motet was built on a phrase of Gregorian chant. That phrase was called the Cantus Firmus The rhythm in Medieval motets was often based on rhythmic modes similar to those found in poetry Chivalry was an outlook or attitude that glorified women Which statement is true of Medieval motets They were based on a phrase of Gregorian chant Organum is not polyphonic because the two lines of music move in strict parallel motion The secular music of Medieval times is less known that the music for worship because only a small amount of it was written down An early composer of polyphonic music was Perotin The Medieval motet developed mostly in France Which was a Medieval dance? Estampie Madrigals are in vernacular languages True Madrigals usually have slower tempos than motets False The texts of madrigals are on religious topics, especially old testament stories False An important event during the Renaissance was the development of printing from movable type True The musical setting of Renaissance Masses were often based on a phrase of Gregorian chant True The Renaissance was the age of the great explorers such as Columbus and Magellan True Renaissance motets and madrigals are most authentically performed when sung by large choral groups False Which statement is true about Renaissance motets? They contain points of imitation when new phrases of text enter. An important philosophical outlook of the Renaissance was Humanism In order to permit portions of the text to be heard more clearly, des Prez and Palestrina used points of imitation Two important Renaissance composers were Josquin and Palestrina The term a cappella indicates that the music is to be sung without accompaniment The most popular instrument during the Renaissance was the lute Instrumental music during the Renaissance consisted largely of dance music The approximate dates of the Renaissance period are 1600-1750 The Renaissance represented a rebirth of interest in and admiration of the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome An important development was the introduction of the bass voice part The patronage system allowed composers to sell their works to the highest bidder. False Except for recitatives, the rhythm in Baroque music was clearly metrical. True Changes of key (tonal center) in Baroque music are rare False A feature of Baroque music was the use of terraced dynamics True Because there was no body of established music, many Baroque composers wrote a tremendous amount of music True Baroque orchestras performed with only the keyboard player indicating when to begin True One of the reasons why recitative singing was developed, especially for dramatic purposes, was that the words could be heard more easily True During the Baroque period the modes were largely abandoned in favor of major and minor keys. True Style periods in the arts can be designated only well after they have passed True Styles in music are confined to designated dates True Until the nineteenth century, music was more developed than the visual arts False Recognizing and understanding musical styles helps you listen to music with more understanding true Terraced dynamics are abrupt changes from one dynamic level to another The continuo part in Baroque music is the nearly continuous bass line The approximate dates of the Baroque period in music are 1600-1750 An important composer of music in the Baroque was Handel The three main characteristics of Baroque art and music are large dimensions, drama, and religious intensity A feature of recitatives is All of these choices An important instrument in the Baroque period was the harpsichord The doctrine of affections or doctrine of affects was the belief that music could project rather specific feelings An acoustical quirk of nature in tuning called the Pythagorean comma was compensated for by the use of equal temperament Handel often uses text painting in his oratorio Messiah True In contrast to recitatives, choruses and arias are sung with a steady, regular rhythm True A cantata similar to an oratorio, except that it is much shorter. True Chorale melodies were often incorporated by composers as themes in instrumental works True Neither Gregorian chant nor chorales were created for performance in concert settings but are often the basis for other musical works True Messiah was the only oratorio Handel composed; most of his other music consisted of operas and instrumental works False Handels oratorio Messiah calls for All of these choices In what ways does an aria differ from a recitative? An aria All of these choices About how many parts (solos, choruses, etc.) does Messiah contain 53 The word virtuoso refers to A person who can do a highly skilled activity An oratorio is similar to an opera except that it does not have All of these choices Although he was born in Germany, Handel lived most of his adult life in England A chorale is a(n) Lutheran hymn A cantata differs from an oratorio in that it All of these choices Usually all the words in an opera are sung True The plot in operas moves along faster when music included True The style of singing needed for opera singers also is suitable for singing folk songs False In some operatic scenes a character who is supposed to be very ill engages in some quite healthy singing. True The setting of an opera or play is somewhat like a room with one wall removed so that the audience can observe what is taking place. True The orchestra in an opera is placed on the left hand side of the stage True The combination of music and words can have a much greater emotional impact on listeners than just the words without music True Operas are sung without accompanying orchestra or keyboard instrument False Many operas during the Baroque were based on characters from Greek and Roman mythology. True Baroque operas are frequently performed by opera companies today False Opera began when a group of noblemen Wished to recreate musical dramas similar to Ancient Greek Dramas The role of king or authority figure in an opera is usually sung by A bass The text of an opera is called the libretto A persistently repeated, rather short phrase in music is called An ostinato The role of a heroic young man in an opera will probably be sung by tenor An important composer of early operas was Monteverdi The singing style used in operas is powerful and dramatic because All of these choices The reason for Didos Lament in Purcells Dido and Aeneas was because Aeneas had to leave Carthage to found Rome A feature of the aria Didos Lament is the ostinato in the lower instruments in the orchestra Which of these is included in opera? All of these choices What do soap operas and traditional operas have in common? Both are dramatic In the recitative from Monteverdis Coronation of Poppea, Poppea is trying to get Nero to come back to her soon In what language is Monteverdis Coronation of Poppea? Italian Prior to the Baroque period, composers did not indicate which instrument should play a particular part True A trio sonata is for just three instruments False Pachelbels Canon in D combines a lengthy canon with a basso ostinato True Baroque flutes were often the type played straight in front of the player, not in transverse position as they are today True The first markings indicating dynamic levels appeared in Baroque music True The pipe organ reached its height of development during the Renaissance, but it was still important during the Baroque False Which instrument was not particularly important in Baroque music? Piano A Baroque suite is a group of stylized dance works Which type of work is not found in a Baroque suite? sonata A piece of stylized dance music is music that has been created to be listened to During the Baroque a sonata was a work for one or more instruments The traditional means of designating instrumental music works that dont have a title is with the letters Op The instruments used in a trio sonata are two violins, one cello, and a continuo part The Hornpipe by Handel is a piece of stylized dance music Handels Water Music Suite is so named because it was composed to be played on barges as the king cruised the river Arcangelo Corelli is known today for his trio sonatas The composer of Water Music Suite was Handel Performers often improvised during the Baroque True J.S. Bachs family and family tree contained many renowned musicians. True The first section of a fugue is called the overture False A toccata is a set of variations on a chorale melody. False The third movement of J.S. Bachs Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 has an important part for the pipe organ. False A pedal tone is a very long note that is held while the chords and melodic material change True The subject in a fugue appears only in its exposition False The parts for the small group in a concerto grosso are noticeably more difficult than the parts for the orchestra. False A concerto grosso contrasts a small group of players with the rest of the orchestra The recurring theme played by the orchestra in a concerto grosso is called the tutti The group of four concertos called The Four Seasons was composed by Vivaldi The main theme of a fugue is called subject In which texture are fugues polyphonic The lines of a fugue are called voices Sequence occurs when pattern of notes is repeated several times in succession, each time at a different pitch level J.S. Bach composed six concertos, performed often today, for the margrave of All of these choices The Four Seasons by Vivaldi All of these choices How many movements does a typical concerto have three A toccata is a free sounding virtuoso work, usually for keyboard