FTCE Music Exam and Study guide | Latest 2026/2027 Edition | 180 Questions with Correct Answers | A+ Graded and Fully Updated | 100% Correct

FTCE Music Exam and Study guide | Latest 2026/2027 Edition | 180 Questions with Correct Answers | A+ Graded and Fully Updated | 100% Correct 2026 / 2027 Academic Year Q: Rubato Answer Flexible tempo Q: In the key of F#, what type of chord has the notes E#, G#, and B? Answer E# fully diminished triad (vii^o) Q: To find the harmony of the chord Answer the pitches must be stacked in root position so that the note names are a third apart. Q: In the key of D, what harmony are the notes C#, G, C#, Db and A? Answer A half-diminished 7th. Q: What interval is Ab to D? Answer Augmented fourth Q: Acronym for remembering sharp key signatures? Answer Go Down And Eat Breakfast For Cats Q: Acronym for remembering flat key signatures? Answer Fat Boys Eat Apples During Good Climate Q: How is a major 7th chord formed? Answer playing the root (1st) + 3rd + 5th + 7th notes of a major scale. Q: How is a dominant 7th chord formed? Answer simply lowering the 7th note a half step. Q: What does a diminished 7th chord contain? Answer Root, minor 3rd, diminished 3rd, diminished 7th Q: What does a half-diminished chord contain? Answer Root, minor 3rd, diminished 5th, and minor 7th Q: How many half steps are in a Major 3rd? Answer 4 half steps Q: How many half steps are in a Major 2nd? Answer 2 half steps Q: How many half steps are in a Perfect fourth? Answer 5 half steps Q: How many half steps are in a Perfect fifth? Answer 7 half steps Q: How many half steps are in a Major sixth? Answer 9 half steps Q: How many half steps are in a Major seventh? Answer 11 half steps Q: How many half steps are in an octave? Answer 12 half steps Q: How many half steps are in a minor 2nd? Answer 1 half step Q: How many half steps are in a minor 3rd? Answer 3 half steps Q: How many half steps are in an augmented fourth and diminished fifth? Answer 6 half steps Q: How many half steps are in a minor sixth? Answer 8 half steps Q: How many half steps is in a minor seventh? Answer 10 half steps Answer seventh scale degree half step below the tonic Q: What is a leading tone? Q: 1st and last scale degree are both called the Answer tonic Q: 2nd scale degree Answer Supertonic Q: 3rd scale degree Answer Mediant Q: 4th scale degree Answer Subdominant Q: 6th scale degree Answer Submediant Q: Grave Answer very slow, solemn Q: Lento Answer slowly Q: Largo Answer broadly Q: larghetto Answer rather broadly Q: Adagio Answer slow in a graceful manner Q: Adagietto Answer slow, but not as slow as adagio Q: larghissimo Answer very slow, more so than largo Q: to play slightly longer and with rubato Answer Tenuto Q: Rubato Answer Flexible tempo Q: In the key of F#, what type of chord has the notes E#, G#, and B? Answer E# fully diminished triad (vii^o) Q: To find the harmony of the chord Answer the pitches must be stacked in root position so that the note names are a third apart. Q: In the key of D, what harmony are the notes C#, G, C#, Db and A? Answer A half-diminished 7th. Q: What interval is Ab to D? Answer Augmented fourth Q: Acronym for remembering sharp key signatures? Answer Go Down And Eat Breakfast For Cats Q: Acronym for remembering flat key signatures? Answer Fat Boys Eat Apples During Good Climate Q: How is a major 7th chord formed? Answer playing the root (1st) + 3rd + 5th + 7th notes of a major scale. Q: How is a dominant 7th chord formed? Answer simply lowering the 7th note a half step. Q: What does a diminished 7th chord contain? Answer Root, minor 3rd, diminished 3rd, diminished 7th Q: What does a half-diminished chord contain? Answer Root, minor 3rd, diminished 5th, and minor 7th Q: How many half steps are in a Major 3rd? Answer 4 half steps Q: How many half steps are in a Major 2nd? Answer 2 half steps Q: How many half steps are in a Perfect fourth? Answer 5 half steps Q: How many half steps are in a Perfect fifth? Answer 7 half steps Q: How many half steps are in a Major sixth? Answer 9 half steps Q: How many half steps are in a Major seventh? Answer 11 half steps Q: How many half steps are in an octave? Answer 12 half steps Q: How many half steps are in a minor 2nd? Answer 1 half step How many half steps are in a minor 3rd? Answer 3 half steps How many half steps are in an augmented fourth and diminished fifth? Answer 6 half steps How many half steps are in a minor sixth? Answer 8 half steps How many half steps is in a minor seventh? Answer 10 half steps What is a leading tone? Answer seventh scale degree half step below the tonic 1st and last scale degree are both called the Answer tonic 2nd scale degree Answer Supertonic 3rd scale degree Answer Mediant Answer Subdominant 4th scale degree 6th scale degree Answer Submediant Grave Answer very slow, solemn Lento Answer slowly Largo Answer broadly larghetto Answer rather broadly Adagio Answer slow in a graceful manner Adagietto Answer slow, but not as slow as adagio Mass music Answer a sacred choral composition consisting of five sections: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei Madrigal Answer Renaissance secular work originating in Italy for voices, with or without instruments, set to a short, lyric love poem; also popular in England. Oratorio Answer a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text Lied Answer a German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano harmonic progression Answer a series of chord changes forming the underlying harmony of a piece of music Melodic Minor Scale Answer a minor scale with raised 6th and 7th scale degrees ascending Harmonic Minor Scale Answer a minor scale with a raised 7th scale degree Countertenor Answer Male who sings in a female pitch range using a special kind of voice production. Cambiata Answer figure in sixteenth-century polyphony in which a voice skips down from a dissonance to a consonance instead of resolving by step, then moves to the expected note of resolution Harmonic major scale Answer 1 2 3 4 5 b6 7 melodic major scale Answer 12345 b6 b7 music motif Answer short musical idea, fragment that has special importance ex. Jaws descant An additional melody sung above the principal melody Ostinato a continually repeated musical phrase or rhythm melody a sequence of single notes that is musically satisfying. Harmony (music) usually the accompaniment or supportive sounds to a melody Generally, music that is highly chromatic, heavily textured, and highly expressive is from the romantic period (early 1800's) baroque period music This musical period prevailed from . One of the best examples of music created in this style is Bach's Goldberg Variations. classical period music () Generally, music with clear-cut, 4 measure phrases, and clearly marked cadences is a characteristic cadence rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words Renaissance Music was more secular; Ordinary people could purchase song books and books about how to play instruments; Most popular instrument was the lute (pear-shaped guitar) Which aspect of curriculum development is supported by research indicating improved academic achievement in students who participate in music education? integrated instruction What is Integrated instruction? content areas overlap with each other and with language and are interdependent A new choral music teacher has just accepted a position in a high school. Identify the first step the teacher should take in working with the school's mixed chorus. evaluating the group's overall ability level A music teacher is planning a lesson about the relationships between various note values. This lesson is most likely to reinforce students' understanding of which mathematical concept? simple fractions According to the Sunshine State Standards, a 1st-grade first grade music class should include which instrumental skill? playing melodic patterns With funds earned at a fall festival, kindergarten parents purchased 20 Orff instruments. The principal has directed the music teacher to prepare a performance using the instruments for next week's parent organization meeting. The best plan for the performance would be to remove the instruments' F and B bars and have the kindergarten students recite a familiar poem while playing the rhythm of the words. Orff Instruments Unpitched Rhythm Instruments and Barred (melodic) instruments. Typically played in elementary music classes (no teach traditional band and orchestra instruments until middle school) Which concept is best taught through the objectives listed below? Students keep time to music by using body movement. Students demonstrate the ability to hear the difference between strong and weak beats. Students keep time to music by playing instruments and singing. Students discriminate and respond to music that suggests different body movements. steady beat musical expression art of playing or singing with a personal response to the music. Which element of a musical piece does a conductor indicate to an ensemble through the size of the preparatory and downbeat gestures? dynamic level Downbeat First beat of the measure, the strongest in any meter. What is the primary consideration in selecting appropriate media for music instruction? to help attain instructional objectives When preparing a show choir for a performance, the best method for evaluating the choir is to critique a videotape of full rehearsals. A high school choral music teacher is planning a choral performance for a school assembly in 6 weeks. Which step should the teacher take first to help the students be successful? developing instructional objectives based on the skills needed Valved brass instruments, such as cornets, trumpets, and baritones, have the tendency to sound flat when playing fourth line D. The best procedure for correcting this problem is to keep the embouchure firm and raise the tongue as if to sound "ee." In an elementary music class, the best instrument to use to demonstrate the differences of high and low sounds would be hand bells Software packages that incorporate experiences in high and low pitches through the use of sound and pictures are most appropriate for which level? Primary/Elementary Music A music teacher is planning a school performance for both choral and instrumental students. Which resource provides permission to use copyrighted materials for public performances? ASCAP In which section should a teacher place a female singer who has a heavy, deep voice quality, especially in the lower range? Alto 2 To recruit students from feeder elementary schools, a middle school band director should plan a performance for the early spring that concludes with a final selection performed jointly by the middle school band and 5th-grade fifth grade students. feeder school a school from which many or most students progress to a particular higher-level educational institution. Which of the following correctly describes the proper pronunciation of the Latin word domine doh mee neh Which piece would be most appropriate for a high school choral director to use for the first rehearsal of a new show choir? "I Got Rhythm" by George Gershwin marcato marked; with emphasis Legato smooth and connected staccato detached or disconnected in sound or style Which musical instruments use the alto clef? Violas and alto trombones Which syllable would best be used when teaching the legato slur to a trombone student? du An integral practice for maintaining a flute in good playing condition is to dry the instrument completely after each use. At what ages should children first be introduced to free rhythmic movements and fundamental movements? ages 4 and 5 Which sequence of key signatures is most appropriate to teach in a beginning keyboard class? C G D A Vocal techniques Falsetto, vibrato, rap Vibrato slightly throbbing or pulsating effect, adding warmth and beauty to the tone Melisma a group of notes sung to one syllable of text wind instruments woodwinds and brass. you blow into them. string instruments violin, viola, cello, double bass percussion instruments musical instruments that produce a tone when struck What musical instruments use the tenor clef? upper ranges of bass-clef instruments such as the bassoon, cello, euphonium, double bass, and tenor trombone. Motet a short piece of sacred choral music, typically polyphonic and unaccompanied. polyphonic having many sounds or voices Ternary Form ABA form Ballade Literary and Music, 3 stanzas with 7 or 8 lines each Dalcroze Method Kinesthetic approach to music. Dance-like. Kodaly Method Singing is the goal, folk songs. Orff-Schulwerk Approach Learn through play, rhythm and chant. Suzuki Method Music rich enviroment at a young age. Aural. David Elliot Musicanship, very traditional. Rudolf Von Laban and Phyllis Weikart Movement, Dance-like methods Bennett Reimer Performance is not the focus, it is the feeling. Utilitarian Approach Persistance, control, and aural awareness. Aesthetic Approach Music for itself Moveable-do Any note can be do Gordon's Music Learning Theory Audiation Socratic Method asking questions.