MUS 121- Test 1 Questions with CORRECT Answers
(Grade A+)
Question 1:
Though it looks as if it belongs in the brass family, the saxophone actually belongs in the woodwind
family. Why so?
Answer:
It uses a single, wooden reed to help create the sound.
Question 2:
To play the oboe, the performer holds the instrument vertically in front of the body.
Answer:
True
Question 3:
Due to its "newness," the saxophone is commonly used in marching bands, pop music, and jazz bands,
but rarely heard among classical music.
Answer:
True
Question 4:
When the keys of this instrument are pressed, air flows through specific metal pipes to create the
needed pitch. Which instrument is this?
Answer:
Organ
Question 5:
For the violin, viola, cello, and double-bass, an object is commonly used to create sound from the
instrument. This object is a long and thin piece of wood with horse hairs stretched from end to end.
Those horsehairs are moved over the strings of the instrument to create sound. What is this object
called?
Answer:
Bow
, Question 6:
At a live concert, any time the conductor walks on or off stage, the audience should applaud.
Answer:
True
Question 7:
What term is used to describe a series of chords that appear back-to-back?
Answer:
Chord Progression
Question 8:
If the notes of a melody are short, disconnected, and jumpy, those notes are __________.
Answer:
Staccato
Question 9:
Question not clearly extracted from source.
Answer:
A chord If you play more than one note on a piano at the same time, you have just played what?
Question 10:
What do we call the emphasizing of one beat or note over other beats and notes?
Answer:
Accent
Question 11:
A group of musicians performing together is referred to as a/an __________
Answer:
Ensemble
Question 12:
If "op 20, no. 3" was printed next to a work in a music program, what would that mean?
Answer:
The piece of music was the 3rd piece from the composer's 20th collection of works.
(Grade A+)
Question 1:
Though it looks as if it belongs in the brass family, the saxophone actually belongs in the woodwind
family. Why so?
Answer:
It uses a single, wooden reed to help create the sound.
Question 2:
To play the oboe, the performer holds the instrument vertically in front of the body.
Answer:
True
Question 3:
Due to its "newness," the saxophone is commonly used in marching bands, pop music, and jazz bands,
but rarely heard among classical music.
Answer:
True
Question 4:
When the keys of this instrument are pressed, air flows through specific metal pipes to create the
needed pitch. Which instrument is this?
Answer:
Organ
Question 5:
For the violin, viola, cello, and double-bass, an object is commonly used to create sound from the
instrument. This object is a long and thin piece of wood with horse hairs stretched from end to end.
Those horsehairs are moved over the strings of the instrument to create sound. What is this object
called?
Answer:
Bow
, Question 6:
At a live concert, any time the conductor walks on or off stage, the audience should applaud.
Answer:
True
Question 7:
What term is used to describe a series of chords that appear back-to-back?
Answer:
Chord Progression
Question 8:
If the notes of a melody are short, disconnected, and jumpy, those notes are __________.
Answer:
Staccato
Question 9:
Question not clearly extracted from source.
Answer:
A chord If you play more than one note on a piano at the same time, you have just played what?
Question 10:
What do we call the emphasizing of one beat or note over other beats and notes?
Answer:
Accent
Question 11:
A group of musicians performing together is referred to as a/an __________
Answer:
Ensemble
Question 12:
If "op 20, no. 3" was printed next to a work in a music program, what would that mean?
Answer:
The piece of music was the 3rd piece from the composer's 20th collection of works.
