MTTC Study Guide Exam Questions with Correct Answers

Space - Answer-Where (Performance area, direction, levels, etc.) Time - Answer-When (Tempo, beat, duration) Force - Answer-How (Weight, strength, flow) Body Awareness - Answer-What (Focus, Control, Coordination) Locomotor skills - Answer-Body awareness helps control a child's......... Pitch - Answer-How high/ low a sound is perceived to be Intervals - Answer-Difference between 2 pitches intonation - Answer-Accuracy of pitch in playing or singing flat - Answer-playing/ singing below pitch sharp - Answer-playing/ signing above pitch Dynamics - Answer-how loud/ soft a performer should play/ sing Rhythm - Answer-Music pattern Beat - Answer-pulse, rhythmic unit of time Tempo - Answer-speed of music (Part of Rhythm) Meter - Answer-patterns of strong and weak beats (Part of Rhythm) three parts - Answer-Rhythm has ..... parts Melody - Answer-tune played by a series of notes form - Answer-Structure of music- binary, ternary, theme/ variation, etc timbre - Answer-quality of tone; describe differences in sound staff - Answer-a set of five lines and four spaces on which music is notated