MUSIC 101 MIDTERM BYU HARKER
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Four Attributes of Music - Answer-1. Pitch-
440 - 880 (higher) - 220 (lower)
Major/diatonic scale
Melody- series of pitches perceived as coherent unit
Texture- "Fabric" created through sound layering
Monophony- one melody
2. Duration
Non-metrical= no sense of beat or rhythm
3. Loudness
Inflection, emphasis on certain vowels
4. Timbre
"What's making this sound?"
A cappella- voices only
Form - Answer-Binary form- AB
Ternary form- ABA
Timbre - Answer-"What's making this sound?"
A cappella- voices only
Form - Answer-Binary form- AB
Ternary form- ABA
Style - Answer-Characteristics that define a category
Medieval world view - Answer-Man: depraved
World: fallen
Art: symbolic
Monophonic- unity
Non-metrical- no sense of beat
No beats = no time
Music = prayer
Medieval Genres- Plainchant - Answer-Traditional music of Catholic church
Unaccompanied vocal songs in monophonic texture
Sung in Latin
Pope Gregory "The Great" (dove (as the Holy Ghost) sits on his shoulder and sings the
melodies into his ear)
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Four Attributes of Music - Answer-1. Pitch-
440 - 880 (higher) - 220 (lower)
Major/diatonic scale
Melody- series of pitches perceived as coherent unit
Texture- "Fabric" created through sound layering
Monophony- one melody
2. Duration
Non-metrical= no sense of beat or rhythm
3. Loudness
Inflection, emphasis on certain vowels
4. Timbre
"What's making this sound?"
A cappella- voices only
Form - Answer-Binary form- AB
Ternary form- ABA
Timbre - Answer-"What's making this sound?"
A cappella- voices only
Form - Answer-Binary form- AB
Ternary form- ABA
Style - Answer-Characteristics that define a category
Medieval world view - Answer-Man: depraved
World: fallen
Art: symbolic
Monophonic- unity
Non-metrical- no sense of beat
No beats = no time
Music = prayer
Medieval Genres- Plainchant - Answer-Traditional music of Catholic church
Unaccompanied vocal songs in monophonic texture
Sung in Latin
Pope Gregory "The Great" (dove (as the Holy Ghost) sits on his shoulder and sings the
melodies into his ear)