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Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What solo voice and instrument are in Benjamin Britten's Canticle III: Still Falls the Rain? -
CORRECT ANSWER - french horn and tenor voice
What pair of instruments is in Wilhelm Friedmann Bach's Duet in G Major? - CORRECT
ANSWER - flute and oboe
What dynamics and expression markings are shown in this Balinese Gamelan excerpt? -
CORRECT ANSWER - crescendo, sforzando, and decrescendo
What articulations describe Chopin's Etude Op. in Gb Major (aka "The Butterfly")? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Leggiero
What term describes the melody of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot?" - CORRECT
ANSWER - Pentatonic
Which term describes the nonchord tones in Beethoven's "Farewell Sonata?" - CORRECT
ANSWER - Upper auxilary tones
Which term describes the melodic embellishment in the first violin part in Rimsky-Korsakov's
"Scheherazade?" - CORRECT ANSWER - Trills
What accurately describes the phrase structure in this pop song excerpt? - CORRECT
ANSWER - a b b' c
What description describes the harmonic elements in "Oh! Susanna"? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Beginning on I and ending on a perfect authentic cadence
, What description expresses the harmonic structure of Schubert's "Die Forelle" D. 550? -
CORRECT ANSWER - It begins on the tonic major and modulates to the dominant key
Which compositional device occurs in the violin part in Arcangelo Corelli's Concerto Grosso Op.
6 no. 8 in G Minor? - CORRECT ANSWER - Supsensions
Which chromatic chord proceeds the dominant chord in Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata?" -
CORRECT ANSWER - Neapolitan6
In Frederic Chopin's Polonaise in A Major Op. 40 no. 1, the rhythmic patterns are characteristic
of what kind of dance? - CORRECT ANSWER - Polonaise
Which term describes the most prominent compositional device featured in Maddalena
Casulana's "Morir non puo il mio cuore?" - CORRECT ANSWER - Imitation
What time signature represents the meter for Mozart's "La ci darem la mano" from "Don
Giovanni?" - CORRECT ANSWER - 6/8
Which meter best describes Leonard Bernstein's "Candide Overture?" - CORRECT
ANSWER - Mixed meter
What term describes the form of Beethoven's 32 Variations in C minor? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Theme and Variations
Which term describes J.S. Bach's Fugue in C Minor from "The Well-tempered Clavier" Book 1?
- CORRECT ANSWER - Three-voice fugue
Which texture describes "The Floating Moon," a folksong from Thailand? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Heterophonic
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What solo voice and instrument are in Benjamin Britten's Canticle III: Still Falls the Rain? -
CORRECT ANSWER - french horn and tenor voice
What pair of instruments is in Wilhelm Friedmann Bach's Duet in G Major? - CORRECT
ANSWER - flute and oboe
What dynamics and expression markings are shown in this Balinese Gamelan excerpt? -
CORRECT ANSWER - crescendo, sforzando, and decrescendo
What articulations describe Chopin's Etude Op. in Gb Major (aka "The Butterfly")? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Leggiero
What term describes the melody of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot?" - CORRECT
ANSWER - Pentatonic
Which term describes the nonchord tones in Beethoven's "Farewell Sonata?" - CORRECT
ANSWER - Upper auxilary tones
Which term describes the melodic embellishment in the first violin part in Rimsky-Korsakov's
"Scheherazade?" - CORRECT ANSWER - Trills
What accurately describes the phrase structure in this pop song excerpt? - CORRECT
ANSWER - a b b' c
What description describes the harmonic elements in "Oh! Susanna"? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Beginning on I and ending on a perfect authentic cadence
, What description expresses the harmonic structure of Schubert's "Die Forelle" D. 550? -
CORRECT ANSWER - It begins on the tonic major and modulates to the dominant key
Which compositional device occurs in the violin part in Arcangelo Corelli's Concerto Grosso Op.
6 no. 8 in G Minor? - CORRECT ANSWER - Supsensions
Which chromatic chord proceeds the dominant chord in Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata?" -
CORRECT ANSWER - Neapolitan6
In Frederic Chopin's Polonaise in A Major Op. 40 no. 1, the rhythmic patterns are characteristic
of what kind of dance? - CORRECT ANSWER - Polonaise
Which term describes the most prominent compositional device featured in Maddalena
Casulana's "Morir non puo il mio cuore?" - CORRECT ANSWER - Imitation
What time signature represents the meter for Mozart's "La ci darem la mano" from "Don
Giovanni?" - CORRECT ANSWER - 6/8
Which meter best describes Leonard Bernstein's "Candide Overture?" - CORRECT
ANSWER - Mixed meter
What term describes the form of Beethoven's 32 Variations in C minor? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Theme and Variations
Which term describes J.S. Bach's Fugue in C Minor from "The Well-tempered Clavier" Book 1?
- CORRECT ANSWER - Three-voice fugue
Which texture describes "The Floating Moon," a folksong from Thailand? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Heterophonic
