MUS Final Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
The highness or lowness of sound is called _____. - CORRECT ANSWER pitch
The term ____ is used to describe the speed of music. - CORRECT ANSWER tempo
What term is used to describe the volume of music? - CORRECT ANSWER dynamics
What does the term "crescendo" reference? - CORRECT ANSWER Dynamics that
gradually get louder
What does the term "decrescendo" reference? - CORRECT ANSWER Dynamics that
gradually get quieter
When discussing the speed of a piece of music, you are discussing the _____. - CORRECT
ANSWER tempo
What do we call a melody with smooth and connected notes? - CORRECT
ANSWER legato
If the notes of a melody are short, disconnected, and jumpy, those notes are _____. -
CORRECT ANSWER staccato
If you play more than one note on a piano at the same time, you have just played what? -
CORRECT ANSWER a chord
The following picture accurately demonstrates what type of musical texture? - CORRECT
ANSWER polyphony
, What term is used to describe a series of chords that appear back-to-back? - CORRECT
ANSWER chord progression
In a piece of music, if there is one melody, no accompanying sound, no harmony, and no
chords, that piece of music can be described using what term? - CORRECT
ANSWER monophony
List these voice family categories from highest in pitch-range (1) to lowest in pitch-range (6)
- CORRECT ANSWER soprano>mezzo-soprano>alto>tenor>baritone>bass
What do we call a group of voices that sing together? - CORRECT ANSWER choir
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? - CORRECT ANSWER bow
List these string family instruments from highest in pitch-range (1) to lowest in pitch-range
(4). - CORRECT ANSWER violin>viola>cello>double-bass
Of the four bowed string family instruments, the ___ is the highest in pitch-range and
smallest in size. - CORRECT ANSWER violin
The viola is held and operated in a similar way to which other string instrument? -
CORRECT ANSWER violin
Instruments from within the ____ family create sound when the performer blows air into or
across one end of the tube-like instrument. That air moves at a certain speed (frequency)
leading to the creation of a certain sound. The fingers of the performer cover or uncover holes
on the instrument. When a hole is uncovered air escapes which alters the air speed and,
therefore, alters the note heard. - CORRECT ANSWER woodwind
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
The highness or lowness of sound is called _____. - CORRECT ANSWER pitch
The term ____ is used to describe the speed of music. - CORRECT ANSWER tempo
What term is used to describe the volume of music? - CORRECT ANSWER dynamics
What does the term "crescendo" reference? - CORRECT ANSWER Dynamics that
gradually get louder
What does the term "decrescendo" reference? - CORRECT ANSWER Dynamics that
gradually get quieter
When discussing the speed of a piece of music, you are discussing the _____. - CORRECT
ANSWER tempo
What do we call a melody with smooth and connected notes? - CORRECT
ANSWER legato
If the notes of a melody are short, disconnected, and jumpy, those notes are _____. -
CORRECT ANSWER staccato
If you play more than one note on a piano at the same time, you have just played what? -
CORRECT ANSWER a chord
The following picture accurately demonstrates what type of musical texture? - CORRECT
ANSWER polyphony
, What term is used to describe a series of chords that appear back-to-back? - CORRECT
ANSWER chord progression
In a piece of music, if there is one melody, no accompanying sound, no harmony, and no
chords, that piece of music can be described using what term? - CORRECT
ANSWER monophony
List these voice family categories from highest in pitch-range (1) to lowest in pitch-range (6)
- CORRECT ANSWER soprano>mezzo-soprano>alto>tenor>baritone>bass
What do we call a group of voices that sing together? - CORRECT ANSWER choir
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? - CORRECT ANSWER bow
List these string family instruments from highest in pitch-range (1) to lowest in pitch-range
(4). - CORRECT ANSWER violin>viola>cello>double-bass
Of the four bowed string family instruments, the ___ is the highest in pitch-range and
smallest in size. - CORRECT ANSWER violin
The viola is held and operated in a similar way to which other string instrument? -
CORRECT ANSWER violin
Instruments from within the ____ family create sound when the performer blows air into or
across one end of the tube-like instrument. That air moves at a certain speed (frequency)
leading to the creation of a certain sound. The fingers of the performer cover or uncover holes
on the instrument. When a hole is uncovered air escapes which alters the air speed and,
therefore, alters the note heard. - CORRECT ANSWER woodwind
