MUS 121 Final Exam Questions with CORRECT
Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1:
is the relative highness or lowness that we hear in a sound. No doubt you've noticed that most men
speak and sing in a lower range of pitches than women or children do.
Answer:
Pitch
Question 2:
distance in pitch between any two tones
Answer:
Interval
Question 3:
interval between two tones in which the higher tone has twice the frequency of the lower tone
Answer:
Octave
Question 4:
degrees of loudness or softness in music
Answer:
Dynamics
Question 5:
gradually louder
Answer:
Crescendo
Question 6:
gradually softer
Answer:
Diminuendo
,Question 7:
succession of varying tone colors serving as a musical idea in a composition, used by Schoenberg and
his followers
Answer:
Tone color
Question 8:
quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument or voice from another
Answer:
Timbre
Question 9:
female voice of high range
Answer:
voice ranges female; soprano
Question 10:
female voice of low range
Answer:
voice ranges female; alto
Question 11:
male voice of high range
Answer:
voice ranges male; tenor
Question 12:
instrument whose sound is produced by the vibration of strings
Answer:
Instrument families: strings
Question 13:
instrument whose sound is produced by vibrations of air in a tube; holes along the length of tube are
Answer:
Instrument families: woodwinds opened and closed by the fingers, or by pads, to control pitch.
, Question 14:
instrument of definite or indefinite pitch whose sound is produced by striking by hand, or with a stick
or hammer, or by shaking or rubbing.
Answer:
Instrument families: percussion (unpitched & pitched)
Question 15:
Instrument, made of brass or silver, whose sound is produced by the vibrations of the player's lips as he
or she blows into a cupor funnel-shaped mouthpiece. The vibrations are amplified and colored in a tube
that is flared at the end
Answer:
Instrument families: brass
Question 16:
male voice of low range
Answer:
voice ranges male; bass
Question 17:
instrument, such as the piano, organ, or harpsichord-played by pressing a series of keys with the
fingers.
Answer:
Instrument families: Keyboard instruments
Question 18:
instrument whose sound is produced, modified, or amplified by electronic means.
Answer:
Instrument families: Electronic Instruments
Question 19:
regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time
Answer:
Beat
Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1:
is the relative highness or lowness that we hear in a sound. No doubt you've noticed that most men
speak and sing in a lower range of pitches than women or children do.
Answer:
Pitch
Question 2:
distance in pitch between any two tones
Answer:
Interval
Question 3:
interval between two tones in which the higher tone has twice the frequency of the lower tone
Answer:
Octave
Question 4:
degrees of loudness or softness in music
Answer:
Dynamics
Question 5:
gradually louder
Answer:
Crescendo
Question 6:
gradually softer
Answer:
Diminuendo
,Question 7:
succession of varying tone colors serving as a musical idea in a composition, used by Schoenberg and
his followers
Answer:
Tone color
Question 8:
quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument or voice from another
Answer:
Timbre
Question 9:
female voice of high range
Answer:
voice ranges female; soprano
Question 10:
female voice of low range
Answer:
voice ranges female; alto
Question 11:
male voice of high range
Answer:
voice ranges male; tenor
Question 12:
instrument whose sound is produced by the vibration of strings
Answer:
Instrument families: strings
Question 13:
instrument whose sound is produced by vibrations of air in a tube; holes along the length of tube are
Answer:
Instrument families: woodwinds opened and closed by the fingers, or by pads, to control pitch.
, Question 14:
instrument of definite or indefinite pitch whose sound is produced by striking by hand, or with a stick
or hammer, or by shaking or rubbing.
Answer:
Instrument families: percussion (unpitched & pitched)
Question 15:
Instrument, made of brass or silver, whose sound is produced by the vibrations of the player's lips as he
or she blows into a cupor funnel-shaped mouthpiece. The vibrations are amplified and colored in a tube
that is flared at the end
Answer:
Instrument families: brass
Question 16:
male voice of low range
Answer:
voice ranges male; bass
Question 17:
instrument, such as the piano, organ, or harpsichord-played by pressing a series of keys with the
fingers.
Answer:
Instrument families: Keyboard instruments
Question 18:
instrument whose sound is produced, modified, or amplified by electronic means.
Answer:
Instrument families: Electronic Instruments
Question 19:
regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time
Answer:
Beat
