MUS 121 Exam Questions and Correct Answers Latest Update 2024 Already Passed

MUS 121 Exam Questions and Correct Answers Latest Update 2024 Already Passed Mezzo forte means - Answers medium loud The term "dynamics" refers to what aspect of music - Answers the volume of music What term does "crescendo" reference to - Answers dynamics that gradually get louder Dissonance adds variety and a sense of tension to be resolved within the music. T/F - Answers true Adding "issimo" to a dynamic indication, such as piano, means to change the dynamic to less than itself. (Piano means soft and pianissimo means less soft, forte means strong and fortissimo means less strong.) T/F - Answers false Consonant harmonies create a sense of purity and lack tension T/F - Answers true A combination of notes that is considered unstable and tense is called a consonance. T/F - Answers false Pitch is determined by the frequency of its vibration: the faster the vibration, the higher the pitch. T/F - Answers true If the notes of a melody are short, disconnected, and jumpy, those notes are _____. - Answers stacatto What does the term "decrescendo" reference? - Answers dynamics that gradually get quieter Which of the following correctly orders tempi moving from fastest to slowest? - Answers Allegro, Moderato, Andante If melody is the horizontal aspect of music, what is the vertical? - Answers harmony In music, what do we call the pulse in a musical work? - Answers beat Which statement best defines music? A. Music is an art based on the organization of sounds in time. B.Music is an art based on the science of acoustics. C. Music is the combination of melody and rhythm. D. Music is the combination of melody, harmony, and rhythm. - Answers Music is an art based on the organization of sounds in time. What do we call a melody with smooth and connected notes? - Answers legato Which of the following is not a dynamic indication? - Answers presto A tone is a musical pitch. T/F - Answers true Which term describes a series of notes that add up to a recognizable whole? - Answers melody When discussing the speed of a piece of music, you are discussing the _____. - Answers tempo Definite and steady vibrations create a - Answers tone The term madrigalism was often synonymous with what other term? - Answers word painting A secular vocal genre containing a short poem set in the vernacular, this type of music was for multiple voices, found during the renaissance period, and used word painting so frequently that the genre's title became synonymous with the word painting technique. What is this describing? - Answers mandrigal Music that is sung with no instrument accompaniment is called a capella. (T/F) - Answers true What is word painting? - Answers A musical concept in which melodies depict specific words that are sung (like notes going higher in pitch on the word "ascend"). marks the years of which musical period? - Answers Renisance This medieval period composer was an advocate of the ars nova (which brought great change to music). He was a well-educated poet-musician. Because of his preservation of music manuscripts (mainly by gifting them to patrons), his music was preserved. This helped push the music scene forward into the next musical period. Who was this composer? - Answers Guillaume de Machaut In the medieval period, it was common to hear secular music from troubadours, trouvères, and minnesingers. Who were these people? - Answers Poet-musicians of France and Germany who created the first secular songs of which we have record. They're like the singer-songwriters of the medieval period. When a second melodic line was added to Gregorian chant, the song was then referred to as _____. - Answers organum Who was Hildegard of Bingen? - Answers The main documented female composer of the medieval period. Which musical period took place from 450-1450? - Answers Medieval The sections of the Mass that contains texts that vary with the day of the church year are called the Proper. (T/F) - Answers true The Ordinary of the Mass is the part that varies with each day. (T/F) - Answers false Medieval motets used sacred language rather than secular. (T/F) - Answers false Church doctrine during the Middle Ages encouraged celebrating life on earth and living it to its fullest. (T/F) - Answers false Check all musical characteristics that correctly define early Gregorian Chant? A.Monophonic texture B.Text varies according to vernacular C.Modal ambiguity rather than major/minor D.Melody is determined by inflection of the text E.Rhythm is regular and defined - Answers A. Monophonic texture C. Modal ambiguity rather than major/minor D. Melody is determined by inflection of the text The most solemn service of the Catholic church, commemorating and reenacting the Last Supper, is called - Answers the mass The motet uses what kind of texture? - Answers polyphonic Which characteristics correctly define the "Ars Antiqua" style of music A.Leonin and Perotin were critical composers of it B.Homophonic musical textures were prevalent C.Occurred during the 12th-14th century D.Was driven by the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music E.Compelled the creation of mensural notation - Answers A. Leonin and Perotin were critical composers of it C. Occurred during the 12th-14th century E.Compelled the creation of mensural notation What does the term a capella mean? - Answers The music features singing with no instrumental accompaniment. Imagine you are listening to a choir perform renaissance music (don't ask why, just imagine it). When the choir sings "climb," the notes rise in pitch. When the choir sings "falls down the stairs," the notes descend in pitch. What musical concept have you just heard? - Answers word painting Ternary form describes three-part music in which all three parts are completely different. (T/F) -