BYU music 101 exam 1 questions and
answers
Conjunct melody - Answer-Melody that moves by small intervals (ode to joy)
Disjunct melody - Answer-Melody that moves by large intervals (take me out to the ball
game)
Meter - Answer-Organization of beat patterns (Duple v Triple)
Difference between upbeat and downbeat - Answer-The downbeat is the first beat of the
bar. The upbeat is the last beat in the previous bar which immediately precedes the
downbeat.
Syncopation - Answer-accents weak beats/off beats
Chord - Answer-three or more notes sounding together
Scale - Answer-Pitches that ascend or descend in a particular order (1-2-3-4-5-6-7, Do-
re-me-fa-so-la-ti) the first pitch is repeated at the end, makes them an octave apart. (8
notes in a scale).
Octave - Answer-two pitches that sound the same but are 8 notes apart. (one sounds
higher than the other).
Tonic - Answer-Scale degree 1
Dominant - Answer-Scale degree 5
Modulation - Answer-key-change, change in pitch center (from C major to G major.)
Monophony - Answer-Single voice
Homophony - Answer-One melodic voice over accompanying lines/voice
Polyphony - Answer-Multiple voices using different melodic lines
Homorhythm - Answer-Type of homophony, where all voices move together in the same
rhythm
Imitation - Answer-Melodic line present in one voice then present again in another
Responsorial - Answer-Call and response
answers
Conjunct melody - Answer-Melody that moves by small intervals (ode to joy)
Disjunct melody - Answer-Melody that moves by large intervals (take me out to the ball
game)
Meter - Answer-Organization of beat patterns (Duple v Triple)
Difference between upbeat and downbeat - Answer-The downbeat is the first beat of the
bar. The upbeat is the last beat in the previous bar which immediately precedes the
downbeat.
Syncopation - Answer-accents weak beats/off beats
Chord - Answer-three or more notes sounding together
Scale - Answer-Pitches that ascend or descend in a particular order (1-2-3-4-5-6-7, Do-
re-me-fa-so-la-ti) the first pitch is repeated at the end, makes them an octave apart. (8
notes in a scale).
Octave - Answer-two pitches that sound the same but are 8 notes apart. (one sounds
higher than the other).
Tonic - Answer-Scale degree 1
Dominant - Answer-Scale degree 5
Modulation - Answer-key-change, change in pitch center (from C major to G major.)
Monophony - Answer-Single voice
Homophony - Answer-One melodic voice over accompanying lines/voice
Polyphony - Answer-Multiple voices using different melodic lines
Homorhythm - Answer-Type of homophony, where all voices move together in the same
rhythm
Imitation - Answer-Melodic line present in one voice then present again in another
Responsorial - Answer-Call and response
