FTCE Music K-12 Questions & Answers
1. C, E, and G: notes that make a C major chord triad
2. the twelfth bar: the "turnaround" in standard twelve-bar blues form
3. Allegro: fast tempo;tempo played between 120 and 168 beats per minute
4. leitmotif example: the distinctive, repetitive change from E to F in John Williams' theme for Jaws
5. Legato: smooth and connected, performance style denoted musically by thin, curved lines
6. Compound intervals: intervals larger than an octave
7. Ostinato examples: The bass line in Michael Jackson's "Billy Jean" and the "take a chance, take a
chance"
chant in the ABBA tune "Take a Chance on Me.
8. Johannes Brahms: Composer strongly associated with Romantic Period
9. Tango: A Latin American dance performed at a moderately slow, walk-like tempo in 4/4 meter;style of musi
traditionally played by a sextet - two violins, a piano, a double bass, and two bandoneons.
10. Ewe: Culture or country where folk music is primarily percussive in nature
11. Hammond Organ: keyboard instrument manufactured in 1934 that generated sound throug
an electro-
magnetic system used by U.S. churches in the 1930s
12. Bach fugue: type of music not constructed monophonically
13. Harpsichord: Keyboard instrument that evolved in late Medieval times, produces sound from a
series of
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5
, strings that is plucked
14. Joaquin Rodrigo: (1901-1999) spanish composer, wanted to evoke beauty of the grounds,
fountains, and buildings of Royal Palace (Aranjuez,) wrote "Concerto de Aranjuez" (1939,) wrote 170
compositions
15. Kan ha diskan: call and response of human voices
16. Fiddler on the Roof: musical that uses klezmer music
17. Sir Arthur Sullivan: composer best known for creating operettas
18. "rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang: First hip-hop single to make TOP 40 (#36
helped
hip-hop enter the public consciousness
19. German music: one of the influences in the development of Tejano music
20. Gong: instrument integral to Indonesian gamelan
21. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Edvard Grieg: pair of composers the lived and worked
during the
same time period
22. Concert Bb and Concert F, with the exception of saxophones: best tuning
pitches before a rehearsal or performance
23. "cross the break" for the beginning clarinetist: have him/her play in the low
register and then activate the register key
24. proper use of the finger ring for trumpet players: the place where the ring finger
should rest during performances
25. Perfect fifth: normal compass of a timpani
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1. C, E, and G: notes that make a C major chord triad
2. the twelfth bar: the "turnaround" in standard twelve-bar blues form
3. Allegro: fast tempo;tempo played between 120 and 168 beats per minute
4. leitmotif example: the distinctive, repetitive change from E to F in John Williams' theme for Jaws
5. Legato: smooth and connected, performance style denoted musically by thin, curved lines
6. Compound intervals: intervals larger than an octave
7. Ostinato examples: The bass line in Michael Jackson's "Billy Jean" and the "take a chance, take a
chance"
chant in the ABBA tune "Take a Chance on Me.
8. Johannes Brahms: Composer strongly associated with Romantic Period
9. Tango: A Latin American dance performed at a moderately slow, walk-like tempo in 4/4 meter;style of musi
traditionally played by a sextet - two violins, a piano, a double bass, and two bandoneons.
10. Ewe: Culture or country where folk music is primarily percussive in nature
11. Hammond Organ: keyboard instrument manufactured in 1934 that generated sound throug
an electro-
magnetic system used by U.S. churches in the 1930s
12. Bach fugue: type of music not constructed monophonically
13. Harpsichord: Keyboard instrument that evolved in late Medieval times, produces sound from a
series of
1/
5
, strings that is plucked
14. Joaquin Rodrigo: (1901-1999) spanish composer, wanted to evoke beauty of the grounds,
fountains, and buildings of Royal Palace (Aranjuez,) wrote "Concerto de Aranjuez" (1939,) wrote 170
compositions
15. Kan ha diskan: call and response of human voices
16. Fiddler on the Roof: musical that uses klezmer music
17. Sir Arthur Sullivan: composer best known for creating operettas
18. "rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang: First hip-hop single to make TOP 40 (#36
helped
hip-hop enter the public consciousness
19. German music: one of the influences in the development of Tejano music
20. Gong: instrument integral to Indonesian gamelan
21. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Edvard Grieg: pair of composers the lived and worked
during the
same time period
22. Concert Bb and Concert F, with the exception of saxophones: best tuning
pitches before a rehearsal or performance
23. "cross the break" for the beginning clarinetist: have him/her play in the low
register and then activate the register key
24. proper use of the finger ring for trumpet players: the place where the ring finger
should rest during performances
25. Perfect fifth: normal compass of a timpani
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