Illinois Music Content Area Test
Questions and Answers
Adagio - ANSWER-Moderately slow
Advances in technology in the middle of the 20th century enabled the group of
composers and researchers who developed the compositional technique known as
"musique concrete" to... - ANSWER-Tape-record natural sounds and alter them by
manipulating the tapeS
Aeolian Scale - ANSWER-Starts on "la". Is the modern natural minor scale. Interval
sequence: W-h-W-W-h-W-W (ID aurally)
Allegro - ANSWER-Lively/Fast
Andante - ANSWER-Walking pace
Anticipation - ANSWER-Non-chord tone approached by step and resolved by staying on
the same pitch
Appoggiatura - ANSWER-Non-chord tone approached by leap and resolved by step in
opposite direction
Atonal Harmony - ANSWER-Harmonic structure that lacks a tonal center. (ID aurally)
Baritone - ANSWER-VOICE CLASSIFICATION
1st Passagio: Bb3-Eb4
2nd Passagio: Eb4-Ab4
Range: A2-A4
Baroque (1600-1750) - ANSWER-Characteristics: Homophonic texture with emphasis
on single melodic line; basso continuo; larger performing forces; major and minor
tonalities firmly established; specific use of dynamics and tempo; barlines established;
terraced dynamics; consonance=stability. (ID aurally)
Forms: Opera, mass, motet, anthem, cantata, oratorio
Composers: Monteverdi, Handel, Bach, Scarletti, Pergolesi
Bass - ANSWER-VOICE CLASSIFICATION
1st Passagio: Ab3-C4
2nd Passagio: Db4-F4
Range: E2-E4
, Cadence (plagal, authentic, half, deceptive) - ANSWER-A progression of (at least) two
chords that concludes a phrase, section, or piece of music. (ID aurally)
Chord Progression - ANSWER-A series of chord changes that "aims for a definite goal"
(ID aurally)
Chords used in standard form of twelve-bar blues - ANSWER-I, IV, V
Classical (1750-1820) - ANSWER-Characteristics: Larger orchestrations; less
improvisation; moderate use of crescendo and decrescendo; most meter in "4";
establishment of sectional form structure; less massive sounds. (ID aurally)
Forms: Mass, motet, oratorio
Composers: CPE Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
Contralto - ANSWER-VOICE CLASSIFICATION
1st Passagio: Db4-G4
2nd Passagio: D5-E5
Range: F3-F5
Dorian Scale - ANSWER-Starts on "re". Interval sequence: W-h-W-W-W-h-W (ID
aurally)
Escape tone - ANSWER-Non-chord tone approached by step and resolved by leap in
opposite direction
Grave - ANSWER-Very slow
Harmonic Minor Scale - ANSWER-Scale that raises the seventh note one semitone
both ascending and descending. (ID aurally)
Homophonic - ANSWER-Characterized by the movement of accompanying parts in the
same rhythm as the melody. (ID aurally)
In traditional Indonesian gamelan music, what do melodies incorporate? - ANSWER-
Repetitive patterns
Intervals - ANSWER-The difference between two pitches. (ID aurally)
Ionian Scale - ANSWER-Starts on "do". Is the modern major scale. Interval sequence:
W-W-h-W-W-W-h (ID aurally)
Largo - ANSWER-Slow
Questions and Answers
Adagio - ANSWER-Moderately slow
Advances in technology in the middle of the 20th century enabled the group of
composers and researchers who developed the compositional technique known as
"musique concrete" to... - ANSWER-Tape-record natural sounds and alter them by
manipulating the tapeS
Aeolian Scale - ANSWER-Starts on "la". Is the modern natural minor scale. Interval
sequence: W-h-W-W-h-W-W (ID aurally)
Allegro - ANSWER-Lively/Fast
Andante - ANSWER-Walking pace
Anticipation - ANSWER-Non-chord tone approached by step and resolved by staying on
the same pitch
Appoggiatura - ANSWER-Non-chord tone approached by leap and resolved by step in
opposite direction
Atonal Harmony - ANSWER-Harmonic structure that lacks a tonal center. (ID aurally)
Baritone - ANSWER-VOICE CLASSIFICATION
1st Passagio: Bb3-Eb4
2nd Passagio: Eb4-Ab4
Range: A2-A4
Baroque (1600-1750) - ANSWER-Characteristics: Homophonic texture with emphasis
on single melodic line; basso continuo; larger performing forces; major and minor
tonalities firmly established; specific use of dynamics and tempo; barlines established;
terraced dynamics; consonance=stability. (ID aurally)
Forms: Opera, mass, motet, anthem, cantata, oratorio
Composers: Monteverdi, Handel, Bach, Scarletti, Pergolesi
Bass - ANSWER-VOICE CLASSIFICATION
1st Passagio: Ab3-C4
2nd Passagio: Db4-F4
Range: E2-E4
, Cadence (plagal, authentic, half, deceptive) - ANSWER-A progression of (at least) two
chords that concludes a phrase, section, or piece of music. (ID aurally)
Chord Progression - ANSWER-A series of chord changes that "aims for a definite goal"
(ID aurally)
Chords used in standard form of twelve-bar blues - ANSWER-I, IV, V
Classical (1750-1820) - ANSWER-Characteristics: Larger orchestrations; less
improvisation; moderate use of crescendo and decrescendo; most meter in "4";
establishment of sectional form structure; less massive sounds. (ID aurally)
Forms: Mass, motet, oratorio
Composers: CPE Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
Contralto - ANSWER-VOICE CLASSIFICATION
1st Passagio: Db4-G4
2nd Passagio: D5-E5
Range: F3-F5
Dorian Scale - ANSWER-Starts on "re". Interval sequence: W-h-W-W-W-h-W (ID
aurally)
Escape tone - ANSWER-Non-chord tone approached by step and resolved by leap in
opposite direction
Grave - ANSWER-Very slow
Harmonic Minor Scale - ANSWER-Scale that raises the seventh note one semitone
both ascending and descending. (ID aurally)
Homophonic - ANSWER-Characterized by the movement of accompanying parts in the
same rhythm as the melody. (ID aurally)
In traditional Indonesian gamelan music, what do melodies incorporate? - ANSWER-
Repetitive patterns
Intervals - ANSWER-The difference between two pitches. (ID aurally)
Ionian Scale - ANSWER-Starts on "do". Is the modern major scale. Interval sequence:
W-W-h-W-W-W-h (ID aurally)
Largo - ANSWER-Slow
