MUSI 1301 EXAM 1 REVIEW
(2025/2026) questions with complete
solutions
The four main properties of musical sounds are pitch, dynamics, tone color, and ______. -
correct answer ✔✔Melody
What we know about instruments in church comes mainly from _______. - correct answer
✔✔the pictures and literary descriptions of the day.
Plucking the string with the finger instead of using a bow is called ______. - correct answer
✔✔Pizzicato
A virtual monopoly on learning during the Middle Ages was held by _______. - correct answer
✔✔Monks and monastaries
_________ lived in Southern France and wrote poems in the Provençal language; while
_________ flourished in Northern France and wrote in Old French. - correct answer
✔✔Troubadours; trouveres
The use of organs in church _______. - correct answer ✔✔bothered the clergy because they
distracted the listeners from worship
When the string player causes small pitch fluctuations by rocking the left hand while pressing
the string down, it is called ______. - correct answer ✔✔vibrato
Woodwind instruments are so named because they ______. - correct answer ✔✔were
originally made of wood.
, Most medieval music was _______. - correct answer ✔✔vocal
The Renaissance may be described as an age of ______. - correct answer ✔✔Curiosity and
individualism.
In music, a sound that has a definite pitch is called a ______. - correct answer ✔✔tone
Brass instruments did not acquire valves until the ____________________ century. - correct
answer ✔✔middle of the 19th
The xylophone consists of a set of _____ bars that are played with mallets. - correct answer
✔✔wooden
A gradual slowing-down of tempo is indicated by the term ______. - correct answer
✔✔ritardando
The saxophone is a ______. - correct answer ✔✔single-reed woodwind instrument
How are the strings of a violin tuned? - correct answer ✔✔By tightening or loosening the pegs
Gregorian chant consists of _______. - correct answer ✔✔melody sung without
accompaniment
The relative highness or lowness of a sound is called ______. - correct answer ✔✔pitch
The _______ is a keyboard instrument that uses vibrating air columns to produce sound. -
correct answer ✔✔pipe organ
(2025/2026) questions with complete
solutions
The four main properties of musical sounds are pitch, dynamics, tone color, and ______. -
correct answer ✔✔Melody
What we know about instruments in church comes mainly from _______. - correct answer
✔✔the pictures and literary descriptions of the day.
Plucking the string with the finger instead of using a bow is called ______. - correct answer
✔✔Pizzicato
A virtual monopoly on learning during the Middle Ages was held by _______. - correct answer
✔✔Monks and monastaries
_________ lived in Southern France and wrote poems in the Provençal language; while
_________ flourished in Northern France and wrote in Old French. - correct answer
✔✔Troubadours; trouveres
The use of organs in church _______. - correct answer ✔✔bothered the clergy because they
distracted the listeners from worship
When the string player causes small pitch fluctuations by rocking the left hand while pressing
the string down, it is called ______. - correct answer ✔✔vibrato
Woodwind instruments are so named because they ______. - correct answer ✔✔were
originally made of wood.
, Most medieval music was _______. - correct answer ✔✔vocal
The Renaissance may be described as an age of ______. - correct answer ✔✔Curiosity and
individualism.
In music, a sound that has a definite pitch is called a ______. - correct answer ✔✔tone
Brass instruments did not acquire valves until the ____________________ century. - correct
answer ✔✔middle of the 19th
The xylophone consists of a set of _____ bars that are played with mallets. - correct answer
✔✔wooden
A gradual slowing-down of tempo is indicated by the term ______. - correct answer
✔✔ritardando
The saxophone is a ______. - correct answer ✔✔single-reed woodwind instrument
How are the strings of a violin tuned? - correct answer ✔✔By tightening or loosening the pegs
Gregorian chant consists of _______. - correct answer ✔✔melody sung without
accompaniment
The relative highness or lowness of a sound is called ______. - correct answer ✔✔pitch
The _______ is a keyboard instrument that uses vibrating air columns to produce sound. -
correct answer ✔✔pipe organ
