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MUS 101 - Test 1 Questions and Answers 2024

How many steps make up the Western Octave? correct answers Twelve Which musician is credited with formalizing our system of notating individual pitches upon horizontal lines c. 1050? correct answers Guido d'Arezzo A musical march is most likely to be in which rhythmic meter? correct answers Simple duple In Maurice Ravel's Bolero, which musical element receives the least emphasis? correct answers Melody Where did the Renaissance begin? correct answers Italy Where did the Catholic...

Medieval / Middle Ages / Age of faith correct answers 400 - 1450 AD Symphony and Orchestra Families correct answers Strings Woodwinds Brass Percussion Synonymous terms for orchestra correct answers Symphony Philharmonic Names of instruments highest to lowest within symphonic families correct answers String family (chordophones) -Violin -Viola -Cello -Double Bass Woodwinds: -Piccolo (highest note) -Flute -Oboe (Tune the orchestra) -Clarinet / Bass clarinet -Bassoon -Sa...

chord correct answers simultaneous sounding of three or more pitches disjunct correct answers melodies that move in larger, disconnected intervals with many leaps rhythm correct answers length or duration of individual notes; what moves music forward in time countermelody correct answers an added melody sounding against another melody oral transmission correct answers preservation of music without the aid of written notation cadence correct answers a resting place in a musical sen...

Monophonic correct answers A texture featuring a single, unaccompanied line. Polyphonic correct answers When two or more independent melodic lines are combined. Homophonic correct answers A texture in which a single voice takes over the melodic interest while the accompanying voices are subordinate or move in the same rythmn. Improvisation correct answers The technique through which performers create music on the spot. Binary form correct answers -Based on a statement and departure w...

the instrumental form based on the contrast of two dissimilar masses of sound correct answers concerto The typical concerto has ___ movements. correct answers three a concerto based on the opposition of small and large groups of instruments correct answers concerto grosso the greatest and most prolific Italian composer of concertos correct answers Vivaldi What is a well-known set of concertos by Vivaldi? correct answers Water music The solo instrument in *Spring*, from the *Four S...

absolute music correct answers instrumental music free of a text or any preexisting program a cappella correct answers unaccompanied vocal music; "in the chapel" accelerando correct answers a tempo mark indicating "getting faster" accent correct answers emphasis or stress placed on a musical tone or a chord accidental correct answers a sharp, flat, or natural sign that alters the pitch of a note a half step acoustic instruments correct answers instruments that produce sounds n...

LIST the six elements of music correct answers - Rhythm - Melody - Harmony - Timbre - Texture - Form Rhythm (DEFINE the following terms associated with rhythm) correct answers Beat- a pulse underlying music Tempo- the speed at which the beat occurs Meter- patterns 2 or 3 beat patterns, ever 4/5 beat patterns Melody (DEFINE the following terms associated with melody) correct answers Conjunct- melody moves by small steps or intervals Disjunct- melody moves in a more erratic manner,...

How should one define "theme and variations"? correct answers a musical form in which a theme continually returns but is varied by changing the notes of the melody, the harmony, the rhythm, or some other feature of the music The correct definition for "castrati" or "castrato" is: correct answers a type of classical male singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto. The voice is produced by castration of the singer before puberty. What is the correct defi...