Musical Instruments, Forms, and Terminology, Quizzes of Music

Download Musical Instruments, Forms, and Terminology and more Quizzes Music in PDF only on Docsity! Question 1 1 out of 1 points A performance practice based on the concept of a singing leader imitated by a chorus of followers is called: Selected Answer: call and response. Question 2 1 out of 1 points The sousaphone is the marching-band adaptation of which instrument? Selected Answer: tuba Question 3 1 out of 1 points Which of the following is an example of an idiophone? Selected Answer: cymbal Question 4 1 out of 1 points Which brass instrument dates back to ancient times and was used for religious ceremonies and military signals? Selected Answer: trumpet Question 5 1 out of 1 points Which brass instrument has a movable slide? Selected Answer: trombone Question 6 1 out of 1 points How many instrumentalists would you expect to find in a chamber group? Selected Answer: between 2 and 12 Question 7 1 out of 1 points The English horn belongs to the brass family. a) true b) false Selected Answer: False Question 8 1 out of 1 points The property of sound that gives instruments and voices their unique tone color is: Selected Answer: timbre. Question 9 1 out of 1 points Even when a performer improvises, the basic elements of repetition, contrast, and variation can be heard. Selected Answer: True Question 10 1 out of 1 points Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra is a work based on a dance tune by what composer? Selected Answer: Purcell Question 11 1 out of 1 points The term arpeggio, meaning “broken chord”, is derived from the name of what instrument? Selected Answer: harp. Question 12 1 out of 1 points In early times, choral music was often performed a cappella which means: Selected Answer: it was performed without instrumental accompaniment. Question 13 1 out of 1 points What instrument is the performer playing in the video on page 43 of your text? Selected Answer: Flute Question 14 0 out of 1 points In listening to Haydn's Surprise Symphony, second movement, one can hear contrasts between loud and soft. What type of dynamic change is heard from 1 Selected Answer: piccolo Question 28 1 out of 1 points A woodwind quintet is unusual in that: Selected Answer: it includes a brass instrument. Question 29 1 out of 1 points The “heart of the orchestra” is the: Selected Answer: string section. Question 30 1 out of 1 points The timpani is an unpitched percussion instrument. Selected Answer: False Question 31 1 out of 1 points A mechanism that generates musical vibrations and launches them into the air is called: Selected Answer: an instrument. Question 32 1 out of 1 points Independent parts of a large-scale work (a symphony, for example) are called: Selected Answer: movements. Question 33 1 out of 1 points Which dynamic marking would indicate to the performer to play gradually louder? Selected Answer: crescendo Question 34 1 out of 1 points The two most basic elements of form are repetition and contrast. Selected Answer: True Question 35 1 out of 1 points A concert band differs from a symphony orchestra in that it lacks a: Selected Answer: string section. Question 36 1 out of 1 points The string section makes up less than one-half of a symphony orchestra. Selected Answer: False Question 37 1 out of 1 points Flutes, whistles, and bagpipes fall into what instrument classification? Selected Answer: aerophones Question 38 1 out of 1 points The conductor's role includes interpreting the music for the group. Selected Answer: True Question 39 1 out of 1 points A ___________can serve as the building block in the construction of a musical work. Selected Answer: theme Question 40 1 out of 1 points A fragment of a theme that forms a melodic-rhythmic unit is called a: Selected Answer: motive. Question 41 1 out of 1 points Pianissimo would be indicated by the abbreviation: Selected Answer: pp Question 42 1 out of 1 points The opening theme of Benjamin Britten's Young People's Guide to the Orchestra is in a minor mode. Selected Answer: True Question 43 1 out of 1 points Which form features a statement of an idea, a contrasting idea, then a repetition of the first idea? Selected Answer: ternary Question 44 1 out of 1 points A principle of form that is based on repeated alterations of a given melody (but still recognizable) is called: Selected Answer: variation. Question 45 1 out of 1 points A short, repeated musical pattern used as a structural device in music is known as a(n): Selected Answer: ostinato. Question 46 1 out of 1 points Which of the following is a double reed instrument? Selected Answer: bassoon Question 47 0 out of 1 points If a composer wants to indicate tempo precisely, in terms of beats per minutes, a ____________ is given. Selected Answer: dynamic marking