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Music Appreciation Final Exam

Please choose the best answer for each question:

1. A stead recurring pulse.

A. Beat B. Form

2. The structure of a composition.

A. Beat B. Form

3. A question-and-answer pattern in which a group responds to a leader.

A. Call and Response B. Scale

4. An intentionally organized succession of musical tones or pitches.

A. Call and Response B. Scale

5. The highness or lowness of sound determined by its frequency of vibration.

A. Pitch B. Volume

6. A basic rhythmic pattern that provides the foundation for the complex rhythms played by multiple drums? (It is also an instrument of the same name)

A. Canon B. Clave

7. A musical form where parts enter at different times but have the same melody throughout. (Row, Row, Row Your Boat)

A. Canon B. Clave

Please answer the following:

8. What are musical dynasties?

9. What is Voyager and why do we talk about it in music class?

10. Give two examples of how technology has changed the world of music.

Please choose the best answer for each question.

11. Instruments that produce sound by a vibrating column of air.

A. Aerophones B. Chordophones

12. Instruments that create sound by striking, rubbing, or plucking a taut string.

A. Aerophones B. Chordophones

13. Simple, solid instruments that produce sound by being struck, scraped, or shaken.

A. Idiophones B. Membranophones

14. Instruments that produce sound by striking or rubbing a skin or membrane stretched across a resonating air chamber.

A. Idiophones B. Membranophones

15. Instruments that generate sound from electricity.

A. Electrophones B. Voltrophones

16. A particular type of music with a distinctive form or sound.

A. Genre B. Musical Style

17. A form of expression within a musical genre.

A. Genre B. Musical Style

18. The performance practices, means, traditions, uses, and beliefs about music of a group of people either from a specific time or place.

A. Culture B. Music Culture

19. The customs, beliefs, language, arts and institutions of a group of people that are learned and transmitted within the group

A. Culture B. Music Culture

20. The way the beats or pulses in music are organized and subdivided.

A. Rhythm B. Timbre

21. The distinct tonal quality of an instrument or voice which is clearly identifiable by the ear. Also known as “tone color”.

A. Rhythm B. Timbre

22. Music written during the classical period for small ensembles.

A. Chamber Music B. Court Music

23. How do people in the united states use traditional music?

24. What is a cover song?

25. Where and what is Motown?

26. A performer with brilliant, flawless technique.

A. Mariachi B. Virtuoso

27. A Mexican musical group with several violins, trumpets, a large bass guitar, and special five and six string guitars

A. Mariachi B. Virtuoso

28. Music that has all parts moving in unison on the same pitch or in octaves at the same time.

A. Ensemble B. Monophonic

29. A Cooperative musical expression. Also a performing group of musicians.

A. Ensemble B. Monophonic

30. The way that sounds are woven together.

A. Interval B. Texture

31. The distance in pitch between two tones or notes.

A. Interval B. Texture

32. A sequence of eight pitches built on a specific pattern of whole and half steps.

A. Major Scale B. Scale

32. A sequence of tones arranged in rising pitches.

A. Major Scale B. Scale

33. Characterized by a heightened sensitivity to the content, form, or emotional impact of an artistic work or event.

A. Aesthetic B. Perceptive Listening

34. The ability to discern musical characteristics and describe them. The most intense form of listening.

A. Aesthetic B. Perceptive Listening

35. Relating to hearing.

A. Aural B. Oral

36. What are the solfege syllables we use for a major scale?

37. The distance between the lowest and highest pitches of the voice.

A. Audiation B. Range

38. The capacity to think sound.

A. Audiation B. Range

39. Pair of muscles that vibrate as air is passed through them to create sound.

A. Larynx B. Vocal Folds

40. Structure that houses the vocal chords made of cartilage.

A. Larynx B. Vocal Folds

41. A genre of African American music that often expresses frustration, sadness, or longing.

A. Blues B. Blue Notes

42. Selected pitches whose intonation is altered at the discretion of the performer.

A. Blues B. Blue Notes

43. Spontaneous musical invention.

A. A capella B. Improvisation

44. Singing without musical accompaniment.

A. A capella B. Improvisation

45. The high, middle, or low section of the vocal or instrumental range.

A. Register B. Bel Canto

46. - A style characterized by lyrical and flowing phrases, beauty of vocal color, and brilliant technique.

A. Register B. Bel Canto

47. The intermediate female voice.

A. Baritone B. Mezzo Soprano

48. The intermediate male voice.

A. Baritone B. Mezzo Soprano

49. The highest female voice that is light and flexible enough to perform scales and trills.

A. Coloratura Soprano B. Tenor

50. The high male range, with a powerful, ringing quality.

A. Coloratura Soprano B. Tenor

51. Fibrous growths on the vocal chords caused by excessive, repeated abuse.

A. Hematoma B. Nodules

52. A lower male register with a rich, robust, resonant, and full quality.

A.Bass B. Counter Tenor

59. Describe two ways that you can help protect your voice.

60. Daughter of Fantine.

A. Cosette B. Eponine

61. Daughter of the innkeeper man and his wife.

A. Cosette B. Eponine

62. A short musical idea that is easily remembered and helps unify a composition.

A. Motif B. Repertoire

63. An inventory of compositions mastered and performed by a musician.

A. Motif B. Repertoire

64. Was cursed with ugliness due to losing some beans.

A. Witch B. Baker

65. Wants a child.

A. Witch B. Baker

66. Was told to stay on the path and not stray.

A. Cinderella B. Little Red Riding Hood

67. Wanted to go to the King’s festival.

A. Cinderella B. Little Red Riding Hood

68. The spoken lines of a play or musical show.

A. Dialogue B. Monologue

69. - A dramatic speech or song delivered by one character in a play or musical.

A. Dialogue B. Monologue

70. Stage play with songs and dance interspersed (mixed in) with spoken lines.

A. Operetta B. Vaudeville

71. An early staged variety show that included songs, dances, and comedy skits.

A. Operetta B. Vaudeville

72. Protagonist of Les Miserables.

A. Javert B. Jean Valjean

73. Antagonist of Les Miserables.

A. Javert B. Jean Valjean

74. A cow was this person’s best friend.

A. Jack B. Marius

75. A young student in Paris.

A. Jack B. Marius

76. A dramatic stage form that combines the arts of acting, singing, and dancing.

A. Broadway Musical B. Musical Revue

77. A young, unwed mother from Les Miserables.

A. Fantine B. Rapunzel

78. How is act one of Into the Woods like a traditional fairy tale?

79.