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Music 101 Exam 1 Questions with Complete Answers
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Music 101 Exam 1 Questions withComplete Answers
Middle Ages - Answer-450-1450
Renaissance - Answer-1400-1600
Baroque Era - Answer-1600-1750
Classical Era - Answer-1750-1830
Romantic Era - Answer-1810-1910
Twentieth Century - Answer-1900-2000
Contemporary Era - Answer-1960-present
pitch - Answer-a sound created by vibrations, how high or low a particular sound is.
Note - Answer-A specific pitch
Chord - Answer-two or more notes played at the same time
consonance - Answer-when music features notes that sound nice together
Dissonance - Answer-When music features notes that don't sound nice together
Interval - Answer-Distance between any two pitches
Minor second interval - Answer-A dissonant interval (half step)
Major Second Interval - Answer-A mildly dissonant interval (Whole step)
Minor Third Interval - Answer-A slightly dissonant interval.
Major Third Interval - Answer-A consonant Interval
Perfect Fourth Interval - Answer-A consonant Interval
Tritone Interval (Augmented fourth, diminished fifth, the devil's interval) - Answer-A very
Dissonant Interval
Perfect Fifth Interval - Answer-An extremely Consonant Interval
, Minor Sixth Interval - Answer-A somewhat dissonant interval
Major Sixth Interval - Answer-A consonant Interval
Minor Seventh Interval - Answer-A dissonant Interval
Major Seventh Interval - Answer-A very dissonant interval
Octave - Answer-The most consonant Interval
Unison - Answer-The same note sung or played by more than one person
Scale - Answer-Succession of whole-step and half-step intervals that sound normal or
logical to Western ears
Major Scale - Answer-WWHWWWH
Minor Scale - Answer-WHWWHWW
Chromatic Scale - Answer-Only half steps
Melody - Answer-A succession of notes (the catchy part of a piece of music)
Phrase - Answer-A short melody that feels natural to take a breath at the end
Motive - Answer-Short succession of notes that is used throughout a piece of music to
create unity with the piece. (Melodic or rhythmic)
Theme - Answer-Similar to a motive, but longer
Harmony - Answer-Musical material that enhances or supports the melody. Any other
notes that occur at the same time as a melody can be considered part of the harmony.
A Cappella Singing - Answer-Vocal music that is not accompanied by musical
instruments (to the chapel)
Genres That Feature A Capella Singing - Answer-Mass, Motets, Organa, Plainchant
Mode - Answer-A scale, heavily used during the Medieval Era, similar to major and
minor scales.
Church Modes - Answer-Certain modes the Catholic Church approved for use in the
church
Meter - Answer-Pattern of regularly recurring accented beats and unaccented beats
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