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Music 101 Intro to Listening Final Exam Questions with Correct Answers
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Music 101 Intro to Listening Final ExamQuestions with Correct Answers
In music, what do we call the pulse in a musical work? - Answer-Beat
What do we call a melody with smooth and connected notes? - Answer-Legato
In a piece of music, if there is one melody, no accompanying sound, no harmony, and
no chords, that piece of music can be described using what term? - Answer-Monophony
If someone begins clapping to the consistent drumbeat of a song, that person is
clapping to the _____. - Answer-Beat
If someone is discussing the highness or lowness of sound, that person is discussing
the _____. - Answer-Pitch
"Harmony" refers to all of the notes that are not the melody. - Answer-True
What does the term "decrescendo" reference? - Answer-Dynamics that gradually get
quieter
If your entire class sings the melody to "Sweet Home Alabama" simultaneously and
does not add harmony, the class has created _____. - Answer-Monophony
If you sing along with a song while driving in your car, you are probably singing the main
tune of the song. What do we call the main tune of a piece of music? - Answer-Melody
The highness or lowness of sound is called _____. - Answer-Pitch
What term is used to describe a series of chords that appear back-to-back? - Answer-
Chord progression
What musical form is described using A A1 A2 A3 A4 A5? - Answer-Theme and
Variations
The term ______ is used to describe the speed of music. - Answer-Tempo
What is a chord? - Answer-Multiple notes sounding at the same time
What is meter? - Answer-The organizing of beats into measures
If the notes of a melody are short, disconnected, and jumpy, those notes are _____. -
Answer-Staccato
,When discussing the speed of a piece of music, you are discussing the _____. -
Answer-Tempo
What term is used to describe the volume of music? - Answer-Dynamics
If you play more than one note on a piano at the same time, you have just played what?
- Answer-A chord
What do we call the emphasizing of one beat or note over other beats and notes? -
Answer-Accent
Identify this instrument: - Answer-Vibraphone
Of the four bowed string family instruments, the ______ is the highest in pitch-range
and smallest in size. - Answer-Violin
Identify this instrument: - Answer-Clarinet
Though it looks as if it belongs in the brass family, the saxophone actually belongs in
the woodwind family. Why so? - Answer-It uses a single, wooden reed to help create
the sound.
Identify this instrument: - Answer-Cello
Identify this instrument: - Answer-Piano
Due to its "newness," the saxophone is commonly used in marching bands, pop music,
and jazz bands, but rarely heard among classical music. - Answer-True
To play the oboe, the performer holds the instrument vertically in front of the body. -
Answer-True
What do we call a group of voices that sing together? - Answer-Choir
The double-bass can also be called an upright bass, contrabass, or simply bass. -
Answer-True
Identify this instrument: - Answer-Snare Drum
As discussed in your book, list these brass family instruments from highest in pitch-
range (1) to lowest in pitch-range (4). (Horn, Tuba, Trombone, Trumpet) - Answer-
Trombone
Horn
Tuba
Trumpet
, In music, the composer always leads the orchestra while the conductor always writes
the music. - Answer-False
The cello is the second-to-largest string family instrument. What is the correct
pronunciation for this instrument? - Answer-"Chel-lo"
For the violin, viola, cello, and double-bass, an object is commonly used to create sound
from the instrument. This object is a long and thin piece of wood with horse hairs
stretched from end to end. Those horsehairs are moved over the strings of the
instrument to create sound. What is this object called? - Answer-Bow
Atop the trumpet are button-like objects called _____. These help shorten or lengthen
the instrument's tubing which allows a wider variety of notes to be played. - Answer-
Valves
The modern orchestra primarily contains instruments from which four instrument
families? - Answer-String
Woodwind
Brass
Percussion
How does a wind ensemble differ from an orchestra? - Answer-Wind ensembles do not
have the full string family present.
A group of musicians performing together is referred to as a/an_____. - Answer-
Ensemble
To help adjust the notes on the instrument, a trombonist uses the _____. - Answer-Slide
When the keys of this instrument are pressed, air flows through specific metal pipes to
create the needed pitch. Which instrument is this? - Answer-Organ
In a printed program at a classical music concert, something similar to the following
might be seen:
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 67Allegro con brioAndante con motoScherzo.
AllegroAllegro
Ludwig van Beethoven(1770-1827)
What does the "op" stand for? - Answer-Opus
Between a work's movements during a live performance, there is what? - Answer-
Silence and no applause
_____ takes effort. It's a skill one must develop and practice. _____ involves making a
conscious effort to pay attention to the sounds entering your ears. - Answer-Listening
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