MUS 121 Exam #1 Study Questions Practice With Correct Verified Answers.
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Music is exclusively the art of - correct answer sound in time
Pitch is the quality of - correct answer highness or lowness of a sound
What is another name for pitch? - correct answer ...
Music is exclusively the art of - correct answer sound in time
Pitch is the quality of - correct answer highness or lowness of a sound
What is another name for pitch? - correct answer note
In which language are dynamics generally described? - correct answer Italian
Which dynamic indication is the softest? - correct answer pianissimo
What list of dynamics shows a change from louder to softer? - correct answer
mezzo forte, mezzo piano, piano
What indicates a gradual increase in dynamic level? - correct answer crescendo
What is another name for tone color? - correct answer timbre
What is NOT an example of "beating time"? - correct answer pianist playing
intricate, syncopated rhythm
Giving the beat an accent means - correct answer making some of the beats more
emphatic than others
Any reoccurring pattern of strong and weak beats is called a - correct answer meter
Placement of accents away from their normal stresses in the meter results in - correct answer
syncopation
, Tempo is the term for the - correct answer speed at which beats follow one another
Metronome - correct answer device for keeping the beat
Which set of tempo markings is arranged in order from faster to slower? - correct answer
allegro, moderato, andante
Interval - correct answer distance or difference between two pitches
The set of seven pitches is used in Western music is called - correct answer diatonic
scale
chromatic scale consists of - correct answer all white and black keys on the piano
and is all half step
Tunes tend to be - correct answer simple and easily singable
Moments at the ends of phrases where a melody pauses or stops altogether are called - correct answer
cadences
The shortest identifiable melodic idea is called a - correct answer motive
Motives by definition are - correct answer brief
A chord that sounds discordant, unstable, or in need of resolution is called - correct answer
dissonant
A chord that creates a sense of rest can be described as - correct answer consonant
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