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What do we call the emphasizing of one beat or note over other beats and notes? - correct answer accent
What is a chord? - correct answer Multiple notes sounding at the same time
What does the term "decrescendo" referen...
MUS 121 Questions
What do we call the emphasizing of one beat or note over other beats and notes? - correct answer
accent
What is a chord? - correct answer Multiple notes sounding at the same time
What does the term "decrescendo" reference? - correct answer Dynamics that
gradually get quieter
What musical form is described using A A1 A2 A3 A4 A5? - correct answer Theme
and Variations
The highness or lowness of sound is called _____. - correct answer Pitch
Instruments from within the _________________ family create sound when the performer blows air
into or across one end of the tube-like instrument. That air moves at a certain speed (frequency) leading
to the creation of a certain sound. The fingers of the performer cover or uncover holes on the
instrument. When a hole is uncovered air escapes which alters the air speed and, therefore, alters the
note heard. - correct answer woodwind
T or F: To play the oboe, the performer holds the instrument vertically in front of the body. - correct
answer True
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? - correct answer bow
In a printed program at a classical music concert, something similar to the following might be seen:
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 67
, Allegro con brio
Andante con moto
Scherzo. Allegro
Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Under the piece's title are four lines of foreign terms (in this example Allegro, Andante, Scherzo,
Allegro). What do these terms represent? - correct answer The four movements of
this particular symphony.
Between a work's movements during a live performance, there is what? - correct 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. - correct answer Listening
In music, a _____ is like a large section of a piece of music. Each _____ often has a different tempo,
character, and emotion than the previous _____. - correct answer movement
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? - correct answer opus
T or F: At a live concert, any time the conductor walks on or off stage, the audience should applaud. -
correct answer True
If the texture has thickened, which of the following has likely happened? - correct answer
more instruments
What is word painting? - correct answer A musical concept in which melodies depict
specific words that are sung (like notes going higher in pitch on the word "ascend").
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