MUS 101 test 1 UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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MUS 101
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MUS 101
MUS 101 test 1 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Rhythm - CORRECT ANSWER- May be broadly defined as everything pertaining to the
duration quality (long-short) of musical sounds. More specifically, this denotes the
innumerable patterns formed within a basic metric framework.
Tempo -...
MUS 101 test 1 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Rhythm - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- May be broadly defined as everything pertaining to the
duration quality (long-short) of musical sounds. More specifically, this denotes the
innumerable patterns formed within a basic metric framework.
Tempo - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The rate of speed of a composition or section. It can be
indicated by a metronome marking or another marking. Example: d = 132 or Allegro.
Dynamics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The volume (loudness and softness) of sound in a
composition or section or single moment within a composition.
Tone Color - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The peculiar quality of a tone as sounded by a
given instrument or voice. The term refers to the difference between any tones of the same
pitch, duration (length) and intensity (volume) if performed by, for example, a flue versus a
violin. Also called timbre.
Texture - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The horizontal (melody lines) and vertical (harmony or
chordal) relationships of musical materials. There are three of these: Monophonic,
Homophonic, and Polyphonic.
Melody - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- May be broadly defined as a succession of musical
tones. More specifically, melody means a succession of tones forming a line of individual
significance and expressive value. By its very nature, this cannot be separated from rhythm.
Refers to the horizontal aspects of music.
Harmony - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The simultaneous occurrence of musical tones. This
is created any time two or more notes are sounded at the same time. These notes often form
identifiable chords, but not always. Harmony refers to the vertical aspects of music.
Form - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The scheme of organization that determines the basic
structure of a composition. All the basic musical elements contribute to musical coherence
and may be designated as components of form in music.
, Music - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The art of sound in time.
Frequency - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The term for the rate of sound vibration.
Pitch - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The different sounds of high and low frequencies.
Dynamics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The level of sound.
Amplitude - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The level of strength of sound vibrations.
Duration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The length of time we hear in minutes, seconds, or
microseconds.
Beat - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The basic unit of measurement for time in music; if
ordinary clock time is measured in seconds, musical time is measured in this.
Accent - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Differentiating beats by making some beats more
emphatic than others.
Meter - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A strong/weak pattern repeated again and again.
Syncopation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Accounts can be displaced so they go on TWO| on
TWO instead of ONE two| ONE two.
Adagio - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Slow tempo.
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