MUS 101 Final Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025
Monophonic - ANSWERSA texture featuring a single, unaccompanied line.
Polyphonic - ANSWERSWhen two or more independent melodic lines are combined.
Homophonic - ANSWERSA texture in which a single voice takes over the melodic interest while ...
Monophonic - ANSWERSA texture featuring a single, unaccompanied line.
Polyphonic - ANSWERSWhen two or more independent melodic lines are combined.
Homophonic - ANSWERSA texture in which a single voice takes over the melodic interest while the
accompanying voices are subordinate or move in the same rythmn.
Improvisation - ANSWERSThe technique through which performers create music on the spot.
Binary form - ANSWERS-Based on a statement and departure without a return to the complete opening
statement
-A-B
Ternary Form - ANSWERSA-B-A
Melody - ANSWERSA succession of single pitches or tones perceived as a meaningful unit.
The line/tune in music.
Rhythm - ANSWERSlength, or duration, of individual notes
beat - ANSWERSregular pulsation
Dissonance - ANSWERSa discordant combination of tones, creating unstable sounds that need resolution
, Consonance - ANSWERSa concordant, agreeable combination of tones
Movement - ANSWERSa complete, comparatively independent division of a large scale work
Timbre - ANSWERS-tone color
-a different quality of sound
-size, shape, material from which it is made and the manner in which sound is produced
Tempo - ANSWERSThe rate of speed at which a piece of music is played.
Dynamics - ANSWERSthe degree of loudness or softness, or volume, at which music is played
A-B-C-D-E-F-G - ANSWERSWhat are the seven letters of the musical alphabet?
-Strings
-Woodwinds
-Brass
-Percussion - ANSWERSList the 4 parts of the symphony orchestra.
Strings - ANSWERS2/3 of an orchestra
-Aerophones
-Chordophones
-Idiophones
-Membranophones - ANSWERSList the parts of the World Music Classification system
High pitch - ANSWERSSmall instruments
Low pitch - ANSWERSBig instruments
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