Quiz 10 Midterm Examination

A  Short Ride in a Fast Machine

B  4’33”

C  Poème électronique

D  Marco Polo

E  Concerto Grosso 1985

A  Cubism

B  Minimalism

C  Expressionism

D  twelve-tone composition

E  chance music

A  Lee

B  Tan

C  Varèse

D  Bernstein

E  Chu

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Bartök

B  Zwilich

C  Cage

D  Ives

E  Stravinsky

A  all of these

B  characterized by the incessant repetition of brief motives

C  angular melody and discontinuous rhythm parallel the visual style of dislocating an object’s true form into geometrical blocks and planes

D  pitch, dynamics, and rhythm are organized according to a predetermined and continually repeating pattern

E  the reality of an object is replaced by the emotion it generates in the artist; it emphasizes the emotional states of anxiety and fear

A  Ravel

B  Debussy

C  Schoenberg

D  Copland

E  Stravinsky

A  Varèse

B  Debussy

C  Ives

D  Schoenberg

E  Shostakovich

A  all of these

B  new chords like the ninth and eleventh chords

C  tone clusters

D  chromatic dissonance

A  polyrhythm

B  prepared piano

C  atonal music

D  double counterpoint

E  octave displacement

A  polychord

B  all of these

C  eleventh chord

D  tone cluster

A  :100:bossa nova

B  :0:habanera

C  :0:bolero

D  :0:samba

E  :0:mariachi

A  grito

B  gongon

C  timpani

D  conga

E  dondon

A  the tall tower of the mosque

B  the call to prayer

C  a verse of the Koran

D  the loudspeakers of the mosque

E  the cantor of the mosque

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  kebyar

B  tala

C  interlocking style

D  ma

E  raga

A  Gagaku

B  all of these

C  the gamelan

D  Klezmer

E  Mariachi

A  noh

B  ma

C  taiko

D  kabuki

E  shakuhachi

A  the Solomons

B  Japan

C  Korea

D  Correct!

E  Indonesia

F  Tahiti

A  Kurt Cobain

B  Jimi Hendrix

C  Elvis Presley

D  Bob Dylan

E  Muddy Waters

A  piano

B  synthesizer

C  horns

D  drums

E  guitar

A  grunge

B  rap

C  all of these

D  punk rock

E  rhythm and blues

A  Jimi Hendrix

B  Kurt Cobain

C  Run DMC

D  Bob Dylan

E  The Beatles

A  Michael Jackson

B  John Lennon

C  Berry Gordy

D  Ray Charles

E  James Brown

A  doo-wop

B  punk rock

C  rap

D  New Wave

E  grunge

A  George Gershwin

B  Steven Sondheim

C  John Williams

D  Aaron Copland

E  Leonard Bernstein

A  Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

B  Shakespeare’s Hamlet

C  Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities

D  Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales

E  Voltaire’s Candide

A  Leonard Bernstein

B  Aaron Copland

C  John Williams

D  Steven Sondheim

E  George Gershwin

A  Detroit

B  New York City

C  Chicago

D  New Orleans

E  Denver

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Davis

B  Joplin

C  Parker

D  Smith

E  Armstrong

A  texts tend to emphasize love and the disappointments of life

B  melodies mostly melancholy ballades

C  a rich variety of chromatic chords provide colorful accompaniment to the mournful texts

D  originally sung by a solo voice or voice accompanied by a fiddle, dulcimer, or banjo

A  fusion

B  postmodernism

C  ragtime

D  symphonic jazz

E  swing

A  scat

B  break

C  chorus

D  riff

E  rhythm section

A  Ellington

B  Armstrong

C  Joplin

D  Gershwin

E  Smith

A  Impressionist

B  Romantic

C  Middle Ages

D  Postmodern

E  Modern

A  Berlioz, Chopin, Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky

B  Mozart Haydn, Beethoven, Shubert

C  Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Prokofiev, Copland

D  Josquin, Palestrina, Byrd, Lasso, Weelkes

E  Bach, Handel, Pachelbel, Vivaldi

A  Classic, Romantic

B  Romantic, Impressionist

C  Renaissance, Impressionist

D  Baroque, Classic

E  Renaissance, Baroque

A  Renaissance

B  Classical

C  Baroque

D  Romantic

E  Impressionist

A  Classical

B  Romantic

C  Renaissance

D  Baroque

E  Impressionist

A  timbre

B  counterpoint

C  syncopation

D  cadenza

E  ostinato

A  a chord consisting of three pitches and two intervals of a third

B  a sound with a definite, consistent pitch

C  a musical tremor produced on a string instrument by repeating the same pitch with quick up and down strokes of the bow

D  a distinctive motive that is sung or played in turn by each voice or instrumental line

E  a rapid alternation of two neighboring pitches

A  harmony

B  polyphony

C  monophony

D  homophony

E  strophic

A  glissando

B  trill

C  mute

D  color

E  pizzicato

A  homophony

B  ostinato

C  dynamics

D  crescendo

E  texture

A  pizzicato

B  glissando

C  mute

D  sforzando

A  polychord

B  chromatic

C  dominant

D  subdominant

E  arpeggio

A  key

B  consequent

C  phrase

D  tonic

E  clef

A  tempo

B  consonance

C  meter signature

D  rhythm

E  measure

A  syncopation

B  harmony

C  rhythm

D  accent

E  meter

A  key

B  motive

C  mode

D  tonality

E  interval

A  meter signature

B  syncopation

C  bar

D  downbeat

E  phrase

A  pleasure and security

B  peace and tranquility

C  tension and anxiety

D  rhythm

E  nothing

A  color

B  chromaticism

C  texture

D  harmony

E  rhythm

A  canon

B  timbre

C  accent

D  cadence

E  modulation

A  tempo

B  accent

C  allegro

D  all of these

E  beat

A  major scale

B  syncopation

C  chromatic scale

A  syncopation

B  modulation

C  cadence

A  modulation

B  cadence

C  major scale

A  scale

B  major scale

C  syncopation

A  modulation

B  syncopation

C  cadence

A  major scale

B  modulation

C  scale

A  encore

B  tone poem

C  classical music

D  symphony orchestra

E  concerto

A  pizzicato

B  motive

C  movement

D  chord

E  crescendo

A  The repeat of a piece demanded by an appreciative audience.

B  A short, distinctive melodic figure that stands by itself.

C  The orchestral ensemble that plays symphonies.

D  A large, independent section of a major instrumental work.

E  The process whereby a performer plucks the strings of an instrument rather than bowing them.