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Part I: Vocabulary-Choose The Best Answer

This document contains a 69 question music appreciation exam covering topics in music vocabulary, analysis of musical clips from different eras, and bonus questions about composers and music history. The exam tests knowledge of fundamental musical elements like harmony, form, instrumentation, genres, composers, and styles from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras.

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Part I: Vocabulary-Choose The Best Answer

This document contains a 69 question music appreciation exam covering topics in music vocabulary, analysis of musical clips from different eras, and bonus questions about composers and music history. The exam tests knowledge of fundamental musical elements like harmony, form, instrumentation, genres, composers, and styles from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras.

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Music Appreciation- EXAM 1

Part I: Vocabulary- Choose the best answer

1. A combination of tones, either sounded simultaneously or successively, is a _______


a. tone colour b. frequency c. meter d. chord e. none of the above

2. Dynamics are _____


a. how loud or soft a sound is b. how high or low a sound is
c. how “smooth” a sound is d. great composers e. none of the above

3. A Lenten form of opera that was not staged and dealt with Christian themes was ____________
a. preludio b. oratorio c. montevideo d. harmonio e. none of the above

4. A melodic note that implies harmonic completion.


a. tonic b.texture c. modulation d. dissonance e. none of the above

5. The medieval technique of harmonizing plainchant is called


a. Chordchant b. Machaut c. Organum d. Gregorian e. medieval music never harmonized

6. A Medieval composer who popularized this technique is _________.


a. Palestrina b. Dowland c. Weelkes d. Justin Beiber e. none of these

7. Atonality is _______
a. lack of tone colour b. combining two meters c. the suppression of a key d. none

8. Which of the following is a brass instrument ______


a. euphonium b. felonium c. French horn d. both a and c e. both b and c

9. A piece with a sacred text, though not part of the mass, is known as a __________.
a. Frattole b. Machaut c. Motet d. Madrigal e. Monet

10. Plainchant that contains several notes on a single syllable is called________


a. syllabic b. melodic c. neumatic d. chromatic e. fantasmic

11. Which composer is famous for “word painting”?


a. Guido b. Leonin c. Weelkes d. Perotin e. b and d

12. Which is NOT an element of the “Mass Ordinary”?


a. Agnus Dei b. Gloria c. Sanctus d. Kyrie e. all of these are mass ordinary

13. The basic pace of music is called the ______


a. frequency b. pacemaker c. rhythm d. meter e. none of the above

14. A characteristic of Renaissance music is _______________


a. imitative polyphony b. fugue c. word painting d. a and c e. all of the above
15. Which of the following is not a percussion instrument?
a. marimba b. triangle c. wind chimes d. vibraphone e. they are all percussion

16. The aspect of musical composition concerned with the use of tone colour is ________
a. orchestration b. style c. counterpoint d. sound painting e. none of the above

17. Noise can be described as _____


a. a sound not created by an instrument b. an unpleasant or nonmusical sound
c. a sound with a broad nonharmonic tone colour. d. both a and b e. both b and c

18. The first opera, Dafne, was composed by ___________


a. Palestrina b. Monteverdi c. Perotin d. Purcell e. none of these

19. The subjective impression of a collection of musical materials based on their


ordering is called ___________
a. modulation b. orchestration c. montage d. form e. none of the above

20. Which of the following is a brass instrument?


a. oboe b. english horn c. french horn d. spanish horn e. brass guitar

21. Bach is famous for ___________


a. fugues b. promoting equal temperament c. church music d. a and b e. all of these

22. A compositional technique of the Baroque is ______________


a. counterpoint b. tonality c. sequencing d. a and b e. all of the above

23. “Cantus Firmus” means ______________


a. the source material is an existing melody b. The key doesn’t chance
c. the singing is loud and “firm” d. both b and c e. nothing, Robert just made it up!

24. A sound of definite pitch or frequency is called a _________


a. chord b. tonic c. key d. melody e. none of the above

25. Which of the following is not a woodwind instrument?


a. oboe b. saxophone c. celeste d. bassoon e. flute

for 26 to 39, choose the correct composer:


a. Hildegard von Bingen, or Bach b. Leonin or Lully c. Monteverdi, or Guido
d. Palestrina, or Handel e. Purcell or Josquin

26. Wrote L’Orfeo 32. Wrote The WTC


27. Was a mystic, poet, composer, and doctor 33. Wrote The Messiah
28. Begged the Pope for “one-a more chance!” 34. Was the first “rock star”
29. Moved to Leipzig 35. Wrote Dido and Aenaes
30. Wrote on his “hand” 36. Developed the Baroque orchestra
31. Was part of the “Notre Dame” school 37. Choose a Medieval composer
38. Choose a Renaissance composer
39. Choose a Baroque composer
for 39 to 45, choose the family for each instrument:
a. String instrument b. Brass instrument c. Woodwind instrument
d. pitched percussion e. non-pitched percussion

39. Violin ________ 42. Clarinet _______


40. Crash Cymbal________ 43. Xylophone _______
41. Tuba ________ 44. Cello _______
45. flute _______

Part II: Music clip Analysis

Clip #1
46. Name __________________________________

47. Composer________________________________

48. Era____________________________________

49. The compositional technique is best described as _______________________________

Clip #2
50. Name___________________________________

51. Composer________________________________

52. Era_______________________________________

53. What language is this? ______________________

54. What subgenre liked to write these pieces (about smoking!) ________________________

Clip #3
55. Name___________________________________

56. Composer_______________________________

57. Era____________________________________

58. What important document contained 24 of this type of piece? _____________________


Clip #4
59. Name______________________________________

60. Composer___________________________________

61. What does the title translate to in English?___________________________

62. What common (at the time) sound do the singers emulate?_____________________

Part III: Bonus Questions


(You can't lose points for wrong answers, so if you don't know, you might as well guess!)

63. Who was the Renaissance composer who killed his wife?______________________

64. Who was the Baroque sculptor who made his own David?______________________

65. Name 2 of the 7 church modes_____________________________________________

66. Name the 2 types of opera songs____________________________________________

67. Which composer stabbed himself in the foot and died?__________________________

68. How many children did Bach have?_________________________________________

69. What is your favorite piece of music from the class so far?_______________________

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