Ch 1-4 Quizzes

Which of the following is NOT a term that can be used to label a piece of music that is composed? Select one: a. Piece b. Work c. Orchestra

In an orchestra, the first-chair violinist is known as the concertmaster. Select one: True False

Most children's songs have a _____ range. Select one: a. narrow b. wide c. ascending

The distance between two pitches is called a(n) _____. Select one: a. rhyme scheme b. interval c. countermelody

The term referring to the overall shape of a melody is _______. Select one: a. interval b. cadence c. contour

Which of the following terms is used to describe a single note? Select one: a. Range b. Duration c. Contour

Which of the following terms is used to describe melody? Select one: a. Timbre b. Consonant c. Contour

A melodic line that moves by small intervals is called consonant. Select one: True False

A second melody played against the first is called a countermelody. Select one: True False

In scientific terms, pitch is determined by its frequency. Select one: True False

Melody is a concept that occurs only in Western music. Select one: True False

The high point of a melodic line is considered its cadence. Select one: True False

_____ is created when the accent is shifted to a weak beat or an offbeat. Select one: a. Syncopation b. Simple meter c. Compound meter

In a compound meter, the beat divides into groups of _____. Select one: a. one b. two c. three

The element that propels music forward in time is _____. Select one: a. rhythm b. melody c. harmony

The number of beats in a measure determines the _____. Select one: a. tempo b. rhythm c. meter

Which of the following is NOT a simple meter? Select one: a. Duple b. Triple c. Quadruple d. Compound

Accents between the beats are called offbeats. Select one: True False

All music has a strong discernable beat. Select one: True False

In triple meter, the accent is typically on the first beat. Select one: True False

Polyphony occurs when several meters are played simultaneously. Select one: True False

The first accented beat of each metric pattern is known as the onbeat. Select one: True False

A collection of pitches arranged in ascending and descending order constitutes a _____. Select one: a. scale b. triad c. chord

Melody is the horizontal dimension in music while harmony adds _____ perspective. Select one: a. tangential b. perpendicular c. vertical

The tonality of a piece is determined by _____. Select one: a. the rhyme scheme chosen by the composer b. the meter chosen by the composer c. the scale chosen by the composer

Three or more tones sounded together produce a(n) _____. Select one: a. scale b. chord c. interval

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of harmony? Select one: a. It is the linear component of music. b. It is central to most Western musical styles. c. It is similar to the idea of perspective in art. d. It is the simultaneous combination of sounds.

Consonance creates a sense of suspense that is only resolved with dissonance. Select one: True False

Historically, harmony and melody appeared at the same time in the development of music. Select one: True False

The development of harmony is central to Western music. Select one: True False

Triads in Western music are made up of a combination of every other note from a scale. Select one: True False

Harmonies built on the dominant (fifth scale degree) have a tendency toward the _____. Select one: a. supertonic b. subdominant c. tonic

Music of the Baroque and Classical eras is mostly _____. Select one: a. diatonic b. modal c. chromatic

One of the most common scales used in African, Far Eastern, and Native American music is the _____. Select one: a. tritonic scale b. pentatonic scale c. heptatonic scale

The key of a piece is determined _____. Select one: a. randomly b. by the scale the composer chose c. by the performer

Which of the following is NOT an active chord? Select one: a. Mediant b. Subdominant c. Dominant

A change in the key in the middle of a piece is called a transposition. Select one: True False

A flat sign is used to indicate that the pitch should be raised by a half step. Select one: True False

If a major or minor scale is transposed to a different starting pitch, the pattern of half steps and whole steps changes. Select one: True False

In Western music, an octave is divided into twelve half steps. Select one: True False

The octave is divided the same way in the musical systems of all cultures. Select one: True False