MUS 121

A synthesizer is a musical instrument that produces sound by: Select one: None of these options Combining, shaping, and processing sampled sound sources. Combining, shaping, and processing electronically generated sound sources. Combining, shaping, and processing waveforms.

Identify the false statement: Select one: Synthesis refers to creating sounds electronically from electronically generated waveforms. Synthesizers have always had a well-established presence in standard ensembles. On the synthesizer, timbre and volume depend on the waveform. The synthesizer generates sounds electronically.

Synthesizers are a collection of elements configured and programmed by a performer to produce the desired musical effect. Select one: True False

The three types of synthesizers are: Select one: None of these options Synths, digital synthesizers, analog synthesizers Analog synthesizers, digital synthesizers, samplers Digital synthesizers, synths, samplers

Since the synthesizer is an electronic instrument, oscillation is not a factor in sound generation.

The three types of organ pipes are reed pipes, flue pipes, and rank pipes. Select one: True False

The first organ used water to control wind pressure. Select one: True False

An organ may have as many as five keyboards. Select one: True False

Ctesibius is credited with having invented the first organ in 1853. Select one: True False

According to the text, the organ has been called "the king of instruments". Select one: True False

When performing, pianists are in direct contact with the source of the sound. Select one: True False

There are keys in a full size piano keyboard.

The pedals are a crucial component of the piano. The function of the soft pedal is to reduce the amount and quality of the sound. On an upright piano, the soft pedal: Select one: Moves the hammers closer to the strings Lifts all the felt dampers above the strings Shifts keyboard mechanism sideways Shifts control of the sound duration from the hands to the feet of the performer

The upright piano was first developed in: Select one: London, England Paris, France Boston, USA Philadelphia, USA

Do both of the following excerpts include a piano? A. Play 00:00 04:27 B. Play

Upon its invention, the fortepiano eclipsed the popularity of the harpsichord: Select one: For the next 200 years The fortepiano has been more popular ever since Only during the 18th century For the next 350 years

The first known instance of a harpsichord dates from: Select one: Around 1497 Around 1397 Around 1597 Around 1697

The following excerpt features harpsichord. Select one: True False

The harpsichord was used as an accompanying instrument in opera only in the 16th century. Select one: True False

Harpsichord was used in the following ways: Select one: In opera As a solo instrument, as an accompanying instrument, and in opera. As an accompanying instrument As a solo instrument

The synthesizer is a very easy instrument to categorize. Select one: True False

The type of music event where a soloist plays by her/himself is called a __________. Select one: recital solo concerto practice

What instrument plays the following excerpt? Select one: Organ Harpsichord Piano Controller

The term concerto refers to a performer playing by her/himself. Select one: True False

The following excerpt features synthesizer. Play Select one: True False

What instrument plays this example? Play Select one: Organ Electronic Organ Piano Harpsichord

Which keyboard instrument is featured in the following excerpt: Play Select one: Organ Synthesizer None of these options Piano

Keyboard instruments are sometimes part of the orchestra. Select one: True False

What instruments are juxtaposed in the following 20-second excerpt? Play Select one: Organ and strings Strings and piano Strings and harpsichord Harpsichord and organ

Handel had remarkable improvisational skills at the organ. Select one: True False

A snare drum is featured in this excerpt. Select one: True False

The orchestra snare drum is played attached by a sling to the player's side. Select one: True False

The name of this instrument is: Select one: Metronome Digital drums Rhythm box Keyboard

Orchestral percussion instruments are: Select one: Membranophones Either idiophones or membranophones. Idiophones Neither idiophones or membranophones.

Unlike string, woodwind, and brass instruments, percussion instruments are not capable of producing definite pitches. Select one: True False

This instrument is called: Select one: Timpani Snare drum Bass drum Castanets

The use of drums for ceremonial purposes is found mainly in Eastern countries such as China, Korea, and India. Select one: True False

Kettledrum is another name for timpani. Select one: True False

Listen to this excerpt from Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss. Play Which percussion instrument plays in this excerpt? Select one: Tom-toms Bass drum Snare drums Timpani

Identify the solo percussion instrument in this excerpt. Play Select one: Vibraphone Xylophone Chimes Kettledrums

Night on the Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky earned him wide recognition during his lifetime. Select one: True False

The four most common brass instruments in the traditional symphony orchestra are: Select one: Horn, tuba, trumpet, and saxophone Trombone, trumpet, tuba, and saxophone Trombone, trumpet, horn, and tuba Trumpet, saxophone, bassoon, and tuba

Which brass instrument plays the melody in this example? Select one: Tuba. Trumpet. Trombone French horn.

Play Which of the following instruments is the soloist in the concerto example you just heard? Select one: Clarinet Trombone Horn Trumpet

The name trombone is derived from the Italian term for trumpet. Select one: True False

The modern tuba was invented by a bandmaster in Rome. Select one: True False

Which of the following factors contribute to brass instruments having a "brassy" timbre? Select one: The flared bell that all of them have at the end All of these answers The instruments are made out of metal. The vibration of the player's lips on the mouthpiece

Please use the text field to enter your answer. This instrument is called a

Identify the correct pair of double reed instruments: Select one: Bassoon, Clarinet Oboe, Clarinet Clarinet, Flute Oboe, Bassoon

What instrument plays the melody in this excerpt from Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf? Oboe Bassoon Flute Clarinet

Woodwind instruments can be classified as: Select one: Metal instruments Flutes Double reed instruments Aerophones

Please use the text field to enter your answer. The name of this instrument is

Identify the single reed instrument: Select one: Clarinet Bassoon Flute Oboe

In wind instruments, sound is produced by setting a column of air in motion inside the body of the instrument. Select one: True False

Which woodwind instrument is the soloist playing in this example? Play Select one: Flute Clarinet Oboe Bassoon

The way that a wind instrument player places the lips, teeth, and tongue on the instrument's mouthpiece is NOT significant to the sound of the instrument. Select one: True False

What instrument plays the melody in this excerpt from Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf? Play Select one: Oboe Clarinet Bassoon Flute

Which woodwind instrument is playing the melody in this excerpt? Play Select one: Oboe Flute Clarinet Bassoon

In the traditional symphony orchestra, the violins usually play as one undivided group. Select one: True False

The violins are played pizzicato in this 12-second example. Select one: True False

Only a few select cultures feature string instruments as part of their musical life and heritage. Select one: True False

Bowed instruments can play: Select one: Arco Pizzicato None of these options Both Arco and Pizzicato

Which of the following string instrumental techniques consists of a quick back and forth movement or rocking of the finger that is in contact with the string with the intent of producing a fluctuation in pitch? Select one: Vibrato Vibration Vibraphone Vibrancy

The main orchestral string instruments are: Select one: Violin, viola, cello, and double bass Violin, viola, harp, and cello Violin, cello, harp, and guitar Violin, cello, double bass, and guitar

Which instruments play the melody in this section of Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf? Play Select one: Percussions Woodwinds Brass Violins

Which instrument plays this example? Play Select one: Cello Violin Viola Double bass

Which instrument plays this example? Play Select one: Double bass Acoustic guitar Electric guitar Harp

The violins are played pizzicato in this nine-second example. Play Select one: True False

The Young Person's Guide ends with a fugue, which is: Select one: A traditional form of composition in which one part enters after another using the same theme. A traditional form of composition in which one part enters after another using different themes. None of these options A non-traditional form of composition in which one part enters after another using the same theme.

Listen to the following excerpt from Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. In this short excerpt: Select one: The trumpets play a variation. The trumpets play the theme.

Listen to the following excerpt from Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. The grand conclusion of the piece. The end of the loudest brass variation. The brass instruments' last entry in the piece. The end of the first section of the piece.

Listen to the following excerpt from Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. This 16-second example represents: Select one: An excerpt played by the woodwinds. The theme played by brass instruments. An excerpt played by the high strings. The theme played by the woodwinds.

Which instrument family plays this example? Play Select one: String family Woodwind family Brass family Percussion family

Listen to the following excerpt from Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. Which percussion instrument accompanies the trumpets in this selection? Select one: Cymbal Kettledrum Snare drum Castanet

Listen to the following excerpt from Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. Play Which brass instruments are featured prominently in this selection? Select one: Tubas Trumpets French horns Trombones

According to the text, keyboards make up the fifth family of instruments and occasionally appear with the orchestra. Select one: True False

Listen to the following excerpt from Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. Play Which orchestral family performs the main theme in this selection? Select one: Percussion family String family Brass family Woodwind family

A fugue is a traditional form of composition in which all the parts enter at the same time using the same theme. Select one: True False

The following musical example is sung by an alto. Select one: True False

The aria Lucevan le Stelle is from the opera Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini.

Listen to these two excerpts from Carmina Burana.

The tenor voice range lies between a baritone and a bass.

The song Dark Eyes is sung by a choir without instrumental accompaniment. This type of vocal group is called:

Listen to the following excerpt: Play Which vocal range does it represent?

The Entry Chorus from Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi is sung by a chamber choir.

Which of the following operas is based on a story set in British India, where a British officer falls in love with the daughter of a Brahmin priest, with tragic consequences for her?

The acoustic guitar can be classified as a:

Listen to the following excerpt. Which instrument classification is represented?

According to the classification of instruments by sound source, the one in this example is a/an:

Another name for tone color is:

To keep things straight, musical instruments can only belong to one instrument classification.

The shape of the sound waves produced by a violin is what makes it sound like a violin.

The electric guitar can be considered as both a chordophone and a/an:

When a piece has been composed for one instrument, but is actually played using another, the resulting work is called:

The instrument in this example can be classified as a/an:

The instrument in the musical example can sometimes be classified as an aerophone in the Hornsbostel-Sachs system.

Which musical excerpt is forte? Select one:

Among other factors, composers started writing dynamic markings in their scores because:

Percussion players produce more or less volume by changing bow pressure and speed.

This musical excerpt is an example of forte.

Composers started marking their scores with volume indications as soon as music notation was invented.

This musical excerpt is an example of piano volume.

Which of the following statements about dynamics is correct?

The volume of this excerpt is an example of which of the following?

Volume and dynamics are interchangeable terms.

The two notes of an octave sound exactly the same due to the simple relationship of their frequencies.

A fifth above E is

The two tones of an octave vibrate at the same frequency rate.

The interval between D and the next G above that D, is called a:

The descending interval between A and F is a:

Descending intervals are calculated differently from ascending ones.

The distance between D and A (above that D) is a:

An interval can be thought of as the distance between two letter names.

A(n)________ is the interval from any note to its nearest neighbor.

A fourth below D is A.

Historically, tablature has been used for particular ______ instruments.

In recent centuries, the standard in most Western music traditions has been imaginative forms of graphic notation.

The following are examples of notation systems:

A note at the bottom of the staff has a higher pitch than a note at the top of the staff.

The staff is a system of:

Each line and space on the staff represents a different:

A music notation system is a collection of _______ that people use to represent and interpret sounds.

In musical notation, pitch is indicated exclusively by:

Noteheads should be centered on the line or space they inhabit.

Noteheads are placed on either lines or spaces on the staff to represent different pitches.

If you take any pitch on the keyboard, the next occurrence of the same letter name going towards the right (up) will vibrate:

Please use the text field to enter your answer. The interval between any two adjacent C's on the keyboard is called a/an

Please use the text field to enter your answer. The black key to the right of the A on this keyboard can be called A sharp or B

The pitch letter names correspond to:

We refer to specific pitches or tones with letter names using the letters A through G.

The name of the white key in between the group of two black keys on the keyboard is:

Please use the text field to enter your answer. The black key to the right of G is called G

The name of the white key to the immediate left of the group of two black keys on the keyboard is:

If you take any pitch on the keyboard, the next occurrence of the same letter name going towards the left (down) will vibrate:

The letter name for each white key on the keyboard is fixed regardless of the musical context of a composition.

It is very important to recognize that pitch is a relative concept.

Which of the following determines the precise pitch of a sound?

Our ears can perceive the entire range of possible sounds.

On a piano keyboard, playing successive keys to the right produces:

The pitch of a sound is a person's absolute perception of how high or low that sound is.

Vibration may be represented in terms of frequency. The basic unit of frequency is called the Hertz. What does one Hertz represent?

A rest symbol indicates:

Which of the two following statements is true?

In the Western music tradition, a note symbol (i.e., its shape) indicates both duration and pitch.

One of the main purposes of music notation is to preserve the oral tradition of almost every type of society.

Just as there are quarter notes, there are quarter rests.

According to the text, because composers provide notation, musicians do not need to be concerned with fitting sounds together in time.

The text states that an essential element in music is:

In the Western music tradition, a note symbol (i.e., its shape) indicates pitch.

A note's duration is indicated by

In the Western music tradition, understanding regarding the duration of sounds has been transmitted via oral means.

Folk music belongs to the community even though it may have been written by an individual.

A piece of folk music typically remains unchanged throughout the years

According to the text, Folk music, jazz music, and art music are not musically exclusive genres.

According to the text, the folk song Dark Eyes reflects the Romanian national character.

It is a common mistake to think of art music as superior to other kinds of music.

The excerpt you just heard belongs to a type of music that is:

In jazz, performers have wide, creative freedom, even when they are playing from a score.

Art music has traditionally been created by trained professional musicians.

The perceptive listener combines the characteristics of all types of listeners.

Which of the following excerpts was used in the text as an illustration of program music?

What do we call music that is not associated with a particular story, image, object, or event?

Perceptive listeners are mainly concerned with judging the quality of the performance of a piece of music.

A listener's classification can change from casual to referential, but not from critical to perceptive.

The critical listener combines the characteristics of all types of listeners.

Music that follows an explicit story is often called program music.

Which of the following is NOT true of the perceptive listener?

According to the text, Igor Stravinsky did not believe expression to be the primary purpose of music.

Leonard B. Meyer refers to the connection between music and its function as a musical:

Music only affects our feelings and thoughts.

Musical connotation is reinforced by the use of certain instruments.

Evidence of the healing power of music has only been collected recently.

Musical associations remained fixed in time.

Which of the following statements is not true:

Musical connotation happens when music is associated with extra-musical events or experiences.

Select the culture whose mythology is filled with references to the healing power of music:

Which instrument is not the name of a type of African talking drum:

According to the text, the form of a piece of music does not contribute to its emotional message.

The Étude Op. 10 No. 12 in C minor by Frédéric Chopin is an example of three-part form.

Which excerpt comes from Section A of Chopin's Étude Op.10 No. 12 in C minor?

Listen to this excerpt from Section A of Chopin's Étude in C minor. What is the function of the left hand in the following excerpt?

Structure is not a crucial aspect of music.

Based on the information in the text, it is fair to say that being able to identify where musical material repeats is critical to determining its form.

An understanding of form enhances and improves one's appreciation of music.

The term étude refers to pieces that are used to teach a particular technical skill to performers.

Ternary form is one of the most common forms for all styles of music.

Which of the following is an example of a cadential point?

The performer's messages, emotions, images, memories, and/or thoughts are contained in the music score.

The following excerpt features a solo performer.

A music score contains:

Great performers possess outstanding technique but may not have deep musical understanding.

An ensemble can be comprised of as few as 2 or as many as 100 musicians or more.

The performer acts as a bridge between the composer and the listener.

All world music traditions make a distinction between composer and performer.

Deep River is a great example of a jazz piece.

This excerpt features which of the following?

Dynamic variety refers to the use of different sound sources.

A musical movement is:

Listen to the following excerpts of Idea A from G. F. Handel's See Here the Conqu'ring Hero Comes. Which one is played by a solo instrument?

With regard to Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus", is fair to say that passages with polyphonic texture, or voices which simultaneously feature different melodies, rhythms, and texts, add elements of musical variety.

With regard to Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus", is fair to say that the opening repeated statement of "Hallelujah" in the voice parts is more of an example of musical variety than musical unity.

According to the Listening Guide for the "Hallelujah Chorus", both polyphonic and homophonic textures are featured.

The constant use of variety is enough to sustain a listener's interest and make a music piece pleasing and memorable.

When applied to music, the term "dynamics" refers to changes in:

A music ensemble is: