Music 101 Week 2

20 August 2022
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Music notation can be thought of as a:
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Form of communication among musicians
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Time values in music are expressed in absolute terms.
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false
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One of the main purposes of music notation is to preserve the oral tradition of almost every type of society.
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false
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A rest symbol indicates:
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A period of silence
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The text states that an essential element in music is:
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rhythm
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Just as there are quarter notes, there are quarter rests.
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True
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In the Western music tradition, a note symbol (i.e., its shape) indicates pitch.
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false
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Which of the two following statements is true? Time values in music are expressed in absolute terms. Time values in music are expressed in relative terms.
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Time values in music are expressed in relative terms.
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Please use the text field to enter your answer. The value of the ...... serves as the basis for the relative value of all the other notes.
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wholenote
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In the Western music tradition, a note symbol (i.e., its shape) indicates both duration and pitch.
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false
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On a piano keyboard, playing successive keys to the right produces:
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Slightly higher pitches
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A long string, if plucked really hard, will vibrate faster and thereby produce a higher pitch than a shorter string.
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false
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Our ears can perceive the entire range of possible sounds.
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False
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The audible frequency spectrum in humans ranges between:
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16 and 20,000 Hertz
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The pitch of a sound is a person's absolute perception of how high or low that sound is.
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False
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It is very important to recognize that pitch is a relative concept.
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True
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The basic unit of frequency is the:
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hertz
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When consecutive notes are played, they form a
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scale
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The interval between any two adjacent C's on the keyboard is called a/an
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octave
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If you take any pitch on the keyboard, the next occurrence of the same letter name going towards the right (up) will vibrate:
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twice as fast
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According to the text, there are always ____ keys from a letter name to its next occurrence up or down the keyboard.
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8
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If you take any pitch on the keyboard, the next occurrence of the same letter name going towards the left (down) will vibrate:
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twice as slow
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The pitch letter names correspond to:
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white keys on a piano keyboard
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Noteheads should be centered on the line or space they inhabit.
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True
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In the Western music tradition, a note symbol (i.e., its shape) indicates duration.
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True
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The staff is a system of:
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Five lines and four spaces
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In recent centuries, the standard in most Western music traditions has been imaginative forms of graphic notation.
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False
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The system of parallel lines and spaces used to write music is called notation.
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False
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Each line and space on the staff represents a different:
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pitch
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Historically, tablature has been used for particular ______ instruments.
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string
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Successive lines and spaces from top to bottom of the staff represent successively lower pitches.
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True
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The distance between D and A (above that D) is a:
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Fifth
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The two notes of an octave sound exactly the same due to the simple relationship of their frequencies.
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False
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The descending interval between A and F is a:
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third
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A fifth above E is
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B
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The interval between D and the next G above that D, is called a:
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Fourth
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Composers started marking their scores with instructions about dynamics:
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Well into the 17th century
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As a musical concept, dynamics covers only the overall loudness or softness of a piece of music.
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False
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Which of the following statements about dynamics is correct?
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Dynamic level can be affected by the number of musicians taking part in a performance
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Among other factors, composers started writing dynamic markings in their scores because:
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New instruments allowed for more dynamic ranges and contrast.
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Composers started marking their scores with volume indications as soon as music notation was invented.
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False
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To keep things straight, musical instruments can only belong to one instrument classification.
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false
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According to the text, it can be argued that the human voice was the first instrument.
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true
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Which of the following expressions is often used in reference to timbre?
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tone color
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The shape of the sound waves produced by a voice or instrument determines timbre.
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True
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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?
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Lakmé
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The baritone range lies between the bass and the tenor.
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true
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The aria Lucevan le Stelle is from the opera Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini.
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False
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The soprano register lies between the alto and tenor vocal ranges.
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False
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The tenor voice range lies between a baritone and a bass.
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false
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The Young Person's Guide ends with a fugue, which is:
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A traditional form of composition in which one part enters after another using the same theme.
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A traditional symphony orchestra can sometimes have more than 100 players.
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True
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A fugue is a traditional form of composition in which all the parts enter at the same time using the same theme.
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false
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According to the text, keyboards make up the fifth family of instruments and occasionally appear with the orchestra.
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true
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The sound of string instruments is produced by a.....stretched between two points.
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string
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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?
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vibrato
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The function of the organ's stops is to:
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Control the flow of air to the pipes
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In the organ, pipe length determines:
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pitch
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Ctesibius is credited with having invented the first organ in 1853.
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false
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An organist can only control volume by using a pedal board.
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false
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The harpsichord is touch sensitive.
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false
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Please select the word pair that best completes the following sentence. When a harpsichordist depresses a key, a simple mechanism causes a __________ to __________ a string.
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quill; pluck
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The first known instance of a harpsichord dates from:
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Around 1397
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Adolphe Sax invented the contrabass clarinet.
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false
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Night on the Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky earned him wide recognition during his lifetime.
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False
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The modern tuba was invented by a bandmaster in Rome.
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False
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The modern tuba was invented by a bandmaster in Rome.
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false
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The kettledrum is the most important percussion instrument of the symphony orchestra.
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True
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Castanets are traditionally played by shaking them.
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False
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Which of the following instruments does NOT belong in the definite pitch group:
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cymbols
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Kettledrum is another name for timpani.
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true
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François Couperin and Frédéric Chopin are two masters of the French school of harpsichord music in the 18th century.
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False
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Unfortunately, Chopin died before he could take advantage of advances in piano construction developed by Pleyel and Company.
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false
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The one-piece cast-iron frame, a crucial development in the history of the piano, was invented by:
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Alpheus Babcock of Boston, USA in 1825
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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:
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Moves the hammers closer to the strings
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The synthesizer has virtually no standard repertoire.
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true
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The three types of synthesizers are:
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Analog synthesizers, digital synthesizers, samplers
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Synthesizers are a collection of elements configured and programmed by a performer to produce the desired musical effect.
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true
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The sound source of a the synthesizer is an oscillator.
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true