Music Appreciation Final

Fortissimo means to do what?

True or False? Some of the earliest music consisted almost entirely of rhythm, in the form of drumming or clapping.

True or False? The music industry shrank during the 1970s since few people were interested in disco.

Dorian mode begins on what note?

What means "the movement of different voices against one another" in Latin?

What was the Samaveda?

True or False? The creation of music charts helped to shape and to encourage the growth of rock and pop music.

Which composer was known for his instrumental consort compositions?

True or False? Melodic phrases are groups or sets of notes that make sense together, express a musical idea, and when combined, create the melody.

Which culture studied music through the lens of mathematics and science?

Which was one of the first instruments that prehistoric people probably used?

Which artist is an example of someone who was popular for disco?

Which of the following is a type of popular music? Rock Country Jazz All of the above

What was a type of wheel fiddle?

Popular music is said to reflect the tastes and preferences of which social class?

"Do, Re, Me, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do" represents what?

What is true of viols?

What is a musical piece in which one solo instrument (such as a piano or violin) is accompanied by an orchestra?

Prehistoric or primitive music comes from what type of cultures?

Which advancement helped singers develop a more intimate singing style?

True or False? The modes used for Gregorian chants all begin on the note E.

What is a series of musical notes that have been strung together?

True or False? Chants were commonly used by monks during religious services.

What was a characteristic of Palestrina's compositions?

True or False? No one really cares or should care about the elements of music.

True or False? During Medieval times, secular music was outlawed by the church and was not played.

True or False? William Byrd was known for producing instrumental pieces for consorts.

True or False? The so-called British Invasion, which included the Beatles, happened in the 1980s.

True or False? The Renaissance period in general was considered a time of rebirth in the arts and culture.

True or False? Chants were also called plainsong.

True or False? The tempo of a piece is objective; all composers interpret the tempo directions in the same way.

What is a song that follows the thirty-two bar form?

True or False? Tempo is the frequency of a sound and it relates to the highness or lowness of a tone that we hear.

What invention increased the recognition of composers and made music more available?

What was a popular trend in the 1990s?

What is a low female voice?

True or False? Pop music no longer exists in the twenty-first century. It has been replaced by other music genres.

A Renaissance consort typically had how many instruments?

True or False? Form is the combination of musical elements like rhythm, pitch, and melody.

True or False? One of the reasons why the chorale gained such a foothold was that the printing press allowed for hymnbooks to be published.

True or False? Composers are mostly concerned with pitch and are less concerned with rhythm.

In Pech Merle, red painted dots note what about the spot?

What is a typical theme in pop music songs?

True or False? Music videos gave pop musicians a visible presence that helped them sell more music.

Which philosopher laid some of the foundations for modern music theory?

The early Egyptians are thought to have used what type of scale?

Which of the following is NOT a pop artist in the last decade? Johann Sebastian Bach Madonna Justin Bieber Lady GaGa

True or False? A madrigal proper was through-composed.

Pop music appeals to which type of audience?

Who commissioned simple melodies for the new Protestant church?

True or False? The music of the Baroque period is the first to be among the musical pieces that people today are generally familiar with.

What does opera combine music with?

True or False? Bach's family included over 50 notable composers and musicians.

True or False? Opera seria puts a greater emphasis on the experienced and masterful singer.

What does the word "opera" mean in Italian?

What composer was a transitional figure between Renaissance music and Baroque music?

True or False? Handel was nicknamed "The Red Priest."

True or False? Monteverdi went blind before his death.

True or False? Literally, the word courante means running. As such, the dance is fast paced.

What is a musical notation using numbers to indicate chords, intervals, and other aspects in relation to the bass note of the music?

What does the Portuguese word for "Baroque" mean?

True or False? The modern orchestra developed during the Baroque period.

True or False? Handel composed Music for the Royal Fireworks.

Which composer wrote The Messiah?

What modern instrument was created during the Baroque period?

Which composer was known as the "Father of the Symphony"?

Which composer experienced hearing loss during his lifetime?

In the Classical period, composers sought to create what type of music?

True or False? Individuals during the Classical era were interested in ancient civilizations.

True or False? The Age of Enlightenment overlapped with the Classical period.

True or False? Bach, Handel, and Mozart make up the Viennese School.

True or False? A sonata is a large scale composition that is played (rather than sung).

True or False? "Moonlight Sonata" was composed by Haydn.

True or False? Mozart began composing music by the age of five.

What is the first part of the sonata form?

Which composer worked for the Esterhazy family?

True or False? Beethoven is a transitional figure between the Classical era and the Romantic era of music.

True or False? Almost all of the works of the Classical era included vocal parts.

Which part of the sonata form creates tension and drama?

True or False? The only form of music that Beethoven composed in was piano concertos.

What do Choral symphonies add to the traditional symphony?

True or False? Brahms often used conventional and traditional forms and techniques in his work.

Of the following, what is true about music from the Romantic period? -It was more precise and conformed than that of the Classical period. -Virtually all of the music is vocal or choral music. -It was longer and less constrained than the music of the Classical period. -The only theme of the music was love.

Who created the symphonic poem?

Whose funeral march was played at the funeral of JFK?

True or False? Johann Strauss I pushed his son to become a composer and musician.

True or False? Tchaikovsky wrote "1812 Overture."

True or False? Instruments were less reliable in the Romantic period than they had been during the Renaissance period.

What aspect of instruments improved during the Romantic period?

Who composed the "Wedding March?"

Early Romantic music was influenced by which composer?

The Romantic period ended before which event?

Who of the following is an example of a nationalist Romantic Composer? -Brahms -Mozart -Chopin -Tchaikovsky

True or False? The Romantic period of music emphasized reason and form over emotion and feeling.

The music of the Romantic period is all about what?

Hot Five was the famous band of which musician?

True or False? Miles Davis is known for being a swing jazz musician.

True or False? Jazz music has nothing in common with classical music.

What is true of Bebop? It featured frequent chord changes It was meant to be danced to It was one of the slower forms of jazz

Count Basie is known for playing which instrument?

True or False? Modal jazz was much more popular than swing/big band music.

True or False? New Orleans was the birthplace of jazz.

True or False? Free jazz relies on traditional structures and forms.

What was the first form of jazz to develop?

King Oliver pioneered the use of what in jazz?

Jazz was mostly created by which group?

Which of the following musicians is known for cool jazz music? Louis Armstrong Miles Davis Count Basie Duke Ellington

Which jazz musician is regarded as the most innovative?

Jazz began where?

True or False? Much of jazz music after the 1940s is based, to some degree, on bebop.