Music Theory

The term timbre refers to the different sound sources used in a composition

Dynamic variety refers to the use of different sound sources.

A music ensemble is:

A musical movement is:

According to Booker T. Washington, plantation songs have nothing to do with religious fervor.

A music score contains:

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

A performer's technical skill determines the degree to which the listener feels moved by or connected to the music.

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

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

Musicians can often hear the notes in a piece of music without actually playing them.

The following excerpt features a musical ensemble.

The following excerpt features a solo performer.

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

The Étude Op. 10 No. 12 in C minor by Frédéric Chopin is nicknamed Revolutionary because it started a major upheaval in Paris in 1820.

Listen to this excerpt from Chopin's Étude in C minor. Where does this excerpt happen in the piece?

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.

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

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

Structure is important because it helps our minds begin to develop expectations about what will happen next in a piece of music.

The concept of form is associated with the following elements:

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

According to the text, A-B-A form can be thought of as:

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

In many commercial establishments, music is used to manipulate a consumer's mood.

Musical connotation is reinforced by the use of certain instruments.

Which of the following statements is not true:

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

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

Absolutists derive pleasure from listening for the way that the different elements of music relate to each other, independently of any extra-musical connotations.

Music was clinically approved as a medical treatment in 1924.

Musical associations remained fixed in time.

Music only affects our feelings and thoughts.

The Concerts spirituels were founded by musicians of the Paris opera to lend legitimacy to the playing of instrumental music during religious festivals.

Which of the following is true of the casual listener?

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

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

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 first major symphony to include a detailed story was composed by:

A referential listener is a person that is mainly concerned with judging the quality of the performance of a piece of music.

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

A referential listener is a person that relates to music mainly through extra-musical connections or associations.

A piece of folk music typically remains unchanged throughout the years

Which of the following most likely contains an improvised solo?

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

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

Composers of art music create works that are passed on from generation to generation by listening, remembering, and imitating.

Which of the following musical examples is not related to jazz?

Which of the following excerpts is an example of art music?

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

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

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

Rhythm is created by the combination of duration and _________.

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

A note's duration is indicated by

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

Music notation can be thought of as a:

A rest symbol indicates:

The text states that an essential element in music is:

Which of the two following statements is true?

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

Please use the text field to enter your answer. The value of the _______ note serves as the basis for the relative value of all the other notes.

The following excerpt from Pictures at an Exhibition features low pitches.

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

The frequency of the lowest sound that the normal human ear can perceive ranges between 16 and 20 Hertz.

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

The basic unit of frequency is the:

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

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

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

Which excerpt features higher-pitched voices?

Our ears can perceive the entire range of possible sounds.

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

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

According to the text, there are always ____ keys from a letter name to its next occurrence up or down the keyboard.

The black key to the right of the F on this keyboard can be called F sharp or G

When consecutive notes are played, they form a

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

The black key to the right of the A on this keyboard can be called A sharp or B

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

If the frequency of the C in the middle is 256 Hz, the corresponding frequencies on either side of that C are:

The pitch letter names correspond to:

Each line and space on the staff represents a different:

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

The system of parallel lines and spaces used to write music is called notation.

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

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

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

Successive lines and spaces from top to bottom of the staff represent successively lower pitches.

Historically, tablature has been used for particular ______ instruments.

The staff is a system of:

In musical notation, pitch is indicated exclusively by:

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

A fourth below D is A.

Descending intervals are calculated differently from ascending ones.

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

Ascending and descending intervals are calculated:

Which of the following is a true statement?

When calculating intervals, both the start and end notes should be included in the count.

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

The descending interval between A and F is a: