M1104 Music Appreciation Test 1

Question 1 Identify the instruments in the picture from the highest pitch to the lowest pitch. Bass, violin, cello, viola Viola, bass, cello, violin Violin, viola, cello, bass Cello, bass, viola, violin

Question 2 Identify the instrument in the picture. Flute Oboe Clarinet Bassoon

Question 3 Identify the instrument in the picture. Horn Trumpet Trombone Tuba

Question 4 Identify the instrument in the picture. Timpani Snare drum Vibraphone Bass drum

Question 5 Listen to the example and identify the family of the instrument playing. Aerophone Chordophone Idiophone Membranophone

Question 6 Listen to the example and identify the family of the instrument playing. Aerophone Chordophone Idiophone Membranophone

Question 7 Listen to the example and identify the family of the instrument playing. Aerophone Chordophone Idiophone Membranophone

Question 8 Listen to the example and identify the family of the instrument playing. Aerophone Chordophone Idiophone Membranophone

Question 9 Listen to the excerpt and identify the instrument playing the melodic line. Flute Bassoon Horn clarinet

Question 10 Listen to the excerpt and identify the instrument (voice range) singing. Soprano Alto Tenor Bass

Question 11 Listen to the excerpt and identify the instrument playing. Alto voice Flute Violin Soprano voice

Question 12 Watch and listen to this excerpt and identify the instrument playing. Tuba String bass Bassoon Bass voice

Question 13 Watch and listen to this excerpt and identify the instrument playing. Violin Viola Cello String Bass

Question 14 Watch and listen to this excerpt and identify the instrument playing. Violin Flute Trumpet Oboe

Question 15 Listen to this excerpt and identify the section of the orchestra playing. Woodwinds Brass Percussion Strings

Question 16 Listen to this excerpt and identify the section of the orchestra playing. Woodwinds Brass Percussion Strings

Question 17 Listen to this excerpt. The TEXTURE you are hearing is called: Monophonic Polyphonic Homophonic Heterophonic

Question 18 The term “a cappella” refers to choral music performed: With organ accompaniment With orchestral accompaniment With piano accompaniment Without any accompaniment

Question 19 Listen to this composition. Is it a cappella? Yes No

Question 20 What distinguishes chamber music from orchestral music? The forms of the movements The number of players to each part The room in which the music is being performed The number of movements in a work

Question 21 Listen to this excerpt. It is: Orchestral music Band music Choral music Chamber music

QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages 22. The preservation of music without the help of written notation is called________________. 1. oral tradition 2. mental telepathy 3. impossible 4. Preservation method

QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages 23. Hildegard of Bingen is known as_________. 1. A mezzo-soprano 2. The earliest-known woman composer 3. The mother of the plainchant 4. The creator of organum

QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages 24. The single-line melodies of the music of the early Christian Church are known as______. 1. Gregorian chant 2. Plainchant 3. Plainsong 4. All of the above

QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages 25. The earliest type of polyphony was_______. 1. The round 2. The fugue 3. Plainchant 4. Organum

QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages 26. The___________portion of the Mass remains the same in every celebration of the service. 1. Spoken 2. Proper 3. Ordinary 4. Sung

QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages 27. One of the earliest women composers of importance was_____________. 1. Fanny Mendelssohn 2. Janet Jackson 3. Hildegard 4. Barbara Strozzi

QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages 28. The________________were Medieval entertainers who played instruments, sang and danced, juggled, and performed tricks. 1. Jongleurs 2. Minisingers 3. Troubadours 4. Meistersingers

QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages 29. The vielle is a Medieval_________instrument. 1. Evil 2. Percussion 3. String 4. Wind

QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages 30. The 14th century motet flowered in the hands of______________. 1. Dufay 2. Josquin 3. Palestrina 4. Leonin

QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages 31. A fretted string instrument of the guitar family with a pear-shaped back is the__________. 1. Sackbut 2. Tromba marina 3. Harpsichord 4. Lute

QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages 32. A Medieval “brass” instrument usually made from wood with fingerholes is called the______. 1. Bassoon 2. Cornetto 3. Saxophone 4. Shawm

QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages 33. The sackbut is the Medieval ancestor of the modern__________. 1. Trombone 2. Tuba 3. Horn 4 Trumpet.

QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages 34. The outstanding poet-composer of the French Ars Nova was____________. 1. Monteverdi 2. Perotin 3. Machaut 4. Philip of Burgundy

QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages 35. Women _______(were or were not) allowed to take part in secular music performances in the Middle Ages. 1. Were 2. Were not

QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages 36. Printing and making gunpowder came from___. 1. The Near East 2. The Middle East 3. The Far East 4. Northern Europe

QUESTIONS FROM The Renaissance 37. A vocal work without instrumental accompaniment is said to be performed______. 1. A cappella 2. Poorly 3. In church 4. With organ only

QUESTIONS FROM The Renaissance 38. The fixed melody used as a basis for elaborate polyphonic writing in the Renaissance was called_________. 1. The tune 2. The old one 3. The cantus Firmus 4. The Ground Round

QUESTIONS FROM The Renaissance 39. Native American music has been preserved largely through____________. 1. Manuscripts 2. The writings of Columbus 3. Photographs 4. Oral Tradition

QUESTIONS FROM The Renaissance 40. The golden age of a cappella music was the______century. 1. 13th 2. 14th 3. 15th 4. 16th

QUESTIONS FROM The Renaissance 41. Renaissance composers preferred_________meter. 1. Duple 2. Triple

QUESTIONS FROM The Renaissance 42. The first section of the ordinary of the Mass is______. 1. Gloria 2. Kyrie 3. Credo 4. Sanctus

QUESTIONS FROM The Renaissance 43. Who wrote the L’homme arme Mass? 1. Monteverdi 2. Palestrina 3. Gesualdo 4. Dufay

QUESTIONS FROM The Renaissance 44. the L’homme arme Mass is based on______. 1. A violin piece 2. A popular piece 3. A Gregorian Chant 4. Organum

QUESTIONS FROM The Renaissance 45. Josquin’s Ave Maria is an example of_______. 1. A popular song 2. A motet 3. A Gigue 4. A mass

QUESTIONS FROM The Renaissance 46. Who is the composer of the Pope Marcellus Mass? 1. Palestrina 2. Monteverdi 3. Josquin 4. Dufay

QUESTIONS FROM The Renaissance 47. Where was the first madrigal developed? 1. In England 2. In France 3. In Germany 4. In Italy

QUESTIONS FROM The Renaissance 48. The St. Mark’s singing style was called________. 1. Loud 2. Polychoral 3. Antiphonal 4. Stereo