Music Appreciation Quiz 1
STUDY QUIZ -- UNIT I
1. Why does a live performance provide a special excitement?
2. What will enhance our ability to evaluate and enjoy music?
3. Why is John Cage's composition 4' 33" particularly interesting?
4-7. What are the four main properties of musical sound?
8. What determines the pitch of a sound?
9. The distance between two pitches is called an ______________.
10. If a pitch has a frequency of 100 cycles per second, what is the frequency of the pitch one octave higher?
11. Into how many tones is an octave divided in the recent music of Western Civilization?
12. How many octaves is the pitch range of a piano?
13. What family of instruments most often produce indefinite pitches?
14. Define dynamics.
15. What is the purpose of dynamic change in music?
16. Emphasis of a single tone in a series of tones is called ____________.
17. How would a performer comply with the dynamic marking ffff?
18.What property of sound allows us to determine what made the sound?
LISTEN:Stravinsky, The Firebird
19.How many times do we hear the opening theme during the opening section of The Firebird?
20.How many seconds into The Firebird does the orchestra become suddenly soft?
21.What do you think the composer was trying to achieve by the many changing dynamic levels in this piece?
LISTEN:Ellington, C-Jam Blues
22. Which two properties of musical sound do you think are emphasized in this piece?
23.In C-Jam Blues by Duke Ellington describe the change in the timbre of the cornet at 0:54when the player puts in his mute.
24. List three reasons why it is difficult to sing well.
25-28. List four vocal ranges.
29.Until the late 1600s, most Western music was _______.
30-35. List six categories of instruments in Western music, giving at least two examples of each.
36.What is the main difference between orchestras and bands.
37.How many different ranges
1. Why does a live performance provide a special excitement?
2. What will enhance our ability to evaluate and enjoy music?
3. Why is John Cage's composition 4' 33" particularly interesting?
4-7. What are the four main properties of musical sound?
8. What determines the pitch of a sound?
9. The distance between two pitches is called an ______________.
10. If a pitch has a frequency of 100 cycles per second, what is the frequency of the pitch one octave higher?
11. Into how many tones is an octave divided in the recent music of Western Civilization?
12. How many octaves is the pitch range of a piano?
13. What family of instruments most often produce indefinite pitches?
14. Define dynamics.
15. What is the purpose of dynamic change in music?
16. Emphasis of a single tone in a series of tones is called ____________.
17. How would a performer comply with the dynamic marking ffff?
18.What property of sound allows us to determine what made the sound?
LISTEN:Stravinsky, The Firebird
19.How many times do we hear the opening theme during the opening section of The Firebird?
20.How many seconds into The Firebird does the orchestra become suddenly soft?
21.What do you think the composer was trying to achieve by the many changing dynamic levels in this piece?
LISTEN:Ellington, C-Jam Blues
22. Which two properties of musical sound do you think are emphasized in this piece?
23.In C-Jam Blues by Duke Ellington describe the change in the timbre of the cornet at 0:54when the player puts in his mute.
24. List three reasons why it is difficult to sing well.
25-28. List four vocal ranges.
29.Until the late 1600s, most Western music was _______.
30-35. List six categories of instruments in Western music, giving at least two examples of each.
36.What is the main difference between orchestras and bands.
37.How many different ranges