Music - 2nd Session Examination Flashcards

1
Q

Some suggest that the origin of
music likely stems from naturally
occurring sounds and rhythms.

A

Nature and Ancestors

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2
Q

For religious people, ___ is the
answer. The Alpha and the Omega,
making Him the only answer to the
origin of music.

A

God

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3
Q

First recorded of instrument

A

Flute

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4
Q

The flute is made out of

A

Bones of bear

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5
Q

Music came from the greek
word

A

Mousike

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6
Q

Mousike

A

the art of muse

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7
Q

is the common
language of mankind.

A

Music

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8
Q

For the scientist, it
is a

A

System of vibrations

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9
Q

For the musician,
it is the
relationship
between the

A

ear
and the instrument
or voice.

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10
Q

Music is the union
of ___ arranged
according to the
laws of melody
and harmony.

A

pitch, force,
quality, and
duration

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11
Q

“Music was developed to attract the opposite sex.”

A

Charles Darwin

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12
Q

“Music was developed to express emotions just like
language developed to express ideas.”

A

HERBERT SPENCER

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13
Q

Spencer originated the expression

A

“survival of the fittest”,

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14
Q

concluded
that “_____” developed the capacity for
music specifically as a means of
communicating their state of being.

A

primitives

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15
Q

“Music, unlike other arts, could exist quite independent for the
visible world.”

A

RICHARD WAGNER

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16
Q

“Music is a decisive means to form a man’s character.

Music should be placed as the center of all educational
endeavors.”

A

JOHANN WOLFGANG
GOETHE

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17
Q

“Music serves as a medium through which individuals will be
acquainted with the various aspects of life, being perspicuous
reflections of humanity through ages.”

A

ROBERT NYE

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18
Q

When it came to music, the ancient Babylonians
viewed it as an accompaniment for their

A

story telling or the
chanting of a verse.

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19
Q

make use of music as a tool
for war, using

A

trumpets and horns as signal to call their allies.

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20
Q

which pays homage to the sun
god.

A

Hymn to Shamash,

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21
Q

Ancient Egypt musical instruments found buried with the
dead often have the names of the Egyptian gods

A

gods Hathor and
Bes,

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22
Q

In the Vedic period, music originated from

A

chanting of Vedas.

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23
Q

Goddess Sarasvati is seen with

A

Veena in her
hands.

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24
Q

Lord Shiva is associated with

A

Damru

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25
Q

Lord
Vishnu with

A

conch

26
Q

Lord Krishna is with

A

flute

27
Q

Narada
with an

A

ektara

28
Q

The Hebrews considered music as a ____, because to them, music was a matter of religion than art.

A

spiritual gift of God,

29
Q

The “____” was developed by a Roman philosopher.

A

neumes

30
Q

basic element of Western and Eastern systems of musical
notation prior to the invention of five-line staff notation.

A

nuemes

31
Q

The Chinese people also uses their music for their religious
ceremonies and festivities. Along with its unique instruments
and their own scale, which is the

A

pentatonic scale.

32
Q

The ancient Chinese belief that music is meant not to amuse but

A

to purify one’s thoughts

33
Q

customary Japanese folk song portraying the
gorgeousness of cherry blossoms – the symbol of spring season.

A

Sakura sakura

34
Q

Allegiance to music is integrally woven into the

A

social identity
of Italians

35
Q

The art of singing came to perfection with the development of the Opera in the17th century and
18th century largely due to the development of the new vocal composition,

A

“ the art song”.

36
Q

Filipinos are able to produce music that was intended to express
their feeling for their loved one, called

A

kundiman

37
Q

is the main source of communicating their feelings and
emotions.

A

music

38
Q

Christianity was the focal point of
culture in Europe so almost all music was about

A

God and worship.

39
Q

songs from
the medieval period are referred to as

A

Gregorian Chants, named from Pope Gregory

40
Q

the simplest of musical textures, consisting of a
melody.

A

Monophony

41
Q

the central tradition of Western plainchant, a form of monophonic,
unaccompanied sacred song in Latin of the Roman Catholic Church.

A

Gregorian Chant

42
Q

a type of musical texture consisting of
two or more simultaneous lines of independent
melody.

A

Polophony

43
Q

had more freedom to be creative and show
individual style.

A

Renaissance Music

44
Q

New musical instruments such as the ___ and ____ were invented and became very popular.

A

clavichord and the lute

45
Q

a stringed
rectangular keyboard instrument. used as a
practice instrument and as an aid to
composition,

A

Clavichord

46
Q

most popular instrument
in the Western world. It became
the symbol of the magic and
power of music.

A

Lute

47
Q

a word used to describe a style that
followed the renaissance in European music between
the years 1600 and 1750.

A

Baroque

48
Q

The word baroque means

A

“strange” or “excessive”.

49
Q

Baroque music is characterised by

A

long flowing
melodic lines

50
Q

secular music

A

non-church music

51
Q

is group (ensemble) of instruments
playing music together.

A

orchestra

52
Q

a story with drama representation that is
set to music.

A

opera

53
Q

The classical period in music history lasted for only

A

70 years,

53
Q

New instruments such as the and other instruments were added to the orchestra

A

flute and clarinet

54
Q

father of the symphony

A

Joseph Haydn

55
Q

reflected the political and
social changes that were taking place all around the world.

A

Romantic period

56
Q

became the dominant feature of the music and used
melodies to express nationalism (loyalty to a country or
group of people).

A

melody

57
Q

this became more important than formal structural considerations as composers
rebelled against the formal restraint of the classical period.

A

Emotional expression

58
Q

(a very skilled performer) became very popular.

A

Virtuosos

59
Q

played the
piano with so much emotion that women in the audience
would faint while listening to him play.

A

Franz Liszt,

60
Q

was the first century of
recorded music.

A

20th century

61
Q

considered one of the most important
composers of the 20th century

A

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (r) and Béla Viktor János Bartók (h)