Basic Music (The normal one, not the supplement)

Question 1

The “great staff” is a theoretical construction that consists of __________________.

Answer 1

11 lines, 10 spaces, and middle C is on the 6th line.

Question 2

The “great staff” is used for _____________________.

Answer 2

Confusing MUs. It doesn’t seem to have any other purpose. The point of this question is not to confuse “great staff” with “grand staff.”

Question 3

What clef reads just like Bass clef?

Answer 3

Super Treble

Question 4

What clef reads like Baritone F clef?

Answer 4

Baritone C clef

Question 5

What clef places the C clef symbol on the bottom line of the staff?

Answer 5

Soprano clef

Question 6

What clef places the C clef symbol on the second line from the bottom of the staff?

Answer 6

Mezzo soprano clef

Question 7

What clef places the C clef symbol on the third line from the bottom of the staff?

Answer 7

Alto clef

Question 8

What clef places the C clef symbol on the fourth line from the bottom of the staff?

Answer 8

Tenor clef

Question 9

What clef places the C clef symbol on the top line of the staff?

Answer 9

Baritone C clef

Question 10

According to The Basic Music Book, a “beat” is _______________.

Answer 10

A regular recurring pulsation in music.

Question 11

According to The Basic Music Book, “tempo” refers to _______________.

Answer 11

the rate of progression of beats and beat groupings.

Question 12

The recurring pattern of accented and unaccented pulsations (beats) is known as ___________.

Answer 12

Meter.

Question 13

In simple time signatures, the bottom number represents what length of note gets the beat, but in compound time signatures, it represents what length of note is _____________.

Answer 13

the division of the beat.

Question 14

What is the difference between composite and compound meters?

Answer 14

Composite - multiple divisions of the beat within a single bar

Compound - beat is divided in threes.

Question 15

3/4 time is normally known as simple triple. But at tempo de tearass, it should be conducted and interpreted as what?

Answer 15

Compound single

Question 16

6/8 time is normally known as compound duple. But at very slow tempos, it would be conducted and interpreted as what?

Answer 16

Simple sextuple

Question 17

When long notes coincide with strong beats and the shorter notes are non-syncopated and on weak beats, this is called _____________ rhythm.

Answer 17

Regular

Question 18

When a measure contains all of one length of note (i.e. all quarter notes, all eighth notes, etc…) it is said to have ______________ rhythm.

Answer 18

Uniform

Question 19

True or False

Uniform rhythm and Regular rhythm have nothing in common.

Answer 19

False. All Uniform rhythm is also Regular rhythm.

Question 20

When long notes coincide with weak beats or weak parts of beats, or when the rhythm is syncopated, this is known as ___________ rhythm.

Answer 20

Irregular

Question 21

The first beat in a measure is called the ___________.

Answer 21

Thesis

Question 22

When the last attack of a phrase coincides with the thesis, what kind of ending is that?

Answer 22

Masculine

Question 23

If the last attack of a phrase does not coincide with the thesis, what kind of ending is that?

Answer 23

Feminine

Question 24

Related meters have the same metrical stress (hint: top number stays the same) but different units of the beat. Name a few pairs of related meters.

Answer 24

Example correct answers:
2/4 and 2/8
3/4 and 3/16
4/4 and 4/2

Question 25

Equivalent meters are:
Two meters, one simple, and one compound, AND
They have the same number of beats per measure
They have the same divided beat.

Name some examples.

Answer 25

Example correct answers:

Simple and Compound
2/4 and 6/8
3/2 and 9/4
4/8 and 12/16