Arranging Basic

Question 1

What are instrument characteristics

Answer 1

Dynamic intensity, color, texture, sound quality

Question 2

What is a glissando

Answer 2

Normally performed between two written pitches; length determined by notes attached to

Question 3

What is a shake?

Answer 3

Brass players: lip trill
Woodwinds: simulate by trilling

Question 4

What is a fall or drop?

Answer 4

Downward from written note to indefinite pitch; duration indicated by length of symbol

Question 5

What is a doit?

Answer 5

Opposite of a fall

Question 6

What is a flip or turn?

Answer 6

Combines upward glide to neighboring definite or indefinite pitch and falling down

Question 7

What is a plop?

Answer 7

Glissando that begins an indefinite note higher and lands on written note

Question 8

What is a rip?

Answer 8

Glissando that begins on indefinite note and performed upward to written note

Question 9

What is a bend?

Answer 9

Performed by starting on written pitch, lowering it out of tune, and bringing back up

Question 10

What is a scoop?

Answer 10

Short glissando starting from below written pitch: shorter than a rip

Question 11

How long should note stems be?

Answer 11

3 spaces in the staff

Question 12

How far should note stems extend?

Answer 12

At least to the center line

Question 13

Where does the stem of a note on the center line go?

Answer 13

Typically down

Question 14

What is the spacing between the first beat of the measure and the barline?

Answer 14

Equal to the size of the notehead. Same for last note of measure and the barline

Question 15

How does spacing for multiple staffs default?

Answer 15

Widest measure of a particular part, and all beats must line up

Question 16

Where are slurs placed if the note stems go in both directions?

Answer 16

Above the staff

Question 17

True or false: accidentals affect only the notes in the specific octave

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Where are tempo indications placed?

Answer 18

Above the staff justified to the time signature

Question 19

Where are metronome markings placed?

Answer 19

Above the staff where the tempo begins

Question 20

Where are ornament signs placed?

Answer 20

Above the staff

Question 21

Where are appoggiatura placed?

Answer 21

Next to the note

Question 22

Where are articulations placed?

Answer 22

Vertically above or below the notehead, opposite the note stem

Question 23

Where at accent directions placed?

Answer 23

Below the staff

Question 24

Where are dynamic marks placed?

Answer 24

Below the staff on instrumental parts or between the staves of keyboard music

Question 25

What are the minimum requirements for a lead sheet?

Answer 25

Melody line, chord changes, performance directions (tempo and style/dynamics). If the ensemble uses a vocalist, it is good to include lyrics

Question 26

What are the steps to create a lead sheet?

Answer 26

Transcribe the melody line, assign chord changes, add performance directions, add lyrics and adjust key signature if required

Question 27

What are the three types of transposition in order of commonality?

Answer 27

Scale degree, interval, key signature

Question 28

What are the two ways transposition by interval can be approached?

Answer 28

Identify the interval difference between the original and the new key, then transpose each note based on the interval difference; identify the interval difference between the original and new key and establish the first transposed note, then transpose the remaining notes based on the melodic intervals

Question 29

When is transposition by key signature used?

Answer 29

When the key signature changes but the notes on the staff do not

Question 30

How should ledger lines be drawn?

Answer 30

Parallel to the staff, slightly wider than the notehead

Question 31

Where is the tie marking?

Answer 31

Centered on each notehead

Question 32

Where are slurs typically placed?

Answer 32

Closest to the noteheads and opposite the stems

Question 33

True or false: spacing rules for rests are the same as for notes

Answer 33

True

Question 34

What are examples of articulations?

Answer 34

Staccato, legato, tenuto, marcato, fermata, and pizzicato

Question 35

What transposition technique is preferable for half or whole step transposition?

Answer 35

Transposition by interval

Question 36

Transposition by interval increases accuracy when?

Answer 36

When a composition has several chromatic alterations, complex scale degrees, or complicated key relationships

Question 37

What are the first three things in order on a staff?

Answer 37

Clef, key signature, time signature

Question 38

Where is the top number of the time signature written?

Answer 38

Directly above the middle line of the staff

Question 39

True or false: Half rests and whole rests get placed in the middle of the measure

Answer 39

False, only whole rests get placed in the middle