Final Exam

Question 1

What language are dynamics written?

Answer 1

Italian

Question 2

What is pitch?

Answer 2

The frequency (highness/lowness of a sound)

Question 3

What is another name for pitch?

Answer 3

Notes

Question 4

What is syncopation?

Answer 4

Stressing notes off beat or emphasis

Question 5

What is tempo?

Answer 5

Speed of a song

Question 6

What does a metronome do?

Answer 6

Keep time

Question 7

Allegro

Answer 7

Fast

Question 8

Moderato

Answer 8

Medium fast

Question 9

Andante

Answer 9

Medium slow

Question 10

Largo

Answer 10

Really slow

Question 11

Presto

Answer 11

Super fast

Question 12

What is an interval?

Answer 12

Distance between notes

Question 13

What is a diatonic scale?

Answer 13

Set of 7 pitches in western music

Question 14

What is a chromatic scale?

Answer 14

All 12 notes in a western scale

Question 15

What emotion do minor chords convey?

Answer 15

Sad

Question 16

What emotion do major chords convey?

Answer 16

Happy

Question 17

String instruments in order from lowest to highest

Answer 17

Double-bass
Cello
Viola
Violin

Question 18

How is sound produced in a brass instrument?

Answer 18

By buzzing your lips

Question 19

What are the woodwind instruments?

Answer 19

Piccolo
Flute
Double-reed
Oboe
English horn
Basoon
Contra basoon
Clarinet
Bass clarinet

Question 20

List the brass instruments from lowest to highest

Answer 20

Tuba
Trombone
French horn
Trumpet

Question 21

Who established gregorian chant?

Answer 21

Pope Gregory

Question 22

What is an opera?

Answer 22

Drama set to music

Question 23

Who were the most important Baroque composers?

Answer 23

Bach, Vivaldi, and Handel

Question 24

How did baroque composers make a living?

Answer 24

In the church, opera house, or court

Question 25

What is the core of the baroque orchestra?

Answer 25

Strings

Question 26

What is the “Art of Fugues”?

Answer 26

Collection of 48 fugues in all major and minor keys

Question 27

What is a labretto?

Answer 27

The words of the opera

Question 28

What is Handel’s most famous work?

Answer 28

“The Messiah"

Question 29

Who did Bach work for?

Answer 29

The court and the church

Question 30

Who is Stradivarius?

Answer 30

A famous violin maker

Question 31

Who composed Symphony 40 in G Minor?

Answer 31

Mozart

Question 32

What was the major genre developed in the classical era?

Answer 32

The symphony

Question 33

What instruments make up a string quartet?

Answer 33

2 violins, 1 viola, and 1 cello

Question 34

What is an opera bufa?

Answer 34

A comedic Italian opera

Question 35

What was Beethoven’s 5th played on?

Answer 35

Strings, woodwind, tympani (40 D)

Question 36

What disorder did Beethoven have?

Answer 36

Deaf

Question 37

What eras did Beethoven compose in?

Answer 37

Classical and romantic

Question 38

Who did Beethoven write “Eroica” for?

Answer 38

Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 39

What is Beethoven most known for?

Answer 39

His symphonies

Question 40

What was Beethoven’s personality like?

Answer 40

Brusk and strong willed

Question 41

Who did Haydn work for?

Answer 41

Esterhazy family

Question 42

Who was responsible for self-expression in music?

Answer 42

Beethoven

Question 43

What is chromaticism?

Answer 43

Using all 12 notes

Question 44

How was tone color used in the romantic era?

Answer 44

Combining tone colors with bigger orchestras #49

Question 45

What is program music?

Answer 45

Music without singing based off work

Question 46

How were typical romantic orchestras different?

Answer 46

They were larger

Question 47

How long does the Ring Cycle take to play?

Answer 47

4 nights

Question 48

Who instituted “Young Audiences?"

Answer 48

Leonard Bernstein

Question 49

Who composed “Symphony Fantastique?"

Answer 49

Hector Berlioz

Question 50

What type of music was “Symphony Fantastique?"

Answer 50

Program symphony

Question 51

What was unique about “Symphony Fantastique?"

Answer 51

It contained a plainchant melody

Question 52

What type of composer is Mozart?

Answer 52

Classical

Question 53

What was the most popular instrument solo in the 19th century?

Answer 53

Piano

Question 54

Who brought jazz to symphonies?

Answer 54

George Girchwin

Question 55

What is program music about?

Answer 55

Refers to a non-musical idea like poetry, life, etc.

Question 56

Who composed “Aida?"

Answer 56

Verdi

Question 57

What is a tone poem?

Answer 57

An orchestral piece with one movement

Question 58

What is another name for a tone poem?

Answer 58

A symphonic poem