MUSIC

Question 1

The four instrument families that make up the orchestra use which types of vibration to make sound?

Answer 1

String, reed or air, lip, and struck or shaken vibrations

Question 2

Instruments that are _____ make high-pitched sounds and instruments that are _____ make low-pitched sounds.

Answer 2

small / large

Question 3

Which was the earliest instrument family included in the orchestra?

Answer 3

String

Question 4

To which family does the saxophone belong?

Answer 4

Woodwind, because they have a reed

Question 5

Meno mosso

Answer 5

less quickly

Question 6

piu moss

Answer 6

more quickly

Question 7

rubato

Answer 7

play expressively

Question 8

Grave

Answer 8

Extraordinarily slow, mournful
20 to 40 bpm

Question 9

Lento

Answer 9

40 to 50 bpm, still slow

Question 10

Adagio

Answer 10

‘at ease’, 51 to 60 bpm , relaxed tempo

Question 11

Andante

Answer 11

walking pas, 60 and 80 bpm

Question 12

Moderato

Answer 12

moderate pacing 81 to 90 bpm

Question 13

Allegretto

Answer 13

faster than average but not frantic 91 to 104 bpm

Question 14

Allegro

Answer 14

faster than average, exciting, 105 to 132 bpm

Question 15

Vivace

Answer 15

132 to 140 bpm, faster than allegro feelings of restlessness

Question 16

Presto

Answer 16

feelings of anxiety, 168 to 177 bpm

Question 17

In a performance of a Baroque period organ piece, the player would be expected to play:

Answer 17

with rubato

Question 18

Syncopation is often heard in what type of music?

Answer 18

Jazz

Question 19

Simple Duple Meter

Answer 19

2/4 (common time) or 2/2 (Cut time)

Question 20

Simple Triple Meter

Answer 20

3/4

Question 21

Simple Quadruple Meter

Answer 21

4/4

Question 22

Simple Duple Meter

Answer 22

cut time

Question 23

Compound duple meter

Answer 23

6/8 ( 2 beats, 3 divisions of beat)

Question 24

Comound triple meter

Answer 24

9/8 (3 beats, 3 divisions of beats)

Question 25

Compound Quadruple Meter

Answer 25

12/8 (4 beats, 3 divisions of beat)

Question 26

What are overtones

Answer 26

a series of waves produced when an instrument is played

Question 27

In music, frequency is a measurement of:

Answer 27

Sound Waves

Question 28

Timbre describes:

Answer 28

the character of a sound or voice

Question 29

The term 'ballad' was originally derived from the Latin verb ballare, meaning…

Answer 29

to dance

Question 30

Folk ballads and other similar creations are typically the product of what sort of culture?

Answer 30

rural