Music Comp final

Question 0

When you get and idea for a song, first thing you should ask yourself (after asking if it’s worth writing a song about) is: _____ _____ _______

Answer 0

Is it biblical

Question 1

To be successful, any song must do two things: achieve its intended _______ in the listener by making him laugh or cry or contemplate or worship and make the listener want to ____ ____ _____

Answer 1

Effect

Hear it again

Question 2

Right at the start, your _____ should give us an idea of what this song is about

Answer 2

Title

Question 3

The intangible elements are:

Answer 3

Mood, atmosphere, style, and message

Question 4

The tangible elements are:

Answer 4

Form, lyrics, melody, harmony, and rhythm

Question 5

A _____ is the thing that grabs people’s attention and makes them remember the song.

Answer 5

Hook

Question 6

The main hook will be even stronger if it incorporates the ______

Answer 6

Title

Question 7

If the hook happens both at the beginning and end of the chorus, we call that ______

Answer 7

Bookends

Question 8

A song without ______ is a blob.

Answer 8

Form

Question 9

There common song forms are:

Answer 9

AAA
ABAA
AABA

Question 10

Four types of conflict are:

Answer 10

Lyric, harmonic, rhythmic, and melodic

Question 11

praise and worship songs fall into three categories:

Answer 11

Songs written directly the lord
Sings about the lord
Exhortation to praise and worship the lord

Question 12

A worship song should be easily and quickly _______, original and inspiring, but simple and repetitive and ________, but not to the point that it’s boring.

Answer 12

Learnable

Predictable

Question 13

A poem may be a _______, but a _______ isn necessarily a poem.

Answer 13

Lyric

Lyric

Question 14

The so-called “pure” vowel sounds ah, ____, _____, oh, and u resonate and feel better than the short vowel sounds

Answer 14

Ay

Ee

Question 15

Define melisma:

Answer 15

More than one note on a syllable

Question 16

Define ephony:

Answer 16

The flowing together if beautiful sounds

Question 17

Define cacophony:

Answer 17

The clashing together of harsh sounds

Question 18

There are two kinds of rhyme: _____ or pure rhyme and ______ or near rhyme.

Answer 18

Perfect imperfect

Question 19

________ rhymes can sound more informal and conversational

Answer 19

Imperfect

Question 20

___________ is attributing human characteristics to something inanimate

Answer 20

Personification

Question 21

A song should have only ______ central theme, or ____ at the most

Answer 21

One

Two

Question 22

And now abideth rhythm, harmony, melody, these three; but the greatest of these is _______

Answer 22

Melody

Question 23

A half step up or down is the _____ of a song can sometimes make a dramatic difference in the energy of a song.

Answer 23

Key

Question 24

The sweetest tone of the scale is the ____

Answer 24

Third

Question 25

___________ songs must be written in the common range.

Answer 25

Congregational

Question 26

If a song is to have dramatic impact it needs a range of at least an ______

Answer 26

Octave

Question 27

A song with a ______ range can establish a quiet mood conductive to contemplative worship

Answer 27

Small

Question 28

Give the chords for one common chord progression.

Answer 28

I V ii IV

Question 29

The ______ ________ chord, with its variations, is simply the most active chord of all

Answer 29

Dominant chord

Question 30

The most commonly used non diatonic chord is probably the?

Answer 30

Flat 7

Question 31

Name one kind of modulation.

Answer 31

Direct

Question 32

Name one way to modulate

Answer 32

IV/V of new key

Question 33

Name one term that has to do with rhythm

Answer 33

Groove or feel

Question 34

A good ________ should set up the song

Answer 34

Introduction

Question 35

Name one way to end a song.

Answer 35

A fade

Question 36

By ____________ we mean good taste and common sense, not just spirituality

Answer 36

Appropriateness

Question 37

Another form of inappropriateness is ________ with the lord

Answer 37

Overfamiliar

Question 39

Still another is mixing _____ _______ ________ with modern English

Answer 39

King James Version

Question 40

A time honored way of making a scripture passage lyrical is to use the _______ ________

Answer 40

Anthem form

Question 41

English has ______ times as many words as any Western European language

Answer 41

3

Question 42

There are 12 keys to unlock writers block. Name six

Answer 42

Chord changes
Another mode
Another key
Take a break
Sleep on it
Pray about it

Question 43

Name six tools of the twelve listed to make your job easier.

Answer 43

Rythming dictionary 
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Biblical concordance
Bible translator
Recorder

Question 44

Southern gospel:

Eclectic musical form include:

Answer 44

Bluegrass

Question 45

Contemporary Christian music:

Today is refers to _____, ______, or _____ and worship style

Answer 45

Pop
Rock
Praise and worship

Question 46

Some influential writers/artists from now and in the past:

Answer 46

Amy Grant
Michael w smith
Mercy me
Casting crowns

Question 47

Black gospel:

Origin is during the American slavery when slaves were converted to _________.

Answer 47

Christianity