Music Quiz

Question 1

The music of the twentieth-century can be described as..

Answer 1

eclectic

Question 2

is a linear sequence of notes the listener hears as a single entity.

Answer 2

Melody

Question 3

refers to the number of beats in a measure.

Answer 3

Meter

Question 4

is the pattern of sound, silence, and emphasis in a song.

Answer 4

Rhythm

Question 5

Twentieth–century composers used unusual time signatures like ⅝ and ⅞.

Answer 5

Unusual Meter

Question 6

This term is applied to music when there are frequent changes in meter or time signature.

Answer 6

Multimeter

Question 7

The used of two or more meters at the same time.

Answer 7

Polyrhythm

Question 8

is the blending of simultaneous sounds of different pitch or quality, making chords.

Answer 8

Harmony

Question 9

refers to the effect of the different layers of sound in a piece of music, and the relationship between them.

Answer 9

Texture

Question 10

a single, unaccompanied melodic line

Answer 10

Monophonic

Question 11

melody with accompaniment

Answer 11

Homophonic

Question 12

more than one melody performed at the same time

Answer 12

Polyphonic

Question 13

two melodic lines that follow each other, but with more ornamentation in the main melody

Answer 13

Heterophonic