Music Theory

Question 1

Organized art of sound expresses emotions and ideas

Answer 1

Music

Question 2

Organized into recurring accent patterns

Answer 2

Meter

Question 3

The loudness and the softness of a sound

Answer 3

Dyanmics

Question 4

The flow of music through time

Answer 4

Rhythm

Question 5

Musical structure called verses

Answer 5

Formal Alternation

Question 6

Verticalization of pitch, accompanying chords simultaneously in instrumental or vocal

Answer 6

Harmony

Question 7

Recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time

Answer 7

Beat

Question 8

Horizontal presentation of pitch

Answer 8

Melody

Question 9

The speed of the beat

Answer 9

Tempo

Question 10

Organized into recurring accent patterns

Answer 10

Meter

Question 11

The division of time where the pulses subdivide into groups of two, three, and four

Answer 11

Simple Meter

Question 12

Two pulses per group

Answer 12

Duple Meter

Question 13

Three pulses per group

Answer 13

Triple Meter

Question 14

Four pulses per group

Answer 14

Quadruple Meter

Question 15

What are the three (3) counting (the) beats

Answer 15

(1) Measure, (2) Barline, (3) Count

Question 16

Which note has 4 beats?

Answer 16

Whole Note

Question 17

Which note has 2 beats?

Answer 17

Half Note

Question 18

Which note has 1 beats?

Answer 18

Quarter Note

Question 19

Which note has 1/2 beats?

Answer 19

Eighth Note

Question 20

Which note has 1/4 beats?

Answer 20

Sixteenth Note

Question 21

What term is used when the sound is very quiet or soft?

Answer 21

Pianissimo [pp]

Question 22

What term is used when the sound is quiet or soft?

Answer 22

Piano [p]

Question 23

What term is used when the sound is moderately quiet or soft?

Answer 23

mezzo-piano [mp]

Question 24

What term is used when the sound is moderately loud?

Answer 24

mezzo-forte [mf]

Question 25

What term is used when the sound is loud?

Answer 25

forte [f]

Question 26

What term is used when the sound is very loud?

Answer 26

Fortissimo [ff]

Question 27

What are the three principle of Good Singing in terms of posture?

Answer 27

(1) Alert, (2) Relaxed, and (3) Upright

Question 28

What are the four principle of Good Singing in terms of breathing?

Answer 28

(1) Tone quality, (2) Sustain, (3) Consistent, and (4) Open throat