Test 2

Question 1

Enharmonic tone

Answer 1

Two different names for the same pitch

Question 2

Diatonic scale

Answer 2

A seven note scale plus the octave

WWHWWWH

Question 3

Staff

Answer 3

5 lines and 4 spaces on which musical notes are written

Question 4

Clef

Answer 4

A French word meaning clue; specifies a certain line on the staff to be a certain pitch

Question 5

Treble clef, or G clef space and line notes

Answer 5

F A C E

E G B D F

Question 6

Bass clef, or F clef space and line notes

Answer 6

A C E G

G B D F A

Question 7

Ledger lines

Answer 7

Additional short lines added above or below the staff

Question 8

Key signature

Answer 8

A collection of sharps or flats at the beginning of a piece of music

Question 9

Accidental

Answer 9

Cancels the key signature temporarily

Question 10

Tune

Answer 10

A shorter part of a melody

Question 11

Phrase

Answer 11

A series of musical pitches that seem to naturally belong together

Question 12

Cadence

Answer 12

A stopping or settling place in music

Question 13

Motive

Answer 13

A musical fragment

Question 14

Imitative polyphony

Answer 14

Two or more melodies being sung or played simultaneously at different times, with melodies being the same

Question 15

Non-imitative polyphony

Answer 15

Two or more melodies being played or sung simultaneously at different times, with melodies being different

Question 16

Climax

Answer 16

Usually a note made most important through its length, volume, or pitch

Question 17

Theme

Answer 17

A melody serves as the primary horizontal building material for a piece of music

Question 18

Harmony

Answer 18

Produced whenever two or more pitches sound at the same time

Question 19

Chords

Answer 19

Three or more notes sounded together

Question 20

Dissonance

Answer 20

Sounds (intervals or chords) that are unpleasant to the ear

Question 21

Consonance

Answer 21

Pleasing sounds

Question 22

Monophonic

Answer 22

A single melody

Question 23

Polyphonic

Answer 23

Made up exclusively of interwoven melodies

Question 24

Homophonic

Answer 24

A prominent melody supported by chords

Question 25

Form

Answer 25

Overall design of a musical work that can be heard by the listener

Question 26

Sonata form

Answer 26

A generalized, variable three part formal design 1. Exposition 2. Development 3. Recapitulation (restate the beginning)

Question 27

Variation technique

Answer 27

An original idea is stated and then repeated a number of times, but each repetition is in some way a variation of the original material

Question 28

Style

Answer 28

A distinctive quality that arises from and expresses the need and customs of who wrote it

Question 29

Genre

Answer 29

Kind of piece

Question 30

Opera

Answer 30

Sung drama in which singers play the roles of characters on a suitable decorated stage

Question 31

Libretto

Answer 31

Text of the opera (storyline)

Question 32

Overture

Answer 32

Orchestral number played before the curtain goes up, it contains many of the main themes of the act and serves as a musical introduction to the opera

Question 33

Symphony

Answer 33

A work for orchestra that is usually in four movements and focuses on ensemble playing rather than soloists

Question 34

Program music

Answer 34

Some kind of description or story that was intended to be included in the concert program

Question 35

Sonata

Answer 35

Piece of music for a solo instrument, or for a solo instrument and a piano accompaniment

Question 36

Concerto

Answer 36

A three movement work for a soloist and an orchestra

Question 37

Cantata

Answer 37

Sung; sacred vocal music

Question 38

Chamber music

Answer 38

Instrumental music written for a small number of players with one player on a part and the emphasis on ensemble rather than solo playing

Question 39

Toccata

Answer 39

A free style form; different for every person that plays it

Question 40

Fugue

Answer 40

A musical procedure in which successive entrances of the same theme are heard in different instruments while the earlier entrants play free melodic material