1. M1104 Music Appreciation Test 1

2. Question 1
Identify the instruments in the picture from the highest pitch to the lowest pitch.
Bass, violin, cello, viola
Viola, bass, cello, violin
Violin, viola, cello, bass
Cello, bass, viola, violin

3. Question 2 Identify the instrument in the picture. Flute Oboe Clarinet
Bassoon

4. Question 3 Identify the instrument in the picture. Horn Trumpet
Trombone
Tuba

5. Question 4 Identify the instrument in the picture. Timpani Snare drum
Vibraphone
Bass drum

6. Question 5
Listen to the example and identify the family of the instrument playing.
Aerophone
Chordophone
Idiophone
Membranophone

7. Question 6
Listen to the example and identify the family of the instrument playing.
Aerophone
Chordophone
Idiophone
Membranophone

8. Question 7
Listen to the example and identify the family of the instrument playing.
Aerophone
Chordophone
Idiophone
Membranophone

9. Question 8
Listen to the example and identify the family of the instrument playing.
Aerophone
Chordophone
Idiophone
Membranophone

10. Question 9
Listen to the excerpt and identify the instrument playing the melodic line.
Flute
Bassoon
Horn
clarinet

11. Question 10
Listen to the excerpt and identify the instrument (voice range) singing.
Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass

12. Question 11 Listen to the excerpt and identify the instrument playing.
Alto voice
Flute
Violin
Soprano voice

13. Question 12
Watch and listen to this excerpt and identify the instrument playing.
Tuba
String bass
Bassoon
Bass voice

14. Question 13
Watch and listen to this excerpt and identify the instrument playing.
Violin
Viola
Cello
String Bass

15. Question 14
Watch and listen to this excerpt and identify the instrument playing.
Violin
Flute
Trumpet
Oboe

16. Question 15
Listen to this excerpt and identify the section of the orchestra playing.
Woodwinds
Brass
Percussion
Strings

17. Question 16
Listen to this excerpt and identify the section of the orchestra playing.
Woodwinds
Brass
Percussion
Strings

18. Question 17
Listen to this excerpt. The TEXTURE you are hearing is called:
Monophonic
Polyphonic
Homophonic
Heterophonic

19. Question 18 The term “a cappella” refers to choral music performed:
With organ accompaniment
With orchestral accompaniment
With piano accompaniment
Without any accompaniment

20. Question 19
Listen to this composition. Is it a cappella?
Yes No

21. Question 20 What distinguishes chamber music from orchestral music?
The forms of the movements
The number of players to each part
The room in which the music is being performed
The number of movements in a work

22. Question 21 Listen to this excerpt. It is: Orchestral music Band music
Choral music
Chamber music

23. QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages
22. The preservation of music without the help of written notation is called________________.
1. oral tradition
2. mental telepathy
3. impossible
4. Preservation method

24. QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages
23. Hildegard of Bingen is known as_________.
1. A mezzo-soprano
2. The earliest-known woman composer
3. The mother of the plainchant
4. The creator of organum

25. QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages
24. The single-line melodies of the music of the early Christian Church are known as______.
1. Gregorian chant
2. Plainchant
3. Plainsong
4. All of the above

26. QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages
25. The earliest type of polyphony was_______.
1. The round
2. The fugue
3. Plainchant
4. Organum

27. QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages
26. The___________portion of the Mass remains the same in every celebration of the service.
1. Spoken
2. Proper
3. Ordinary
4. Sung

28. QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages
27. One of the earliest women composers of importance was_____________.
1. Fanny Mendelssohn
2. Janet Jackson
3. Hildegard
4. Barbara Strozzi

29. QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages
28. The________________were Medieval entertainers who played instruments, sang and danced, juggled, and performed tricks.
1. Jongleurs
2. Minisingers
3. Troubadours
4. Meistersingers

30. QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages
29. The vielle is a Medieval_________instrument.
1. Evil
2. Percussion
3. String
4. Wind

31. QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages
30. The 14th century motet flowered in the hands of______________.
1. Dufay
2. Josquin
3. Palestrina
4. Leonin

32. QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages
31. A fretted string instrument of the guitar family with a pear-shaped back is the__________.
1. Sackbut
2. Tromba marina
3. Harpsichord
4. Lute

33. QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages
32. A Medieval “brass” instrument usually made from wood with fingerholes is called the______.
1. Bassoon
2. Cornetto
3. Saxophone
4. Shawm

34. QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages
33. The sackbut is the Medieval ancestor of the modern__________.
1. Trombone
2. Tuba
3. Horn
4 Trumpet.

35. QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages
34. The outstanding poet-composer of the French Ars Nova was____________.
1. Monteverdi
2. Perotin
3. Machaut
4. Philip of Burgundy

36. QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages
35. Women _______(were or were not) allowed to take part in secular music performances in the Middle Ages.
1. Were
2. Were not

37. QUESTIONS FROM The Middle Ages
36. Printing and making gunpowder came from___.
1. The Near East
2. The Middle East
3. The Far East
4. Northern Europe

38. QUESTIONS FROM The Renaissance
37. A vocal work without instrumental accompaniment is said to be performed______.
1. A cappella
2. Poorly
3. In church
4. With organ only

39. QUESTIONS FROM The Renaissance
38. The fixed melody used as a basis for elaborate polyphonic writing in the Renaissance was called_________.
1. The tune
2. The old one
3. The cantus Firmus
4. The Ground Round

40. QUESTIONS FROM The Renaissance
39. Native American music has been preserved largely through____________.
1. Manuscripts
2. The writings of Columbus
3. Photographs
4. Oral Tradition

41. QUESTIONS FROM The Renaissance
40. The golden age of a cappella music was the______century.
1. 13th
2. 14th
3. 15th
4. 16th

42. QUESTIONS FROM The Renaissance
41. Renaissance composers preferred_________meter.
1. Duple
2. Triple

43. QUESTIONS FROM The Renaissance
42. The first section of the ordinary of the Mass is______.
1. Gloria
2. Kyrie
3. Credo
4. Sanctus

44. QUESTIONS FROM The Renaissance
43. Who wrote the L’homme arme Mass?
1. Monteverdi
2. Palestrina
3. Gesualdo
4. Dufay

45. QUESTIONS FROM The Renaissance
44. the L’homme arme Mass is based on______.
1. A violin piece
2. A popular piece
3. A Gregorian Chant
4. Organum

46. QUESTIONS FROM The Renaissance
45. Josquin’s Ave Maria is an example of_______.
1. A popular song
2. A motet
3. A Gigue
4. A mass

47. QUESTIONS FROM The Renaissance
46. Who is the composer of the Pope Marcellus Mass?
1. Palestrina
2. Monteverdi
3. Josquin
4. Dufay

48. QUESTIONS FROM The Renaissance
47. Where was the first madrigal developed?
1. In England
2. In France
3. In Germany
4. In Italy

49. QUESTIONS FROM The Renaissance
48. The St. Mark’s singing style was called________.
1. Loud
2. Polychoral
3. Antiphonal
4. Stereo