1. Midterm Review
Chapters 1-6

2. Vocabulary
1. A question-and-answer pattern in which a group responds to a leader.
2. A style of “art” music that stands apart from traditional and popular music.
3. A sequence of eight pitches built on a pattern of two whole steps, one half step, three whole steps, and one half step.
4. Type of spontaneous musical invention.
5. An athletic dance that includes kicks and inward leg rotations on syncopated beats of music.
6. A term used to designate singing without instrumental accompaniment.
7. A basic rhythmic pattern that provides the foundation for the complex rhythms played by multiple drums.
8. The way the beats or pulses in a musical selection are organized and subdivided.

3. Vocabulary
9. Deliberate shifts of the accent so that it goes against the steady beat, conflicts with it, and tries to upset the steady beat.
10. Where the beat is divided into three equal parts.
11. Musical group with several violins, two trumpets, large bass guitar, and special five and six string guitar.
12. A repeated musical figure
13. Refined style of classical dance emphasizes the verticality of the body, an outward rotation of the legs with fluid foot and leg work, and virtuosic turns and jumps
14. The capacity to think sound.
15. A genre of African American music that often expresses frustration, sadness, or longing.

4. Questions
16. How many works have survived to this day by J.S. Bach? 1000 plus
17. What is the short term mission of the Voyager satellites? To take pictures of the planets
18. What two European countries have the biggest influence on Western music? Austria and Germany
19. When did Voyager I leave our solar system? What about Voyager 2? 2003 and 2015
20. What does an ethnomusicologist do? Studies the culture of music
21. Explain Barong and Rangda? Which is good and evil? Barong is good and Rangda is bad
22. Mozart wrote his first opera at what age? Age 8

5. Questions
23. What is the difference between traditional and popular music? Tradition always passes down and popular only lasts a small amount
24. What are the 5 musical instrument classifications? Give 1 example of each. Aerophone (trumpet), Idiophone (wood block), Chordophone (guitar), Membranophone (drum), Electrophone (electric guitar)
25. How do you determine the interval? (Hint: You count 3 things) Count the first note, lines and spaces and top note
26. Name two instruments commonly used in solo performances. Flute and guitar
27. Describe perceptive listening and explain how it contributes to a peak listening experience. Top listening with focus

6. Questions 28. What are the names of the strings on a guitar? EADGBE
29. What are “found instruments?” Ordinary objects
30. What does “mixed meters” mean? Duple and Triple
31. What is the relationship between beat and rhythm? Beat is steady and Rhythm changes
32. What rhythmic device is used in ragtime? Syncopation
33. Explain the difference between a reel and a jig. Reel is duple and a jig is in compound duple

7. Questions
34. Who is the King of Rock and Roll? How did he get that name? Elvis and with his moves
35. What is the beginning of the Aborigine world called? Dreaming or Dreamtime
36. Name a famous Ballet. Nutcracker
37. What does the phrase “A Capella” mean in Latin? In the Chapel
38. List the male voices in order from highest to lowest Countertenor, tenor, Baritone, Bass
39. Who was known as the “father of the blues?” W.C. Handy
40. What are the three levels of register? High, Medium, Low

8. Vocabulary
1. A question-and-answer pattern in which a group responds to a leader. Call and Response
2. A style of “art” music that stands apart from traditional and popular music. Classical
3. A sequence of eight pitches built on a pattern of two whole steps, one half step, three whole steps, and one half step. Major Scale
4. Type of spontaneous musical invention. Improvisation
5. An athletic dance that includes kicks and inward leg rotations on syncopated beats of music. Charleston
6. A term used to designate singing without instrumental accompaniment. A Capella
7. A basic rhythmic pattern that provides the foundation for the complex rhythms played by multiple drums.
Clave
8. The way the beats or pulses in a musical selection are organized and subdivided. Rhythm
9. Deliberate shifts of the accent so that it goes against the steady beat, conflicts with it, and tries to upset the steady beat. Syncopation
10. Where the beat is divided into three equal parts. Compound Duple
11. Musical group with several violins, two trumpets, large bass guitar, and special five and six string guitar.
Mariachi
12. A repeated musical figure Ostinato
13. Refined style of classical dance emphasizes the verticality of the body, an outward rotation of the legs with fluid foot and leg work, and virtuosic turns and jumps Ballet
14. The capacity to think sound. Audiation
15. A genre of African American music that often expresses frustration, sadness, or longing. Blues