Music Appreciation Unit 1 Test

What is the basic structure of music?

• Upbeat

• Phrase

• Downbeat

• Measure

What is an upbeat?

• A beat that follows an unstressed pulse

• Unaccented pulse preceding a strong beat

• the first beat of a measure

• First, or stressed, beat of a measure

Which of the following is NOT one of Copland's planes of listening?

• Expressive Plane

• Sensuous Plane

• Musical Plane

• Lyrical Plane

Active listening is the type of listening that involves:

• Full concentration

• the ability to identify changes in the music

• knowledge of music theory

• No mental concentration

A downbeat is the:

• basic structure of music

• first, or stressed beat of a measure

• An unaccented beat

• The beat at the end of a measure

Most listeners listen to music using which of Copland's three planes of listening?

• Musical Plane

• Sensuous Plane

• Expressive Plane

• Lyrical Plane

Which of the following definitions best describes passive listening?

• Basic structure of music

• Listening that involves analyzing the musical elements present in a piece

• Listening that involves full concentration

• Listening that involves no conscious awareness

True or False:

Syncopation refers to unexpected accents that occur between beats.

• True

• False

If a meter is organized into groups of four it is known as a:

• duple meter

• mixed meter

• triple meter

• quadruple meter

What term best describes the progression from a dissonance to a consonance?

• Scale

• Resolution

• Chord

• Harmony