Music Appreciation Chapter 1 - Glencoe Music! 2006 edition

The highness or lowness of sound determined by its frequency of vibration is called what?

• Beat
• Canon
• Pitch
• Melody

1. In 1955 Bo Diddley used a rhythm closely related to clave that is also known as what type of rhythm?

• Hambone

• Subdivision

• Syncopation

• Improvisation

An intentionally organized succession of musical tones are called what?

• Melody
• Pitch
• Chamber Music
• Canon

What is a musical form where parts enter at different times but have the same melody throughout?

• Form
• Canon
• Call and Response
• Clave

What is a question-and-answer pattern in which a group responds to a leader?

• Call and Response
• Canon
• Form
• Melody

The structure and design of a composition, incorporating repetition, contrast, unity, and variety is what?

• Beat
• Melody 
• Form
• Timbre

A steady reoccurring pulse is called a what?

• Clave
• Timbre
• Canon
• Beat

What do Mozart's Symphony No. 40 and the reggae song "The Best of Our Times" have in common?

• They use similar words in their lyrics

• They use the same instruments

• They both have duple meter

• They both avoid repetition

"The A-B-C Song," Kye Kye Kule," and "Itsy Bitsy Spider" are all examples of songs from

• Childhood

• West Africa

• Europe

• The Voyager disks

Who said, "Ah, music. A magic beyond all we do here!"

• Jesus

• Janis Joplin

• J.K.Rowling

• John Steinbeck