Unit 1 - Materials of Music

Different sections of a larger work are called (a)  

A __________ lowers a note by a half step, and a _________ raises a note by a half step.

• Flat, Sharp

• Sharp, Flat

• Pound, Hashtag

• Natural, Accidental

The two different main types of scale are __________ and minor.

• Major

• Dominant

• Tonic

• Subdominant

A deliberate upsetting of the normal pattern of accents is called ____________.

• Syncopation

• Accents

• Tempo

• Dynamics

_____________ is vocal improvisation used frequently in Jazz. It uses nonsense syllables.

• Scat-Singing

• Pat-Singing

• Mat-Singing

• Clap-Singing

_______________ denotes the volume at which the music should be played.

• Dynamics

• Tempo

• Loudness

• Expression

All (a)   instruments use a cup-shaped mouthpiece.

What word literally means 'in the chapel' ?

• A Capella

• Church

• Dynamics

• Scales

What is the most basic unit of rhythm?

• Beat

• Quarter Notes

• Rhythm

• Percussion

Intervals even smaller than half steps are called what?

• Microtones

• Whole Steps

• Turkeys

• Kilotones