USAP 2022 Fine Arts

What frequency of a pure sine wave sounds like an A above middle C?

• 410 Hz

• 430 Hz

• 450 Hz

• 470 Hz

What is an ethnomusicologist?

• Scholars that study the role of music in religion

• Scholars who study the origins of music

• Scholars who study the music of other cultures

• Scholars who study instrument categorization

By which terms did Sachs and Hornbostel classify modern percussion instruments?

• Membranophones and Idiophones

• Chordophones and Idiophones

• Aerophones and Membranophones

• Chordphones and Aerophones

What quality refers to the brightness or purity of a color?

• Shading

• Absoluteness

• Hue

• Intensity

____________created organic buildings without any flat surfaces or straight lines and lived from ____ to ____

• Antonio Gaudi, 1842-1916

• Antonio Gaudi, 1852-1926

• Antonio Gaudi, 1848-1922

• Antonio Gaudi, 1854-1928

What does “Lacrimosa” mean?

• Weeping

• Sleeping

• Swimming

• Singing

What is considered a “standard” set of the jal-tarang?

• 22 bowls

• 21 bowls

• 16 bowls

• 15 bowls

How old were the bowls that Milind Talunkar used in a 2017 TEDx Talk?

• 100 years

• 90 years

• 80 years

• 75 years

How many capitalized words does the title of the first known method book for water tuned glasses contain?

• 14

• 16

• 18

• 20

What was the armonica first called by a British newspaper in 1762?

• Glassy-chord

• Spinning glass

• Spinning bowls

• The angelic organ