Opus 1 Unit 5 - Review Quiz

Which of these words relates to an ostinato pattern?

• repeating

• scale

• medieval

• organum

Which of these words means 'how many layers of sound there are in a piece of music'?

• Pitch

• Texture

• Dynamics

• Timbre

Which word describes a continuous sound played throughout a section on 1 or 2 notes?

From which country did the shawm originally come?

The shawm developed into which modern orchestral wind instrument?

• Clarinet

• Flute

• Oboe

• Trumpet

What type of harmonic motion became popular during the medieval period?

Match the following

• repeating pattern

• melisma

• single note melody

• polyphonic

• more than one note per syllable when singing

• drone

• single sound continuing through the music

• monophonic

• many melodies at the same time

• ostinato

What was the most popular interval for a drone in the medieval period?

• second

• third

• fourth

• fifth

What are the sections in a piece in ternary form?

• ABA

• AB

• ABC

• ABCBA

How many sections are in a piece in ternary form? (use a digit not a word)