AcDec Music FQ10 p.35-37

The experience of listening to music depends MOST on

• piety

• improvisation

• analysis

• arranging

• anticipation

Which word describes how music is organized on a larger scale?

• a. rhythm

• b. harmony

• c. form

• d. timbre

• e. pitch

Which terms describe phase pairs?

• harmonic and chromatic

• antecedent and precedent

• primary and secondary

• chromatic and major

• resonant and dissonant

The SMALLEST unit of musical form is

• a. theme

• b. phrase

• c. coda

• d. motive

• e. cadence

A cadence describes a(n)

• a. extended harmonic line

• b. dominant harmony

• c. secondary musical phrase

• d. identifiable recurring theme

• e. resting point in music

Which harmonic progression appears most often in full cadences?

• a. ii-iii

• b. ii-V

• c. V-vi

• d. V-I

• e. I-ii

How can a composer MOST effectively create musical tension?

• maintaining a monophonic texture

• 1. including the audience in the

     performance

• 2. increasing rhythmic activity

• 1. softening the dynamic level

• 1. using resonant harmonies

What is an ostinato?

• a. a section that precedes the vocal part

• b. a musician using chord progressions to improvise a melody

• c. two musical phrases played in sequence of each other

• d. a single melody played in unison

• e. a melodic motive played many times in immediate succession

On which harmony does a half cadence rest?

• a. tonic

• b. subdominant

• c. dominant

• d. mediant

• e. supertonic

Which of the following form elements is the LARGEST?

• a. phrase

• b. introduction

• c. theme

• d. coda

• e. motive