Short questions for exam

Which instrument is a transposing string instrument?

• Viola

• Cello

• Sitar

• Double Bass

The meaning of mosso is...

• movement

• moderate

• mostly

• None of the above

A duet is a/an...

• a cappella song sung by two people.

• accompanied song sung by a small ensemble.

• song sung by two people with orchestral accompaniment.

• vocal work sung by two people with or without accompaniment.

Which of the following is an opera written by Mozart?

• Cosi fan tutti

• Don Giovanni

• Marriage of Figaro

• All of the above

The da capo aria form is schematically represented as…

 

                                

• AB

• ABA

• ABACA

• ABACABA

The third movement of a typical four-movement symphony is called a/an…

 

                

• scherzando

• prelude and fugue

• aria and recitative

• minuet and trio

Which ONE of the following is NOT an instrument of the standard classical

          orchestra?

 

                   

• Trombone

• Oboe

• Timpani

• Double bass

A concert overture is…

 

            

• an orchestral work.

• usually written in sonata form.

• a one-movement independent work.

• All of the above mentioned.

Allegretto is an Italian term meaning…

 

                 

• fast and lively.

• fairly cheerful.

• slow and solemn.

• with vigour.  

Singing more than one note to a syllable of the text is called a/an…

• libretto.

• falsetto.

• ostinato.

• melisma.