Arts & Humanities 2024 – Elementary – Regional

Notes that have the same pitch are called enharmonic. Which note below is enharmonic with D sharp?

• C sharp

• E flat

• C flat

• E sharp

Which one of the following choices is a tempo marking?

• pianissimo

• legato

• moderato

• diminuendo

What is the collective name for the musical symbols seen here?

• codas

• scales

• accidentals

• clefs

You are MOST likely to hear the military bugle call “Taps” on which of the following occasions?

• a funeral

• a christening

• a birthday party

• a wedding

On rare occasions, such as Beethoven’s Choral one, they contain vocal parts. Which choice below names a multi-movement composition for orchestra?

• sonata

• nocturne

• cantata

• symphony

Which one of the following woodwinds is a double reed instrument?

• clarinet

• oboe

• flute

• saxophone

Zithers, including the psaltery and the Appalachian dulcimer, belong to which instrument family?

• A. percussion

• B. string

• C. brass

• D. woodwind

Which choice below gives the name of an early trombone model?

• recorder

• guiro

• sackbut

• ocarina

Aaron Copland composed which one of the following pieces for his ballet Billy the Kid?

• A. “Saturday Night Waltz”

• B. “Hoe-Down”

• C. “Ranch House Party”

• D. “Gun Battle”

Below are four Romantic composers. Which one was a piano prodigy who wrote Hungarian Rhapsodies and Transcendental Etudes?

• Giuseppe Verdi

• Franz Liszt

• Richard Wagner

• Frederic Chopin