1st Quarterly Examination in Music & Arts 9-Archimedes

Medieval music is characterized by a capella singing. How will you know if the song is sung in a capella?

• The song is sung vocally

• The song is sung with accompaniment

• The song is sung with a group of instruments played together

• All of these

Which musical instrument was most popular during the Renaissance?

• Flute

• Harpsichord

• Lute

• Organ

Which of the elements of music described as the unique quality sound of instruments?

• Pitch

• Timbre

• Tempo

• Dynamic

What are the similarities between the Renaissance Mass and Madrigals?

• Musical textures are both polyphonic

• They are free in meter and dynamics

• Their melodies are easy to perform and remember

• The music form of the two was bound for Catholic traditions

Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue in D Minor, George Friedrich Handel: ___________.

• Christmas Oratorio

• The Four Season

• Fire, Fire, My Heart

• The Messiah

Antonio Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons' depicts _______________.

• rainy, sunny, cloudy, windy

• sunny, rainy, cloudy, windy

• cloudy, spring, windy, autumn

• winter, summer, spring, autumn

The following are characteristics of Baroque Music, except:

• Homophonic

• Dynamic Contrast

• Imitation of Voices

• Orchestral Instruments

The following are the famous work of Thomas Morley, except?

• Messiah

• Sing and Chant It

• Fantassie

• It was a Lover and His Lass

How will you describe the musical form 'tonality'?

• Overall performance of music

• Overall sound of a music

• Fast and lively

• Soft to loud sound of music

It refers to a single-line melody without an accompaniment.

• Heterophonic

• Homophonic

• Monophonic

• Polyphonic