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Music Appreciation Chapter 1 - Glencoe Music! 2006 edition

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The highness or lowness of sound determined by its frequency of vibration is called what?
a)
Beat
b)
Canon
c)
Pitch
d)
Melody
2.

1. In 1955 Bo Diddley used a rhythm closely related to clave that is also known as what type of rhythm?

a)

Hambone

b)

Subdivision

c)

Syncopation

d)

Improvisation

3.
An intentionally organized succession of musical tones are called what?
a)
Melody
b)
Pitch
c)
Chamber Music
d)
Canon
4.
What is a musical form where parts enter at different times but have the same melody throughout?
a)
Form
b)
Canon
c)
Call and Response
d)
Clave
5.
What is a question-and-answer pattern in which a group responds to a leader?
a)
Call and Response
b)
Canon
c)
Form
d)
Melody
6.
The structure and design of a composition, incorporating repetition, contrast, unity, and variety is what?
a)
Beat
b)
Melody 
c)
Form
d)
Timbre
7.
A steady reoccurring pulse is called a what?
a)
Clave
b)
Timbre
c)
Canon
d)
Beat
8.

What do Mozart's Symphony No. 40 and the reggae song "The Best of Our Times" have in common?

a)

They use similar words in their lyrics

b)

They use the same instruments

c)

They both have duple meter

d)

They both avoid repetition

9.

"The A-B-C Song," Kye Kye Kule," and "Itsy Bitsy Spider" are all examples of songs from

a)

Childhood

b)

West Africa

c)

Europe

d)

The Voyager disks

10.

Who said, "Ah, music. A magic beyond all we do here!"

a)

Jesus

b)

Janis Joplin

c)

J.K.Rowling

d)

John Steinbeck

11.

What color are the phonograph records that are attached to the Voyager spacecraft?

a)

Red

b)

Orange

c)

Purple

d)

Gold

12.

Which of these musicians is a member of the famous Marsalis family from New Orleans?

a)

Sting

b)

Harry

c)

Wynton

d)

Ariana

13.

Which decade did not have any popular songs that used the Bo Diddley Beat?

a)

the 1970's

b)

the 1950's

c)

the 1940's

d)

the 2000's

14.

What is the term used by musicians to describe the indescribable element that makes people like a particular song?

a)

The Drop

b)

The Hook

c)

The Fork

d)

The Net

15.

Who was the first and only person to win a Grammy Award in both Jazz and Classical music?

a)

Kenny G

b)

Sting

c)

Harry Connick Jr.

d)

Wynton Marsalis