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Chapter 2 Exploring Music

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is music written for small musical ensembles during the Classical Period?

a)

Chamber Music

b)

Classical Music

c)

Orchestra Music

d)

Traditional Music

2.

A scholar who studies the music of different cultural groups is called a(n)...

a)

ethnomusicologist

b)

musicologist

c)

ecologist

d)

anthropologist

3.

Instruments that produce sound by a vibrating column of air are categorized as...

a)

aerophone

b)

idiophone

c)

vibraphone

d)

telephone

4.

A Balinese music ensemble is called a...

a)

gamelan

b)

band

c)

bali band

d)

chamber music

5.

Motown, one of the most successful and influential music recording and publishing empires, was located in...

a)

Detroit, Michigan

b)

Atlanta, Georgia

c)

New York, New York

d)

Gary, Indiana

6.

Mexican music was influenced by which cultures?

a)

Spain and Africa

b)

Africa and Scotland

c)

Thailand and Russia

d)

Africa and North America

7.

All music shares the common elements of...

a)

melody, rhythm, timbre, pitch

b)

melody, beat, rhythm, tone

c)

rhythm, melody, texture, beat

d)

tone, timbre, color, beat

8.

Simple, solid instruments that produce sound by being struck, scraped, or shaken are categorized as...

a)

idiophone

b)

aerophone

c)

electrophone

d)

membranophone

9.

There are many cultures throughout the world with unwritten musical traditions.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Music traditions are best viewed outside the context in which they originate.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

One of the most distinctive popular music styles of the twentieth century was Motown.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Instruments that generate sound from electricity are called chordophones.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Generally, the larger the instrument, the higher the pitch.

a)

False

b)

True