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WorksheetsAcDec Music Quiz 2
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 17mins
Which of the following scale degrees characterizes a minor triad?
5 and 6
4 and 5
2 and 5
3 and 4
2 and 3
How would a composer create a smoother voice leading?
Restrict the tessitura
Alternate the minor and major keys
Invert certain chords
Increase the tempo
Add a contrasting vocal part
Modulation results in...
an increased tempo
altered orchestration
a different melodic interval
a new key signature
accented off-beat notes
Which musical texture is MOST common in popular music?
homophony
heterophony
imitative polyphony
counterpoint
monophony
Which of the following dynamics is the QUIETEST?
forte
pianissimo
piano
mezzopiano
mezzoforte
Which musical texture was common in early jazz?
imitative polyphony
heterophony
homophony
monphony
polyrhythmic
Articulation influences how a musician...
subdivides the meter
stresses a note
holds a beat
changes the dynamic
ends a sound
What is the smallest unit of form?
coda
phrase
introduction
motive
theme
Which pair of terms describes musical phrases?
antecedent;consequent
half;full
harmonic;melodic
diatonic;minor
natural;chromatic
Which of the following keys occurs MOST often in twelve-bar blues?
G major
E major
B-flat major
F-sharp major
A-flat minor
In which of the following ways did Christian communities change after the death of Christ?
They formed missionary societies
They established a canonization process
They translated the Bible into English
They developed a clear administrative hierarchy
They de-emphasized the holy sites of Jerusalem
On what PRIMARY aim did the Greek liberal arts focus?
instilling good citizenship
teaching foreign language
writing political treatises
developing meditative habits
teaching Stoic ethics
What MAJOR task did Alcuin of York accomplish?
centralizing record keeping
establishing an education system
translating Greek philosophy
organizing the plainchants
founding modern music theory
Which MAIN criterion determines whether a prayer is ordinary or proper?
whether the music is memorized
whether it quotes a Bible verse
whether Gregorian chant is used
whether music is used during recitation
whether the text is fixed
Which Office is held at noon?
None
Vespers
Sext
Prime
Matins
Which of the following sections of Mass is a prayer?
Offertory
Collect
Sequence
Alleluia
Gradual
Which mode is the basis for the contemporary major mode?
Mixolydian
Aeolian
Ionian
Dorian
Lydian
Which of the following characteristics describes the melodic line of "Dies Irae"?
It pulls steadily downward
No accidentals occur
It lacks interval leaps
Many conjunct leaps occur
The rhythm uses steady sixteenth notes
Which interval separates the first and third pitches of the melodic line in "Dies Irae"?
major sixth
half step
perfect fourth
whole step
minor third
Which of the following reforms did the Council of Trent institute?
It set canonical hours
It ended the Eucharastic fast
It established an English version of the Bible
It limited the number of Official Sequences
It approved a vernacular Mass
Who published Choralis Constantinus?
Ludwig Senfl
Orlando di Lasso
St. Augustine
Henricus Isaac
Hector Berlioz
Which of the following works feature the music of Orlando di Lasso?
Figures du feminin
Di luca Marenzio
Magnum opus musicum
Choralis Constantinus
Obras de Musica
What is the genre of " O Death, Rock Me Asleepe"?
string quartet
concerto
madrigal
opera
ayre
What is the time signature of the ground bass in "O Death, Rock me Asleepe"?
4/4
3/4
2/4
5/4
6/8
Which diagram BEST represents the form of "O Death, Rock Me Asleepe"?
A-A-B-B
a-b-c-d
a-b-C-a'
a-B-a-B'
a-B-B'-a
During what era was "O Deathe, Rock Me Asleepe"?
Renaissance
Rococo
Neoclassicism
Baroque
Romantic
