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WorksheetsThe World in Six Songs
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which function of music celebrates in song our capacity to care for others and ideals beyond ourselves?
Love
Knowledge
Comfort
Joy
Friendship
Which function of music takes us outside ourselves, lift us up higher, elevate us from the mundane and day-to-day to consider our role in the world, the future of the world, the very nature of existence?
Love
Knowledge
Religion
Joy
Friendship
Which function of music tells stories, recounts an ordeal, a saga, something to immortalize?
Love
Knowledge
Religion
Joy
Friendship
Which function of music brings us through stages of feeling understood, feeling less alone in the world, hopeful that if someone else recovered so will we, and we feel ultimately inspired?
Comfort
Knowledge
Religion
Joy
Friendship
Which function of music celebrates our good feelings, sense of well-being, and positive emotions?
Love
Comfort
Religion
Joy
Friendship
Which function of music creates meaningful social bonds for waging war, defending against attacks, forming work crews, and forming group cohesion?
Love
Knowledge
Religion
Joy
Friendship
Which function of music does Dr. Levitin represent with the song "Bring 'Em All In?"
Love
Knowledge
Comfort
Joy
Friendship
Which function of music does Dr. Levitin represent with the song "People Get Ready?"
Love
Knowledge
Religion
Joy
Friendship
Which function of music does Dr. Levitin represent with the song "I Need to Know?"
Love
Knowledge
Religion
Joy
Friendship
Which function of music does Dr. Levitin represent with the song "Goin' Down Slow?"
Comfort
Knowledge
Religion
Joy
Friendship
Which function of music does "Don't Stop Me Now" fit best?
Love
Comfort
Religion
Joy
Friendship
Which function of music does "War (What is it Good For)" fit best?
Love
Knowledge
Religion
Joy
Friendship
What song do Americans associate with graduations?
Pomp and Circumstance
1812 Overture
Stars and Stripes Forever
America the Beautiful
What aspects of music makes it easier for us to memorize lyrics? (Choose multiple)
Rhyme
Rhythm
Cliches
Poetic Devices (Alliteration, Assonance, Metaphors, Similes)
Instrumentation
What genres of music do we usually associate with music's function to comfort?
Lullabies
Blues
Pop
Rock
Which elements help make a "feel-good" song?
Lyrics
Major Key
High Tempo
Instruments
In our brains, what processes are linked?
Emotions
Motivation
Movement
What abilities of music allow us to communicate deep emotions like love?
Communicate an Honest Signal
Holds Memories
Triggers Positive Neurochemicals
Encourages Us to Move
How does the composer Edgard Varese define music?
Organized Sound
A combination of rhythm, melody, and harmony
An art form, and cultural activity, whose medium is sound.
Vocal or instrumental sounds combined to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion
What is the ability to think about our own thoughts and to realize that other people may have thoughts that differ from our own that is necessary for musical creation? (Hint: It's a Positivity Project Character Strength)
Perspective
Perseverance
Representation
Rearrangement
What is the ability to think about things that aren’t "right-there-in-front-of-us" that is necessary for musical creation?
Perspective
Perseverance
Representation
Rearrangement
What is the ability to combine, recombine, and impose hierarchical order on elements in the world that is necessary for musical creation?
Perspective
Perseverance
Representation
Rearrangement
