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G9 Music Alcala

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

As a Portuguese, my brother says the Baroque period is abnormal

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Terraced dynamics involves…

a)

the sudden shift from soft to loud or from one level to another

b)

gradual changes through crescendo and decrescendo

c)

no change in dynamics throughout the piece

3.

Tiny numbers under notes in a Baroque score that tell the musician what chords to play are referred to as...

a)

Alberti bass

b)

basso continuo

c)

figured bass

d)

counterpoint

4.

In Baroque music, the idea that what is happy will remain happy, and what is sad will stay sad, is called

a)

change of mood

b)

unity of rhythm

c)

unity of mood

d)

mood stability

5.

The period of European history between ancient and modern times is called what?

a)

Baroque Period

b)

Ancient Period

c)

Medieval Period

d)

Dark Ages

6.

The Renaissance in music occurred between

a)

1450 and 1600

b)

450 and 1450

c)

1600 and 1750

d)

1750 and 1820

7.

Hildegard of Bingen was

a)

A composer

b)

A visionary and mystic

c)

A nun

d)

all of the above

8.

French nobles, called ----------, composed a large body of secular music during the 12th and 13th centuries.

a)

Successors

b)

Troubadours and Trouveres

c)

Jongleurs

d)

Minnesingers

9.

The musical representation of specific poetic images is called

a)

Musical creativity

b)

Word painting

c)

Poetic imagery

d)

Word poems

10.

In the Renaissance, vocal music was ----------- instrumental music

a)

More important than

b)

Approximately equal in importance to

c)

Less important than

11.

The center of musical life in the Middle Ages was

a)

the church

b)

dance hall

c)

court

d)

plaza

12.

The term used in the Baroque period to express emotion or mood

a)

Agitation

b)

Jealousy

c)

Affections

d)

Joy

13.

A typical baroque operatic form was the da capo aria in ABA form in which the singer

a)

Would make a literal repetition of the opening A section after the B section

b)

Was expected to embellish the returning melody with ornamental tones

c)

Would insert recitatives between the sections for added variety

d)

Improvise new words for the returning A section

14.

Which of the following forms originated in the Baroque period?

a)

Fugue

b)

Concerto grosso

c)

Oratorio

d)

Opera

e)

all of the above

15.

The Baroque 'trio sonata' is a somewhat misleading title in that it usually involves _____ performers.

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

2

16.

Oratorio differs from opera in that it has no

a)

Orchestral accompaniment

b)

Acting, scenery, or costumes

c)

Choral parts

d)

Vocal Soloist

17.

Music with one note per syllable wherein new syllables are enunciated at regular intervals regardless of the number of notes per syllable

(a)  

18.

The text setting to the Music showed many notes to one syllable is known as

(a)  

19.

It is considered as the basic element of Western and Eastern systems of musical notation prior to the invention of five-line staff notation

(a)  

20.

It is a style of plainsong (such as Gregorian chanting) in which each syllable is sung as two to four notes.

a)

neumatic

b)

syllabic

c)

melismatic