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The Organization of Music

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is musical texture?

a)

How rough the performers look

b)

Density or 'thickness' of the music

c)

The Tone quality of instruments

d)

Volume of the music

2.

What musical texture is represented in this graphic?

a)

Homophony

b)

Monophony

c)

Polyphony

d)

Melody and Accompaniment

3.

Which of the examples below is NOT an example of a musical texture?

a)

Homophony

b)

Ensemble

c)

Melody and chords

d)

Monophony

4.

Which word best describes a single lined musical texture?

a)

Homophony

b)

Polyphony

c)

Melody and chords

d)

Monophony

5.

Musical texture in which there are multiple lines of equal melodic importance:

a)

Homophony

b)

Polyphony

c)

Melody and chords

d)

Monophony

6.

What is harmony?

a)

Harmony is when people play instruments

b)

Harmony is one pitch being played at a time

c)

Harmony is people playing more than one instrument

d)

Harmony is multiple different pitches sounding at once

7.

Which are the three main chords used in a song?

a)

I, III, V

b)

I, IV, V

c)

I, V, VI

d)

IV, V, VI

8.

Bright, happy sounds indicate... what kind of chords?

a)

Major

b)

Minor

9.

Triads are chords made of _______ notes.

a)

Two

b)

Three

c)

Four

d)

Six

10.

The three basic triads in the Western musical system are the tonic, the dominant, and the...

a)

Supertonic

b)

Mediant

c)

Submediant

d)

Subdominant

11.

A basic chord made of three notes:

a)

Arpeggio

b)

Primary

c)

Triad

d)

Ternary

12.

An Arpeggio is...

a)

When the chordnotes are played one after another

b)

When the chords switch between vertically and horizontally

c)

When the notes are used on the root position chords

d)

When the melody changes between major and minor

13.

Any melodic instrument that performs with and supports the melody.

a)

Melodic Accompaniment

b)

Chord

c)

Polyphonic

d)

Consonant

14.

Basic procedures to compose music:

a)

Repetition

b)

Variation

c)

Contrast

d)

All of them

15.

Select the BINARY form below:

a)

AB

b)

ABBC

c)

ABC

d)

ABA

16.

Which best describes ternary form?

a)

AB

b)

ABBC

c)

ABC

d)

ABA

17.

Ternary form means...

a)

A structure that has three sections with the first repeated

b)

Three different sections

c)

A returning main theme

d)

A structure that has a set chord pattern

18.

What is Rondo Form?

a)

ABABAB

b)

AABBAA

c)

ABACA

d)

ABCDE

19.

What form is AA'A''A'''?

a)

Theme and variation

b)

Rondo form

c)

Ternary form

d)

Strophic form

20.

Verse-and-chorus form is best described as:

a)

The most common form of pop-rock music

b)

The form used in operas

c)

A form usually used in Africa

d)

A specific form from China