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MUS 112 Review Quiz

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The duration of sound, including macrobeats, microbeats, and patterns is called

a)

Rhythm

b)

Melody

c)

Harmony

d)

Texture

2.

The speed of the macrobeat in music is called:

a)

Tempo

b)

Texture

c)

Dynamics

d)

Meter

3.

Duple Meter has _____ microbeats.

a)

3

b)

4

c)

2

d)

7

4.

The combination of two or more pitches. Established the aural foundation or context for the melody.

a)

Harmony

b)

Melody

c)

Texture

d)

Dynamics

5.

Defined by its tonal center, which is called its resting tone. Includes harmony and melody. The most common are major and minor.

a)

Tonality

b)

Rhythm

c)

Harmony

d)

Texture

6.

A place where the music comes to a logical conclusion. A musical gravitational pull towards a certain pitch.

a)

Resting Tone/Tonic

b)

The end

c)

Cadence

d)

Dominant

7.

A combination of two or more pitches which are harmoniously pleasing and require no resolution.

a)

Consonance

b)

Dissonance

c)

Harmony

d)

Melody

8.

A combination of two or more pitches which are not harmoniously pleasing and require a resolution.

a)

Dissonance

b)

Consonance

c)

Harmony

d)

Texture

9.

A tonality in which Do is the resting tone.

a)

Major

b)

Minor

c)

Dorian

d)

Mixolydian

10.

A tonality in which La is the resting tone.

a)

Minor

b)

Major

c)

Dorian

d)

Lydian

11.

In Major, the notes: Do Mi So; in Minor: the notes La Do Mi

a)

Tonic Harmony

b)

Dominant Harmony

c)

Subdominant Harmony

d)

Leading Tone

12.

In Major, the notes: So Ti Re Fa; in Minor: Mi Si Ti Re

a)

Dominant Harmony

b)

Tonic Harmony

c)

Subdominant Harmony

d)

Leading Tone

13.

The foundation of musicianship. It takes place when we hear and comprehend music for which the sound is no longer or may never have been present.

a)

Audiation

b)

Reading

c)

Composing

d)

Improvising

14.

A continually repeated tonal or rhythmic phrase.

a)

Ostinato/Riff

b)

Diddy

c)

Melody

d)

Harmony

15.

Describes the volume in music.

a)

Dynamics

b)

Harmony

c)

Melody

d)

Texture

16.

piano (p)

a)

Soft

b)

Moderately Soft

c)

Moderately Loud

d)

Loud

17.

mezzo piano (mp)

a)

soft

b)

moderately soft

c)

moderately loud

d)

loud

18.

mezzo forte (mf)

a)

soft

b)

moderately soft

c)

moderately loud

d)

loud

19.

forte (f)

a)

soft

b)

moderately soft

c)

moderately loud

d)

loud

20.

Triple Meter has _____ microbeats.

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

7

21.

A Major Scale contains the following intervals:

a)

W W H W W W H

b)

W H W H W H W

c)

W W W H W W H

d)

W W W W H W W

22.

The smallest interval in Western Music

a)

Half Step

b)

Whole Step

c)

Quarter Tone

d)

M2

23.

Contains 2 half-steps

a)

Whole Step/Major 2nd

b)

Major Third

c)

Perfect Fourth

d)

Perfect Fifth

24.

The Intervals that make up the Natural Minor scale are:

a)

W H W W H W W

b)

W W H W W W H

c)

W H W H W W H

d)

W W H W W H W

25.

The Harmonic Minor Scale raises which scale degree (when starting with a Natural Minor scale)

a)

3

b)

4

c)

6

d)

7

26.

True or False: The Melodic Minor Scale contains the same notes ascending and descending.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

D Major and b minor are:

a)

Relative Keys

b)

Parallel Keys

c)

Not Related

d)

I don't know

28.

C Major and c minor are:

a)

Relative Keys

b)

Parallel Keys

c)

Not Related

d)

I don't know

29.

The distance between pitches by counting letter names only.

a)

Interval Size

b)

Interval Quality

c)

Interval

d)

I don't know

30.

major, minor, perfect, augmented, diminished

a)

Interval size

b)

Interval quality

c)

Interval names

d)

Beats me!

31.

Which intervals may be perfect?

a)

Unisons, Octaves, Fourths, & Fifths

b)

Seconds,Thirds, Sixths, & Sevenths