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CHANCE MUSIC

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The musical style in which the piece sounds different at every performance because of the random techniques of production, including the use of ring modulators or natural elements that become part of the music.

a)

Chance Music

b)

4'33

c)

Musique Concrete

d)

Electronic Music

2.

It is a technique where the pianist merely opens the piano lid and keeps silent for the duration of the piece.

a)

3'44

b)

4'33

c)

3'34

d)

4'34

3.

His works featured the widest array of sounds from the most inventive sources.

a)

John Cage

b)

Karlheinz Stockhausen

c)

Edgard Varese

d)

Alexander Borodin

4.

Which of the following can be used in the given musical style below?


Chance Music:

a)

Swaying Leaves

b)

Synthesizers

c)

Amplifiers

d)

Loudspeakers

5.

Check the box with the corresponding name of the composer of the musical style given below.


Chance Music:

a)

Philip Glass

b)

John Cage

c)

Edgard Varese

d)

Leonard Bernstein

6.

Electronic and Chance Music were part of the ___________ century musical styles.

a)

18th

b)

19th

c)

20th

d)

21st

7.

Whose musical style was initially met with resistance due to its heavily atonal content with practically no clear melodic or rhythmic sense?

a)

A. John Cage

b)

B. Edgard Varese

c)

C. Mario Davidovsky

d)

D. Karlheinz Stockhausen

8.

Why do you think the combination of random external sounds cannot be

duplicated?

a)

A. It was by accident.

b)

B. It happens by chance.

c)

C. It was carefully planned.

d)

D. It happened with a purpose.

9.

Which of the following can be used in the given musical style below?


Electronic Music:

a)

Bottle

b)

Flowing Water

c)

Amplifiers

d)

Drums

10.

Which of the following can be used in the given musical style below?


Chance Music:

a)

Synthesizers

b)

Honking Cars

c)

Amplifiers

d)

Loudspeakers