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Arts & Humanities test 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Meter and articulation are MOST closely associated with which one of the following musical elements?

a)

Timbre

b)

Rhythm

c)

Pitch

d)

Dynamics

2.

Which choice below directs a musician to play or sing notes in a short, detached manner?

a)

staccato

b)

vibrato

c)

ostinato

d)

legato

3.

What kind of note is pictured?

a)

whole note

b)

half note

c)

quarter note

d)

eighth note

4.

Scatting is a singing technique most closely associated with which musical genre below?

a)

reggae

b)

jazz

c)

disco

d)

ragtime

5.

Frank Joseph Hayden is the "father" of which of the following musical forms - a long, multi-movement orchestral work?

a)

sonata

b)

symphony

c)

requiem

d)

cantata

6.

Which one of the woodwinds below is single-reed?

a)

bassoon

b)

oboe

c)

clarinet

d)

flute

7.

Traditionally, three of the following brass instruments have valves. Which one is manipulated by a slide?

a)

trumpet

b)

French horn

c)

tuba

d)

trombone

8.

Which one of the string instruments below is NOT part of a traditional orchestra?

a)

cello

b)

dulcimer

c)

double bass

d)

viola

9.

George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess is set along Catfish Row in which of the following cities?

a)

Charleston, South Carolina

b)

Seattle, Washington

c)

Chicago, Illinois

d)

Houston, Texas

10.

Match each Mozart opera with its character. x. The Magic Flute 1. Count Almaviva

y. Don Giovanni 2. The Queen of the Night

z. The Marriage of Figaro 3. The Commendatore

a)

x-2, y-1, z-3

b)

x-1, y-3, z-2

c)

x-3, y-2, z-1

d)

x-2, y-3, z-1

11.

Which one of Franz Schubert's symphonies was nicknames "Unfinished"?

a)

Second

b)

Fifth

c)

Eighth

d)

Eleventh

12.

Which of the movements below is locomotor?

a)

bend

b)

twist

c)

sway

d)

gallop

13.

Beat and duration are aspects of which element of fance?

a)

time

b)

energy

c)

space

d)

body

14.

Bob Fosse choreographed which one of the following musicals?

a)

The King and I

b)

West Side Story

c)

Fiddler on the Roof

d)

Chicago

15.

For a time, he was married to Maria Tallchief. Which man below co-founded the New York City Ballet and the School of American Ballet?

a)

Sergei Diaghilev

b)

George Balanchine

c)

Michel Fokine

d)

Mikhail Baryshnikov