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WorksheetsChapter 2 Quiz
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 3hrs 40mins
Which of these examples was the first musical instrument?
Flute
Drums
Trumpet
Voice
The mezzo - soprano is the second highest (a) singing voice.
The air that a singer uses for breath control originates from the (a) . Use only one word, no capitalization.
Which of these singers has a range from E2 - B6?
Michael Jackson
Rihanna
Mariah Carey
Justin Timberlake
True or False: A soprano is an example of a woman's singing voice.
True
False
Who is the person who coordinates the performers and shapes the interpretation of a musical composition?
Concertmaster
Tenor
Conductor
Contralto
Which of these instrument families plays using a bow?
Electronic
Strings
Brass
Woodwinds
Part of the total range of an instrument is called the (a) . Use only one word and no capitalization.
Which of these instruments is the 4th most popular instrument to learn?
Flute
Guitar
Trumpet
Drums
The (a) is the lowest pitched string instrument in the strings family. Use only one word, no capitalization.
Which of these techniques means "to pluck the string?"
Vibrato
Pizzicato
Tremolo
Mute
Which of these terms means "a throbbing, expressive tone produced by rocking the left hand while pressing the string down?"
Vibrato
Mute
Harmonics
Tremolo
Which instrument plays using a plectrum?
Harp
Viola
Chimes
Double Bass
Of these, which woodwind instrument does not use a reed or mouthpiece to play?
Clarinet
Flute
Saxophone
Oboe
What woodwind family does the English horn belong to?
Flute
Clarinet
Oboe
Bassoon
The Bassoon is part of the (a) reed family. Use only one word, no capitalization.
The ______ ____ is the only brass instrument which plays backwards. Use two words and a space. One word requires capitalization.
(a)
The (a) is the only brass instrument that plays using a slide.
Mutes can be made of what materials?
Wood
Plastic
Metal
They can be made of each material.
This percussion instrument has an indefinite pitch. What is it?
Gong
Celesta
Kettle Drums
Xylophone
This unpitched percussion instrument is considered to be pleasant or unpleasant depending on the context.
Gong
Cymbals
Tambourine
Snare Drum
Who wrote Ionisation (1931)?
John Cage
Edgard Varese
Hans Zimmer
Alan Silvestri
Which of these percussion instruments has a definite pitch?
Tambourine
Glockenspiel
Bass Drum
Tom - Tom
The (a) is the successor keyboard instrument to the harpsichord. Use only one word, no capitalization.
Which piano pedal veils or mutes the sound?
Damper
Soft
Sostenuto
This keyboard instrument is also known as the "King of Instruments."
Harpsichord
Accordion
Pipe Organ
Piano
Which hand does an accordion player use to play the piano keys side of the instrument?
Left
Right
Which of these are considered electronic instruments?
Tape studios
Saxophone
Glockenspiel
Cymbals
This synthesizer, built in the mid - 1950s, was the size of an entire wall in New York City. What was it?
Moog Synthesizer
The RCA Mark II
Buchla Synthesizer
What is a type of effects device?
Reverberators
Echo devices
Stereo splitters
All of these are examples of effects devices
This type of electronic instrument is a system of electronic components that generate, modify, and control sound.
Analog Synthesis
MIDI
Synthesizer
FM Synthesis
Which of these BEST DESCRIBES sampling?
An electronic instrument that is often integrated into synthesizers and the synthesis process
It allows the device actually played on to be separated from tone generation.
It is the earliest of the synthesizer technologies
It is considered a synthesizer technology, since it involves placing brief digital recordings of live sounds under the control of a synthesizer keyboard
