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Music 152 Harmony Final Test Answers

The following excerpt is not an example of triple meter. (00:42)


Answer: False


From the word pairs, select the one that completes the following sentence correctly.


Each measure contains a combination of strong and weak __________, which represent the underlying ____________ of the music.


Answer: beats : pulse


The following excerpt is an example of duple meter. (00:14)


Answer: True


Which excerpt suggests a weak beat?


Answer: Excerpt B (00:11)


Which excerpt suggests tempo rubato?


Answer: Excerpt A (00:46)


Meter in music can best be described as:


Answer: The grouping of pulses into consistent units


The predominant meter of this example is: (2:53)


Answer: Triple


The placement of accents in the following example causes us to perceive its meter as: (00:25)


Answer: Mixed and changing


The proper musical term for ‘decreasing the tempo’ is __________.


Answer: Ritardando


Which combination of beat and tempo is present in this excerpt? (00:30)


Answer: Strong and fast


The sense of beat in this example is unstressed throughout. (4:32)


Answer: True


Where are tempo markings usually written in a music score?


Answer: Over the staff


The rhythmic “surprise” created by accents occurring in unexpected places in the following example is called… (00:13)


Answer: Syncopation


The top number of the time signature above, represents: (3 on top, 4 on bottom)


Answer: There are three beats in each measure

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Which excerpt is an example of accelerando?


Answer: Excerpt A (00:12)


Which of these statements best describes the unique rhythmic feature in this example? (00:19)


Answer: The dramatic use of silence


Tempo is an Italian universal musical term that refers to the speed at which a music composition is played.


Answer: True


The Italian term for at ease is:


Answer: Adagio


__________ is an Italian term that describes moderately fast tempo


Answer: Moderato


In the following example: (00:29)


Answer: The repeated rhythm pattern is part of the accompaniment


The following piece is an example of triple meter. (3:30)


Answer: False


Which of the following Italian tempo terms best applies to this selection? (7:31)


Answer: Allegro


The Italian term that describes very fast tempo is:


Answer: Presto


The following excerpt is an example of ritardando. (00:11)


Answer: True (The piece slows down towards the end of the example.)


The following excerpt is an example of ritardando. (00:11)


Answer: False (The piece doesn’t gradually slow down.)


The proper musical term for “increasing the tempo” is __________.


Answer: Accelerando


From the word pairs, select the one that completes the following sentence correctly.


Meter organizes _________ and __________ sounds into units called measures.


Answer: stressed : unstressed


Syncopation is often used in jazz settings


Answer: True


This example illustrates the use of: (00:30)


Answer: Ritardando




The following example features a steady pulse played by the bass. (5:59)


Answer: True


Which of the following excerpts has a fast tempo?


Answer: Excerpt A (00:11)


Which of the following Italian tempo terms best applies to this selection? (00:59)


Answer: Vivace


Which of the following is a false statement?


Answer: Tempo and rhythm are interchangeable terms.


Rhythm is defined as:


Answer: The organization of sound in time


The pulse in this example… (00:44)


Answer: Is very weak throughout


The tempo in this example… (00:36)


Answer: Remains consistent


If the printed program at a concert indicated that the first movement of a symphony was titled Allegro and the second Andante, you would expect:


Answer: The first movement to be fast, the second slower


The tempo of this example could be described as: (00:20)


Answer: Rubato


The tempo in this example could be described as: (00:30)


Answer: Accelerando


The trumpet melody in the following excerpt can be best described as: (00:03)


Answer: Disjunct


The melodic material in the following excerpt can be best described as having:

(00:13)


Answer: Mixed melodic directions with a transitional character


The characteristics of a melody may be best described in terms of:


Answer: Shape, direction, and range


The melody in the following excerpt is comprised of: (00:24)


Answer: Several small melodic ideas


Does the following excerpt move mainly by disjunct, conjunct, or repeated tones? (00:13)


Answer: The excerpt features all three


Does the following excerpt move mainly by disjunct, conjunct, or repeated tones? (00:26)


Answer: The excerpt features all three


The most salient compositional aspect of the following excerpt is: (00:35)


Answer: Imitation between voices


A melody consists of a succession of:


Answer: Pitches


When a melody acquires significant importance within a given composition, it is called a:


Answer: Theme


The direction of the following melody can be best described as: (00:05)


Answer: Downward at first and then static


The following excerpt is: (00:15)


Answer: The Triumphal March from the opera Aida




Does the following excerpt feature more disjunct, conjunct, or repeated tones? (00:22)


Answer: Conjunct


Does the following excerpt move mainly by disjunct, conjunct, or repeated tones? (00:36)`


Answer: Repeated tones



The following excerpt is dissonant. (00:28)


Answer: False


Consonant harmonies usually provide a feeling of tension.


Answer: False


The following excerpt represents melody with harmonic accompaniment. (00:11)


Answer: True


The following excerpt represents melody with harmonic accompaniment. (00:06)


Answer: False


This music example illustrates a chord played one note after another. This is called: (00:01)


Answer: Arpeggio


The following excerpt represents a melody without harmonic accompaniment. (00:14)


Answer: True


The term harmony refers to the horizontal aspect of music.


Answer: False


The following excerpt represents: (00:11)


Answer: Melody with harmonic accompaniment


The following excerpt represents melody by itself without harmonic accompaniment. (00:03)


Answer: False


The following excerpt is consonant. (00:11)


Answer: True


This excerpt demonstrates: (00:19)


Answer: How dissonant harmonies create tension and instability throughout


Although the violin is mostly a single melody instrument, violinists can also play chords using an instrumental technique known as: (00:16)


Answer: Double stops


Two simultaneous pitches of the same letter name and pitch (e.g., C, G, or D) constitute a harmony.


Answer: False


Which of the following types of texture does it represent? (00:09)


Answer: Monophony


The following excerpt represents monophonic texture. (00:07)


Answer: True


This piece is a good example of: (00:18)


Answer: Homophonic texture



The following excerpt represents monophonic texture. (00:21)


Answer: False


Which of the following terms does not refer to a basic musical texture?


Answer: Cacophony


This piece of music is a good example of: (00:20)


Answer: Polyphonic texture


The musical texture that consists of a single melody without accompaniment is called:


Answer: Monophony


This music excerpt is an example of: (00:31)


Answer: Polyphonic texture


The following excerpt represents homophonic texture.

(00:18)


Answer: False


This music passage is an example of: (00:16)


Answer: Homophony


In general, operatic arias of the Romantic period, for example those by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), provide good examples of homophonic music.


Answer: True


Musical texture refers to how melody and harmony relate to each other.


Answer: True


Which of the following choices is the defining characteristic of polyphony?


Answer: The independence and equality of concurrent melodic lines


The following excerpt represents polyphonic texture. (00:14)


Answer: False


The following music excerpt features: (00:17)


Answer: A mixture of polyphonic and homophonic textures




Which of the following forms is not based on the principle of repetition?


Answer: Binary form


Listen to the following two examples from a piece in rondo form presented in the text.


Which excerpt represents the Theme?


Answer: Example A (00:20)


The following musical excerpt represents strophic form. (3:22)


Answer: False


This composition is a clear example of: (17:17)


Answer: Theme and variations form


Which excerpt most likely represents theme and variations form?


Answer: Example A (15:33)



The following musical excerpt represents strophic form. (3:11)


Answer: True


Which form does it represent? (2:06)


Answer: Ternary form


This piano piece exemplifies: (2:34)


Answer: Ternary form


Composers and arrangers can introduce some elements of variation in a piece of music without altering its basic form.


Answer: True


According to the text, in rondo form, the repeating themes are separated by:


Answer: contrasting episodes


Form can be defined as the constructive or organizing element in music.


Answer: True


Which of the following forms is not based on the principle of contrast?


Answer: Strophic form


Usually, folk tunes, songs, spirituals, and hymns are not good examples of strophic form.


Answer: False


This piece of music is an example of: (3:59)


Answer: Strophic form (Amazing Grace)


This movement from a piano sonata by Beethoven exemplifies: (4:25)


Answer: Rondo form


This cello piece exemplifies __________ form. (2:33)


Answer: Binary


The texture of this example is… (00:17)


Answer: Polyphonic


Which of the following is NOT a chant of the Proper of the Mass?


Answer: Sederunt Principes


Which of the following were sacred genres in the Medieval period?


Answer: Masses and motets


Which of the following were important composers in the Medieval period?


Answer: Hildegard von Bingen and Guillaume de Machaut


A unifying factor for social, political, and cultural life in the Medieval period was…


Answer: The Roman Catholic Church


Guido d’Arezzo wrote The Fundamentals of Music, a very important medieval treatise (essay).


Answer: False


This excerpt is an example of: (00:30)


Answer: Secular music


Listen to the following excerpt of a Medieval composition.

This composition represents… (00:18)


Answer: An advanced 12th-century four-voice organum


The melody of this example suggest that it is from sacred music of the Medieval period because… (6:30)


Answer: It moves stepwise and has a small range.


Most of the notated music that survives from the Medieval period is secular in nature.


Answer: False



Which of the following examples represents secular music?


Answer: Example C (00:15)


Which 8th- and 9th-century ruler had a profound influence on Church music?


Answer: Charlemagne


The great European churches and cathedrals of the Medieval period were important to the development of Western music


Answer: True


Léonin and Pérotin were two composers associated with Notre Dame and the development of polyphony


Answer: True




The following composition is a work by: (6:03)


Answer: A French troubador


This excerpt is an example of… (00:32)


Answer: Stepwise melody with unstressed rhythms


Which of the following was regarded as a leading composer of the Ars Nova style?


Answer: Guillaume de Machaut


Anicius Boethius invented a system that made possible the memorization and written transmission of melodies

.

Answer: False


Who is credited with the creation of plainsong?


Answer: Pope Gregory I


Which of the following examples represents sacred music?


Answer: Example B (4:24)


Renaissance artists didn’t really care very much if their works appealed to the public at large; they were more concerned about the “purity” of their music.


Answer: False


The composer of this selection is: (10:26)


Answer: Jacob Obrecht


The following excerpt features characteristics of polyphonic texture. (4:32)


Answer: False


This instrument, which was very popular during the Renaissance, is called a (bent handle at the top)


Answer: Lute



Two important composers from the Renaissance period were:


Answer: Desprez and Palestrina


The Renaissance madrigal was a sacred music form used to convey the meanings behind the poems on which they were based.


Answer: False


The following excerpt features characteristics of polyphonic texture. (1:38)


Answer: True


This example is: (00:25)


Answer: From a Renaissance composition having its roots in folk songs


Despite advances in other areas, Renaissance harmony and polyphony remained restricted to the music rules that governed most of the Medieval period.


Answer: False


The following composition, featuring 40 voices, was written by: (12:15)


Answer: Thomas Tallis


According to the text, the Renaissance period was known as:


Answer: The Golden Age of Choral Music


Which time period is generally considered the Renaissance period?


Answer: 1450 – 1600


This is an excerpt from a: (00:25)


Answer: Madrigal


One difference between a Renaissance Mass and a motet is:


Answer: A Mass is always based on a specific text that is part of the liturgy of a given day.




The Renaissance may be described as an age in which:


Answer: Individualism, humanism, and secular values started to flourish once again.


What element of the musical style of the following piece indicates that it is from the Renaissance period rather than the Medieval period? (00:27)


Answer: It features imitation that goes through all the voices


Which of the following is a composition for the vihuela?


Answer: Example B (1:58)


During the Renaissance, what was the name composers gave to the original chant used as the basis for the main melody in a composition?


Answer: Cantus firmus


The following excerpt is an example of Renaissance a cappella choral music. (7:19)


Answer: False


The Renaissance was the Golden Age of:


Answer: Choral composition for small ensembles


Which of the following excerpts exhibits Baroque rhythmic characteristics?


Answer: Excerpt B (00:39)


Listen to this music example and answer the following question: Who would be a likely composer for this work? (00:47)


Answer: Bach or Handel.



The texture of this excerpt is: (00:32)


Answer: Polyphonic


Which of the following important events took place during the Baroque period?


Answer: The Scientific Revolution


Which statement does NOT apply to the following music example? (00:20)


Answer: It has monophonic texture


The composer of the following music example could likely be… (00:40)


Answer: Purcell


According to the text, Beethoven strongly influenced the music of Haydn.


Answer: False


The following selection is from Berlioz’s Symphony Fantastique. (00:48)


Answer: False


Which of the following was NOT known as a composer of choral music?


Answer: Chopin


The composer pictured above is best known for taking older forms and styles and redefining them in modern ways. Antonín Dvorák was inspired by his Hungarian Dance No. 1. What is this composer’s name? (3:02)


Answer: Chromatic


Which of the following excerpts features frequently changing tempos?


Answer: Not C


Which of the following excerpts is most likely a composition by Paganini?


Answer: Excerpt C (00:24)


The melody in this composition is representative of Romantic music because it: (00:34)


Answer: Is long, flowing, and lyrical


During the Romantic period, most composers were:


Answer: Independent business persons, earning their living by performing music, writing music for specific occasions and commissions, and collecting royalties on published music.



The relationship between consonance and dissonance has changed throughout music history, and it varies from culture to culture. What is the relationship like today?


Answer: Today, the general trend is towards an increasing use of dissonance.


What is the only style of Western music in which harmony is not always present in its traditional form?


Answer: Rap music, in which percussive and electronic sound effects and multiple, non-tonal voice lines provide a harmonic support.


True/False: To most Western listeners, music without harmony sounds somewhat incomplete.


Answer: True


True/False: In Om, an example of Indian music, there is no harmony in the traditional Western 

sense of the word.


Answer: True