1st Semester exam

Question 1

Accent

Answer 1

(>)Placed above a note to indicate stress or emphasis

Question 2

Adagio

Answer 2

Slow tempo

Question 3

Allegro

Answer 3

Quick tempo; cheerful

Question 4

Andante

Answer 4

Walking pace temp

Question 5

Balance – The harmonious adjustment of volume and timbre between instruments
or voices

Question 6

Binary Form – The term for describing a composition of two sections. AB, each of
which may be repeated

Question 7

Brass Family – wind instruments made out of metal with either a cup or funnel-
shaped mouthpiece. Instruments include trumpet, trombone, French horn, baritone,
euphonium, and tuba

Question 7

Cadenza – A solo passage; usually near the end of a piece, either written by the
composer or improvised by the performer
middle section is different from the
other sections. Indicated by ABA.

Question 8

Canon – The strictest form of imitation, in which two or more parts have the same
melody, but start at different points

Question 9

Coda – Closing section of a composition. An added ending

Question 10

Chorale – Hymn-like song, characterized by blocked chords

Question 11

Chromatic – Ascending or descending by half steps

Question 12

Chromatic Scale – A scale composed of 12 half steps

Question 29

Dynamics – Varying degrees of loud and soft

Question 30

Dolce – Sweetly

Question 31

Decrescendo – Gradually softer

Question 32

Crescendo – Gradually louder

Question 33

Common Time – 4/4 meter

Question 34

Fermata – Hold; pause