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Question 1

What does a drag on a snare drum sound like?

Answer 1

A drag is two pickup like strokes that are taken on the same stick before the main stroke. Buddubump, buddubump, before a march.

Question 2

What does homophony mean?

Answer 2

Homophony is when chords are played in the style of a chorale, or all parts move together as one organism.

Question 3

Which musical era does Josquin des Pres belong to?

Answer 3

Renaissance

Question 4

Which musical era does Muzio Clementi belong to?

Answer 4

Classical

Question 5

Which musical era does Arcangelo Corelli belong to?

Answer 5

Baroque

Question 6

Which musical era does Charles-Francois Gounod belong to?

Answer 6

Romantic

Question 7

In the 18th & 19th centuries, which portion of a piece would be improvised?

Answer 7

A cadenza

Question 8

Define Fauxbourdon

Answer 8

Translates to “False Bass”. It is a chord progression heard in some works of the early Renaissance and typically produced by three voices in parallel intervals corresponding to the first inversion triad.

Question 9

Who wrote Gradus ad Parnassum?

Answer 9

Johann Joseph Fux

Question 10

What is Gradus ad Parnassum?

Answer 10

A treatise on counterpoint and composition written in the early 18th century by Fux

Question 11

What does polyphonic mean?

Answer 11

Multiple voices, each presenting melodic material.

Question 12

What does monophonic mean?

Answer 12

A single voice presenting a melody.

Question 13

What is a Da Capo Aria form?

Answer 13

A B A

Question 14

How would you transpose an alto saxophone part if you played French Horn?

Answer 14

Alto saxophones are pitched in Eb, which is a tone lower than horn in F. The horn part should be transposed down a tone and two sharps should be removed from the key signature.

Question 15

How would you transpose a Bb trumpet part from a concert C score?

Answer 15

Bb trumpets sound a major second below written pitch. Parts for trumpet should be transposed a tone higher than concert pitch.

Question 16

What symbol indicates a natural harmonic on a violin?

Answer 16

A small circle above the note. (Open horn symbol).

Question 17

Which warm up would energize a voice?

Answer 17

Scales up and down, humming.

Question 18

If a clarinet player is having a hard time tuning specific notes, what should they do if they are in the mid-range?

Answer 18

Put down the right hand keys to cover the bottom four for notes that are particularly sharp.

Question 19

If you’re teaching young students to play guitar, what chords should you teach them?

Answer 19

Ones that are higher on the frets to accommodate smaller hands.

Question 20

How do you deal with a section of musicians who are not paying attention?

Answer 20

Move closer to them and step off the podium.

Question 21

What is the most appropriate sequence for teaching students a sense of pitch? (Include: direction of melody, stepwise movement, and high and low pitched).

Answer 21

High and low sounds, basic melodic contours, and step or skip movements.

Question 22

What are the principles of Music Learning Theory?

Answer 22

Experiencing rhythm through movement.

Question 23

Who developed Music Learning Theory?

Answer 23

Edwin Gordon

Question 24

Edwin Gordon is known for which theory?

Answer 24

Music Learning Theory

Question 25

Describe Orff methodology.

Answer 25

Various instruments are layered to create an ensemble experience for the students.

Question 26

Define the Kodaly method

Answer 26

Hand signs associated with Solfege

Question 27

What do the National Core Arts Standards do?

Answer 27

They describe artistic processes of creating, performing/presenting/producince, responding and connecting with the arts.

Question 28

Who is Lowell Mason?

Answer 28

He was Boston’s first public school music teacher. He petitioned the Boston school board to include music in public school curriculum.

Question 29

Who was the first public school music teacher in Boston?

Answer 29

Lowell Mason

Question 30

Who pushed the Boston school board to include music in their public school curriculum?

Answer 30

Lowell Mason

Question 31

What is an appropriate way to recruit and retain male singers in a school choir?

Answer 31

Allow males to rehearse separately; more confidence and competence.

Question 32

Which course other than music is most essential for someone interested in becoming a music librarian?

Answer 32

A knowledge of German

Question 33

Do MIDI devices transmit audio signals?

Answer 33

No, they transmit electrical event messages such as pitch, duration, and intensity. MIDI requires an instrument to intrepret and produce the aural result of the event messages.

Question 34

Do analog devices transmit audio signals?

Answer 34

Yes

Question 35

What does MIDI stand for?

Answer 35

Musical Instrument Digital Interface

Question 36

What is a cardioid microphone?

Answer 36

Cardiod microphones are designed to pick up sounds from the front and sides of the microphone - with little sound from the rear.

Question 37

What is a supercardioid microphone?

Answer 37

Supercardioid microphones pick up sounds from the front, less sound from the sides but pick up some sound from the rear.

Question 38

What is SmartMusic?

Answer 38

It is an interactive tool to help create practice assignments. It gives immediate feedback and shows correct pitches and rhythms.

Question 39

What does a quantization function do?

Answer 39

It allows the user to select the smallest note value that will be imported into the score as the MIDI instrument is played when transcribing on software.

Question 40

Do you need permission to livestream a school concert if the pieces performed are under copyright?

Answer 40

Yes, copyright holders retain broadcast rights for internet streaming.

Question 41

What is the national instrument of Russia?

Answer 41

The balalaika.