Chapter 11

Question 1

Fairly large group of singers who perform together, usually with several on each part. Also a choral movement of a large-scale work. In jazz, a single statement of the melodic-harmonic pattern

Answer 1

chorus

Question 2

Abbreviation for the standard voices in a chorus or choir: soprano, alto, tenor, bass; may also refer to instrumental ranges.

Answer 2

SATB

Question 3

A group of singers who perform together, usually in parts, with several on each part; often associated with a church.

Answer 3

choir

Question 4

Choral music performed without instrumental accompaniment.

Answer 4

a cappella

Question 5

Ensemble music for up to about ten players, with one player to a part.

Answer 5

chamber music

Question 6

Chamber music ensemble consisting of two violins, viola, and cello. Also a multimovement composition for this ensemble.

Answer 6

string quartet

Question 7

A chamber group comprised of a soloist with piano. Also, in the Baroque period, a sonata for a melody instrument and basso continuo

Answer 7

duo sonata

Question 8

Standard chamber ensemble of piano with violin and cello.

Answer 8

piano trio

Question 9

Standard chamber ensemble of piano with violin, viola, and cello.

Answer 9

piano quartet

Question 10

Standard chamber ensemble of piano with string quartet (two violins, viola, and cello).

Answer 10

piano quintet

Question 11

Standard chamber ensemble made up of either two violins, two violas, and cello or two violins, viola, and two cellos.

Answer 11

string quartet

Question 12

Chamber music for six instruments or voices.

Answer 12

sextet

Question 13

Chamber music for seven instruments or voices.

Answer 13

septet

Question 14

Chamber music for eight instruments or voices.

Answer 14

octet

Question 15

Instrumental family made of wood or metal whose tone is produced by a column of air vibrating within a pipe that has holes along its length.

Answer 15

woodwind

Question 16

Standard chamber ensemble made up of two trumpets, horn, trombone, and tuba

Answer 16

brass quintet

Question 17

Instrumental ensemble ranging from forty to eighty members or more, consisting of wind and percussion instruments. Also concert band.

Answer 17

wind band

Question 18

Instrumental ensemble for entertainment at sports events and parades, consisting of wind and percussion instruments, drum majors/majorettes, and baton twirlers.

Answer 18

marching band

Question 19

Instrumental ensemble made up of reed (saxophones and clarinets), brass (trumpets and trombones), and rhythm sections (percussion, piano, double bass, and sometimes guitar).q

Answer 19

jazz band

Question 20

A thin stick, usually painted white, used by a conductor.

Answer 20

baton

Question 21

The first-chair violinist of a symphony orchestra.

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concertmaster

Question 22

Polyphonic form popular in the Baroque era, in which one or more themes are developed by imitative counterpoint.

Answer 22

fugue

Question 23

A small vocal ensemble is known as a(n)

Answer 23

choir

Question 24

T/F: A symphony orchestra is an example of a chamber ensemble.

Answer 24

false

Question 25

A woodwind quintet is unusual in that

Answer 25

it includes a brass instrument.

Question 26

Benjamin Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra is a work based on a dance tune by which composer?

Answer 26

Purcell

Question 27

How many instrumentalists would you expect to find in a chamber group?

Answer 27

between two and twelve

Question 28

Vocal music with instrumental accompaniment is called a cappella.

Answer 28

False

Question 29

Considering The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, which statement is NOT true?
The theme is performed by each instrument family.
The theme is heard highest to lowest within each instrument family.
The entire orchestra never plays all together.

Answer 29

The entire orchestra never plays all together.

Question 30

In Benjamin Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, the theme is first stated by

Answer 30

the entire orchestra

Question 31

In an orchestra, brass instruments are placed near the back of the group?

Answer 31

because they are loud.

Question 32

Jazz bands usually include

Answer 32

a reed section, a brass section, and a rhythm section.

Question 33

Benjamin Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra was written specifically to demonstrate

Answer 33

different timbres in the orchestra.

Question 34

In the West, an ensemble of strings coupled with an assortment of woodwinds, brass, and percussion instruments is known as a

Answer 34

symphony orchestra.

Question 35

The conductor
rehearses the ensemble.
interprets the music.
beats time in metrical patterns.
All possible answers.

Answer 35

All possible answers

Question 36

The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra closes with a(n) _______, a polyphonic form popular in the Baroque era (1600–1750).

Answer 36

fugue

Question 37

The concertmaster is the

Answer 37

first-chair violinist

Question 38

The largest section of the Western orchestra is the _______ section.

Answer 38

string

Question 39

The makeup of a string quartet is

Answer 39

two violins, a viola, and a cello.

Question 40

Which is NOT a true statement?
Choral groups are homogeneous.
A chorus is a large body of singers.
The standard voice parts in choral groups are SATB.
Choral groups are heterogeneous.

Answer 40

Choral groups are heterogeneous.

Question 41

Who is responsible for systematizing bowing strokes for the string section in an orchestra?

Answer 41

the concertmaster

Question 42

Which of the following ensembles relies mainly on winds and percussion?

Answer 42

band