General Music Exam

Question 1

medieval music genre, latin text, 2-3 voices, freely composed, homophonic texture.

This describes what genre?

Answer 1

conductus

Question 2

processional dance music of European aristocracy, duple meter, often followed by a galliard

Answer 2

pavane

Question 3

polyphonic setting of gregorian chant

Answer 3

organum

Question 4

any piece with latin text except the mass ordinary, mono textual (each voice sings the same text),

Answer 4

motet

Question 5

a long, repeated rhythm

Answer 5

isorhythm

Question 6

one of the 3 form fixes, melismatic, french text, setting of poetry

Answer 6

ballade

Question 7

one of the 3 form fixes, medial cadence, strophic w/ alternating refrains, french text

Answer 7

rondeau

Question 8

one of the 3 form fixes, strophic, has rhythm, syllabic, french text, vocal music

Answer 8

virelai

Question 9

not strophic, through composed, syllabic, a-capella, homophonic, text painting, sets high art poetry to music, Italian text, secular

Answer 9

madrigal

Question 10

one of the Italian trecento, features the Landini decoration, similar to the virelai

Answer 10

ballata

Question 11

one of the Italian trecento, two voices in canon, often a third voice underneath with long tones, songs of the hunt

Answer 11

cacia

Question 12

result of the protestant reformation, for congregational singing, monophonic, strophic

Answer 12

chorale

Question 13

secular german text, through-composed, strophic, syllabic, short phrases w/ clear cadences

Answer 13

leider

Question 14

syllabic, strophic, simple harmony, solo w/accompaniment, homophonic, Italian text

Answer 14

Frottola

Question 15

dance music, triple meter, often preceded by a pavane

Answer 15

galliard

Question 16

homophonic, short phrases w/ clear cadences, caesura, strophic, french text

Answer 16

chanson

Question 17

define symmetric vs. asymmetric meter.

Answer 17

symmetric meter: a meter where all beats are the same length (4/4, 6/8)

asymmetric meter: a meter where beats have unequal lengths (5/8, 7/8)

Question 18

define polymetric meter.

Answer 18

the simultaneous use of 2 or more time signatures

Question 19

define ametric meter.

Answer 19

music that has no perceivable meter

Question 20

define isometric meter.

Answer 20

the use of pulse without a regular meter

Question 21

list in ascending order the modes of the major scale

Answer 21

ionian (C), dorian (D), phrygian (E), lydian (F), mixolydian (G), aeolian (A), locrian (B).

Question 22

what is a passing tone?

Answer 22

a non-chord tone that pass by step between chord tones

Question 23

what is a neighboring tone?

Answer 23

a non-chord tone that leaves and returns to the same chord tone by step.

Question 24

what is an escape tone?

Answer 24

the opposite of an appoggiatura. It is a non-chord tone that moves by step and resolves to a chord tone by leap.

Question 25

what is an appoggiatura?

Answer 25

the opposite of an escape tone. It is a non-chord tone that is approaches by leap, and resolved to a chord tone by step

Question 26

What is an anticipation?

Answer 26

the opposite of a suspension. It is a non-chord tone that arrives before the chord it belongs in.

Question 27

define contrary motion.

Answer 27

motion in opposite directions. That is, when one of the lines moves up, the other line moves down.

Question 28

define oblique motion.

Answer 28

motion where one line stay stagnant on the same pitch while the other line moves.

Question 29

define similar motion.

Answer 29

motion in the same direction, but with the interval between them changing.

Question 30

define parallel motion.

Answer 30

motion in the same direction, keeping the same interval between them.

Question 31

Who developed eurhythmics, a method of learning and experiencing music through movement?

Answer 31

Dalcroze

Question 32

Who believed that singing is the foundation of musical learning, that everyone is capable of musical literacy, and in the importance of folk music?

Answer 32

Kodaly

Question 33

Who stressed improvisation, singing, chanting, dance, movement, drama and the playing of percussion instruments as a way to teach young musicians?

Answer 33

Orff

Question 34

At what grade level does 2-part singing usually occur?

Answer 34

grade 5

Question 35

At what grade level can students begin singing in rounds?

Answer 35

grade 3

Question 36

At what grade level can students begin sing ostinati?

Answer 36

grade 2

Question 37

excessive ornamentation was a characteristic of music in the _________ Era (1600-1750).

Answer 37

Baroque

Question 38

Which era is characterized largely by polyphonic, a-capella choral works from 1400-1600?

Answer 38

Renaissance

Question 39

which era is characterized a lighter, cleaner music with slower harmonic movement, and more objectivity over rampant emotional power from 1775-1825?

Answer 39

Classical

Question 40

Tone color became richer; harmony became more intricate, dynamics, pitch and tempo had wider ranges and the use of rubato became popular in which era of music from 1825-1910?

Answer 40

Romantic

Question 41

the music of Debussy with static harmony, emphasis on instrumental timbres that creates a shimmering interplay of “colours,” melodies that lack directed motion is an example of what musical style?

Answer 41

impressionism

Question 42

the music of Schoenberg using of a chromatic scale of 12 equidistant semitones and the absence of functional harmony as a primary structural element is an example of what musical style?

Answer 42

atonality

Question 43

music with a pattern that repeats over and over for a significant stretch of a composition is a characteristic of what style of music?

Answer 43

serialism

Question 44

the music of John Cage using extreme simplicity of form and a literal, objective approach is an example of what musical style?

Answer 44

minimalism

Question 45

what is a sequence?

Answer 45

compositional device consisting of a melodic or chordal figure repeated at a new pitch level

Question 46

a cadence from V to I where both chords are in root position and the uppermost note in the tonic chord is the tonic is called what?

Answer 46

perfect authentic cadence (PAC)

Question 47

a cadence from V to I where one of the chords is inverted or the uppermost note in the tonic chord is not the tonic is called what?

Answer 47

imperfect authentic cadence (IAC)

Question 48

a cadence on the V is called what?

Answer 48

half cadence

Question 49

a cadence from V to vi is called what?

Answer 49

deceptive cadence

Question 50

a cadence from IV to I is called what?

Answer 50

plagal cadence

Question 51

true or false: proper voice leading allows for parallel fifths.

Answer 51

false, parallel fifths should be avoided

Question 52

true or false: in proper voice leading two successive leaps should be avoided. Instead after a leap a melody should move by step.

Answer 52

true

Question 53

a french social dance in 3/4 time

Answer 53

minuet

Question 54

a Polish folk dance in triple meter

Answer 54

mazurka