(M) L1.2: Elements of Art (Auditory)

Question 1

Considered to be the least tangible of the arts

Answer 1

Music

Question 2

An arrangement of sounds to create a continuous and unified composition

Answer 2

Music

Question 3

Classical or Popular Music?
- Use of electronic instruments

Answer 3

Popular

Question 4

Classical or Popular Music?
- involves lyrics

Answer 4

Popular

Question 5

Classical or Popular Music?
- associated with the performer/singer

Answer 5

Popular

Question 6

Classical or Popular Music?
- tend to involve repetition hence it is memorable

Answer 6

Popular

Question 7

Classical or Popular Music?
- are usually short

Answer 7

Popular

Question 8

Classical or Popular Music?
- usually has a strong beat which is why we can move along to it

Answer 8

Popular

Question 9

Classical or Popular Music?
- usually instrumental in nature but operas are an exception

Answer 9

Classical

Question 10

Classical or Popular Music?
- expression of meaning involves the use of pure sound

Answer 10

Classical

Question 11

Classical or Popular Music?
- has a duration of around 30-40 minutes

Answer 11

Classical

Question 12

Classical or Popular Music?
- there is more variation

Answer 12

Classical

Question 13

Classical or Popular Music?
- originally produced from a written score

Answer 13

Classical

Question 14

T or F: Classical sheet music can be played in a variety of ways and interpretations

Answer 14

False (one acceptable way of interpretation)

Question 15

Classical or Popular Music?
- the beat is not generally obvious

Answer 15

Classical

Question 16

Classical or Popular Music?
- we associate it with the composer, not the performer

Answer 16

Classical

Question 17

T or F: Classical music has a reputation of belonging to the middle class

Answer 17

False (upper class)

Question 18

Most people, especially the _____ would find classical music, difficult to understand

Answer 18

Youth

Question 19

T or F: The preference for popular music may be linked to a person’s obsession with anything that is material and can be seen

Answer 19

True

Question 20

T or F: The preference for popular music is linked to how our contemporary society is a highly visual civilization

Answer 20

True (a person’s obsession with tangible things)

Question 21

This refers to a form of media wherein the music is marketed through the performers

Answer 21

Music Videos

Question 22

T or F: Popular music commonly dwells in using polyphony and discursive genres like sonatas and symphonies

Answer 22

False (avoids)

Question 23

People reject classical music due to the urge for ________

Answer 23

Immediacy

Question 24

T or F: Listening to classical music requires engaging our minds through time

Answer 24

True

Question 25

Classical or Popular? - transcends what is physical and material and dwells in the intellectual and spiritual

Answer 25

Classical

Question 26

T or F: Tackling a musical score objectively has something to do with the hidden meanings of the composition

Answer 26

False (nothing to do)

Question 27

Refers to patterns in time

Answer 27

Rhythm

Question 28

Described how fast or slow a musical piece is; usually marked by a metronome symbol at the start of the piece

Answer 28

Tempo

Question 29

Refers to a unit of time made up of a group of notes/beats/pulses within a measure

Answer 29

Metro

Question 30

Refers to the succession of consecutive notes or tones that change in pitch or duration

Answer 30

Melody

Question 31

T or F: Harmony is known to carry the overall theme of the music

Answer 31

False (melody)

Question 32

This is usually inseparable with rhythm

Answer 32

Melody

Question 33

Refers to a combination of different tones or pitches played or sung together; can also involve playing them successively

Answer 33

Harmony

Question 34

Notes played or sung together is also known as a _______

Answer 34

Chord

Question 35

Refers to the relationship between melody and harmony, has three forms: - monophonic - homophonic - polyphonic

Answer 35

Texture

Question 36

This type of texture has only one melodic line, and it involves singing or playing along to the music

Answer 36

Monophonic

Question 37

This type of texture refers to playing the melody and accompanying chords at the same time

Answer 37

Homophonic

Question 38

This type of texture is usually the most complex as it has more melodic lines that seem independent from one another

Answer 38

Polyphonic

Question 39

Refers to the degree of softness or loudness in a musical piece; also refers to the changing from soft to loud and vice versa

Answer 39

Dynamics

Question 40

> Also known as tone color > Refers to the quality of sound generated by an instrument or voice

Answer 40

Timbre

Question 41

T or F: Timbre depends on the amplitude of overtones played by an instrument and which parts of it are vibrating

Answer 41

True

Question 42

Refers to the arrangement of musical events or themes throughout a composition; a pattern

Answer 42

Form

Question 43

Type of Form: - has an AAAA pattern - most popular music form; evident in hymns

Answer 43

Strophic

Question 44

A stanza is also known as?

Answer 44

Strophe

Question 45

Type of Form: - has an AB pattern - a new melody is played after one melody

Answer 45

Binary

Question 46

Type of Form: - has an ABA pattern - the (A) melody is played right after a binary pattern is played (AB); it goes back to A

Answer 46

Ternary

Question 47

Type of Form: - the theme alternates with 2 or more different themes - can have multiple patterns: ABACA, ABACABA, or ABACADA

Answer 47

Rondo

Question 48

Type of Form: - the melody is initially presented or played then it changes appearance after it is entirely played - has a numerical pattern: A-A1-A2-A3-A4

Answer 48

Theme and Variation

Question 49

Type of Form: - a typically fast music form similar to ternary - divided into 3 parts: exposition, development, and recapitulation

Answer 49

Sonata-Allegro

Question 50

This part of a sonata-allegro presents the overall theme of the music (introduction)

Answer 50

Exposition

Question 51

This part of a sonata-allegro involves the build up or expounding parts of a composition (the tension among characteristics)

Answer 51

Development

Question 52

This part of a sonata-allegro reviews the themes in the initial structure (the resolution)

Answer 52

Recapitulation

Question 53

The types of musical instruments are based on what classification?

Answer 53

Hornbostel-Sachs

Question 54

Classification of Musical Instruments: > Sound is produced when the body of an instrument vibrates

Answer 54

Idiophones

Question 55

Classification of Musical Instruments: > Sound is produced by membranes tightly stretched over a part of an instrument

Answer 55

Membranophones

Question 56

Classification of Musical Instruments: > Involves the use of stretched strings to produce sound

Answer 56

Chordophones

Question 57

Classification of Musical Instruments: > Sound is produced when air vibrates inside a column or when the reed vibrates by air flow

Answer 57

Aerophones

Question 58

Classification of Musical Instruments: > Sounds is generated through materials that produce electrical signals transmitted to a loud speaker

Answer 58

Electrophones