Midterm True or False

Question 1

The restatement of a theme or motive at a higher or lower pitch level is known as a sequence

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The tempo of a piece affects its mood and character

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A guitar is an example of a chordophone

Answer 3

True

Question 4

String instruments are generally played by either bowing or plucking

Answer 4

True

Question 5

All woodwind instruments are made of wood

Answer 5

False

Question 6

The most recently invented member of the woodwind family is the saxophone

Answer 6

True

Question 7

The two categories of of percussion instruments are pitched and unpitched

Answer 7

True

Question 8

The pipe organ is wind instrument, sounded by air

Answer 8

True

Question 9

The standard instrumentation of string quartet is two violins, viola, and cello

Answer 9

True

Question 10

A genre is a category or type of music repertory

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Secular music was integral to medieval court life, supplying entertainment and ceremonial and dance music

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Recitative that is just accompanied by continuo instruments is called secco

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Lully was the leading composer of opera in France

Answer 13

True

Question 14

The Baroque period was the first in which instrumental music was comparable in importance

Answer 14

True

Question 15

The solo concerto is written for a solo instrument with a continuo accompaniment

Answer 15

False

Question 16

The three main keyboard instruments of the Baroque were the harpsichord, organ and piano

Answer 16

False

Question 17

The term multimovement cycle is applied not only to sonatas and chamber music but also to concertos and symphonies

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Someone other that Beethoven first the subtitle of the Moonlight Sonata

Answer 18

True