Music Appreciation FInal

Question 1

What is a Critical Listener’s primary motivation?

Answer 1

To identify what is wrong with a performance/song, mostly finding bad things but sometimes good

Question 2

What does a Referential Listener do?

Answer 2

The music reminds them of past events, pictures, feelings, and certain situations, becomes less about listening to the music and more about thinking about the memory

Question 3

What type of listener would ask questions about and use appropriate vocabulary when discussing music?

Answer 3

Perceptive listener

Question 4

What is Rhythm?

Answer 4

Sound and time, the most important music fundamental

Question 5

What is Tempo?

Answer 5

The speed of music

Question 6

Range the Dynamics from SOFT to LOUD
Piano - Fortissimo - Mezzo Piano - Pianissimo - Forte - Mezzo Forte

Answer 6

Pianissimo, Piano, Mezzo Piano, Mezzo Forte, Forte, Fortissimo

Question 7

What is Timbre?

Answer 7

The specific sound that is produced by an instrument or voice

Question 8

What is a Polyphonic Texture?

Answer 8

Two or more melodic lines being played at the same time, they are both important

Question 9

What is a Monophonic Texture?

Answer 9

One sound, only the melody

Question 10

What is a Homophonic Texture?

Answer 10

One sound, other sounds occur in the background

Question 11

What was the main musical style during the Middle Ages?

Answer 11

Plainchant/Gregorian music

Question 12

Describe Gregorian Chant & its characteristics

Answer 12

Only the melody, Named after Pope Gregory, Monophonic

Question 13

What is a Troubadour?

Answer 13

Noble or High-class families, Traveling Musicians

Question 14

What was the Renaissance also known as?

Answer 14

The Rebirth

Question 15

What is the correct order of the songs during a Mass?

Answer 15

Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei

Question 16

What was the Baroque Era most known for?

Answer 16

Opulent and Extravagant, Opera

Question 17

What is the difference between a Recitative and an Aria?

Answer 17

Aria was very over the top and written for a single performer,
Recitative was a speak-singing style, also written for a single performer

Question 18

What were the three main institutions for musicians to work in during the Baroque Era?

Answer 18

Church, Courthouse, Opera house

Question 19

What was the purpose of the Arts during the Classical Era?

Answer 19

Arts during the classical era were not meant for a purpose, instead for enjoyment

Question 20

How many movements does a Symphony have?

Answer 20

4

Question 21

Describe the style/tempo of each symphony movement

Answer 21

Fast, Slow, Dance Form, Faster than Movement 1

Question 22

Describe the layout of the Sonata Form

Answer 22

A exposition, B development, A recapitulation

Question 23

Describe the layout of the Variation Form

Answer 23

The theme is introduced, various changes at each repetition

Question 24

Describe the layout of the Rondo Form

Answer 24

The theme is introduced, various episodes, always comes back to the theme

Question 25

Were the arts taken seriously, as a high form of art, during the Romantic Era?

Answer 25

Yes

Question 26

What was the highest goal of the Romantic Era?

Answer 26

Emotional Expression

Question 27

What were the THREE most recognizable features of romantic music and its melodic style?

Answer 27

Its emotional and demonstrative, Melodic lines ranged more widely, Became more irregular in rhythm and phase structure

Question 28

What was the Avant-Garde movement known for?

Answer 28

Radical experimentation

Question 29

What is Impressionism?

Answer 29

Meant to be realistic movement

Question 30

What is Symbolism?

Answer 30

A consciously unrealistic movement

Question 31

What is Expressionism?

Answer 31

A movement that sought to express the most extreme human feelings

Question 32

Does Atonal Music have a tonal center?

Answer 32

No

Question 33

What is Nationalism in terms of composition?

Answer 33

Using music native to a particular country in a composition

Question 34

What is chance music?

Answer 34

Has elements that are left open or up to chance

Question 35

What instruments would be considered IDIOPHONES?

Answer 35

Rattles, shakers, bells

Question 36

What instruments would be considered AEROPHONES?

Answer 36

Flutes and Trumpets

Question 37

What instruments would be considered MEMBRANOPHONES?

Answer 37

Drums and Kettles

Question 38

What instruments would be considered CHORDOPHONES?

Answer 38

Harps and Fiddles

Question 39

What are the characteristics of African Music?

Answer 39

Music is an expression of life and all its forms, All passed down orally, with Vast rhythmic complexity, Uses call and response

Question 40

What instrument is primarily used in the Andean Mountains of South America?

Answer 40

Panpies

Question 41

What makes the scale used in Middle Eastern music different from those of Western Music?

Answer 41

The use of quarter tones to add more flexibility

Question 42

What are the THREE main characteristics of Asian Music?

Answer 42

Linearity, Transparency, Word orientation