Unit 1 Test

Question 1

What are the four principal instrument groups of the classical orchestra?

Answer 1

strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion

Question 2

J. S. Bach is one of the great composers of which stylistic era?

Answer 2

Baroque

Question 3

The three stylistic eras that span the period, 1600-1900:

Answer 3

Baroque, Classical, and Romantic

Question 4

The musical language that is the invention of Western art music:

Answer 4

tonality

Question 5

Which fundamental element of music is so fundamental that it’s actually an element within another fundamental element?

Answer 5

rhythm

Question 6

“A succession of articulated durations” is a definition for which fundamental element of music?

Answer 6

rhythm

Question 7

“A single line of music, sounding one note at a time” is a definition of which fundamental element of music?

Answer 7

melody

Question 8

What are the three fundamental elements of our music?

Answer 8

melody, rhythm, and harmony

Question 9

Music written in a minor key relies principally on what kind of scale?

Answer 9

minor

Question 10

A chromatic scale has how many notes?

Answer 10

12

Question 11

Music written in a major key relies principally on what kind of scale?

Answer 11

octatonic

Question 12

A diatonic scale has how many notes?

Answer 12

7

Question 13

Relative major and minor are built from different diatonic pitches, starting on the same pitch.

Answer 13

False

Question 14

The notion of what constitutes a musical phrase remains remarkably consistent from one style of music to another.

Answer 14

False