unit 4

Question 1

Which of these is not a melodic variation technique?

Answer 1

diminution

Question 2

A B A C A B A

Answer 2

rondo form

Question 3

List the three parts of sonata form in order from first to last.

Answer 3

exposition

development

recapitulation

Question 4

What genre features a soloists or group of soloists playing with an orchestra?

Answer 4

concerto

Question 5

What variation technique involves adding to the duration of each note?

Answer 5

augmentation

Question 6

Which genre most often includes an instrumental cadenza?

Answer 6

concerto

Question 7

Fugue is ___.

Answer 7

a contrapuntal form with two or more voices and a recurring melodic idea

Question 8

a contrapuntal form with two or more voices and a recurring melodic idea

Answer 8

Fugue

Question 9

Theme and variations is ___.

Answer 9

a statement of a melody followed by changes to that melody

Question 10

a form containing an orchestral part that recurs during the piece

Answer 10

Ritornello form

Question 11

a form with a repeated figure in the bass line

Answer 11

Ground bass

Question 12

any three-part form in the format A B A

Answer 12

Ternary form

Question 13

Which genre most often includes music that is sung?

Answer 13

opera

Question 14

Sonata form is ___.

Answer 14

a large-scale ternary form often used for the first movement of major compositions

Question 15

the same section repeated over and over

Answer 15

Strophic form

Question 16

a two-part form with contrasting sections

Answer 16

Binary form

Question 17

Rondo form

Answer 17

an initial theme that returns after each contrasting theme

Question 18

a ternary form assembled from two minuets

Answer 18

Minuet form