Unit 1 Music Appreciation review

Unit 1 Review
Music Appreciation
Mrs. Johnson
February 7, 2024

Done with the rest of Unit 1?

CST - computer scored test
15 multiple choice questions over entire unit.

Will start Unit 2 next week - do you have the assignments done for Unit 1?

Assignments:

Staff - 5 lines, 4 spaces

Notes - whole

half

quarter

eighth

ledger lines

treble clef

bass clef​

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​Music Theory

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Multiple Choice

How many "spaces" does a staff have?

• 3

• 2

• 5

• 4

Multiple Choice

What is the name of this symbol?

• Treble Clef

• Bass Clef

• Sharp

• Flat

Multiple Choice

What is the name of this symbol?

• Treble Clef

• Bass Clef

• Sharp

• Flat

Multiple Choice

What kind of note is this?

• whole note

• half note

• quarter note

• eighth note

Multiple Choice

what does this mean?

• 4 beats in a measure and a quarter note gets one beat

• 4 beats in a measure and a half note gets 1 beat

• 4 pickles drive a car and the hamburger saves the day

• 4 measures equal 4 beats

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the symbol at the beginning of a piece of music that tells us what kind of note is worth one beat, and how many beats are in a measure?

• Key Signature

• Staff

• Time Signature

• Treble Clef

Multiple Choice

The 3 in 3/4 time means:

• The quarter note gets the beat.

• Each measure is worth 4 beats.

• Each measure is worth 3 beats.

• The half note gets the beat.

Multiple Choice

How many total beats are shown in this measure?

• 8

• 2

• 4

• 1

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​Refers to the speed of the beat.

Tempo can be slow, fast or somewhere in the middle.

Italian terms to describe the various speeds the composer intended​.

​Some text here about the topic of discussion.

​Tempo

Multiple Choice

An accelerando is a ____ in speed, and a retardando is a ____ in speed

• Increase/decrease

• Decrease/increase

​Pianissimo pp very soft

Piano p soft

Mezzo piano mp Medium soft

Mezzo forte mf Medium loud

Forte f Loud

Fortissimo ff Very loud​

Dynamics can range from very, very soft to very, very loud.

-These ranges are based off of two important Italian words – piano and forte

- If a composer wants the music to gradually get louder they will use a crescendo marking (<)

-          If a composer wants the music to gradually get softer, they will use a decrescendo marking (>)

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Dynamics

Multiple Choice

• mezzo piano

• mezzo forte

• mezzo mezzo

• piano

Multiple Choice

Very soft is

• mezzo piano

• piano

• mezzo forte

• pianissimo

Other terms:

Ethnomusicologist - One who studies music in its cultural context. Example - Javanese Gamelan
.Musical motive - short musical idea; a melodic or rhythmic fragment
Absolute music - no descriptive purpose
Program music - tells a story
Musical parameters - dynamics, articulation, tempo
Wavelength - distance between two identical points on a wave
Check out the outer, middle and inner ear - purpose and parts
Amplitude - the distance between the top or bottom of a wave and the center of the wave
Frequency - the number of waves in a certain amount of time
Middle C - sits in middle of grand staff - separates treble and bass clefs
Alto Clef - used to read music by middle-range instruments
Repeat sign - two dots placed in the second and third space at the end of a phrase or measure

Poll

Do you.......

• Understand the note counts?

• Understand the treble and bass clef?

• read the study guides?

• participate in class?