Unit 1 review

Which of the following statements best fits into the category of 'classical music.'

• A somewhat lesser emphasis on a strongly defined regular beat

• Performances much less often rely on notated music

• Compositions are generally shorter and feature greater repetition

• Usually texted (has lyrics)

Which of the following statements that best fits into the category of 'popular music.'

• Makes wider and more regular use of electronic instruments and sounds

• Greater prominence given to purely instrumental (untexted) music

• Compositions are often longer and cast in broader forms

• Performances typically occur with and from notated music (or from memory of notated music)

In order to raise the pitch of a note by an octave (by the same letter name, we must ______ its frequency (in Hertz).

• double

• triple

• quadruple

• halve

Genre and venue in music not only implies what and where you might hear music performed, but also how one might dress and act.

• true

• false

Which music usually has no beat at all?

• Gregorian Chant

• Electric Dance Music

• A March

Which music often has a suppressed beat?

• popular

• classical

Please place each one of the following concepts in the correct blank below:

_________ is an organization of _________ into consistent _________ of evenly spaced, regularly recurring _________ (usually 2, 3, or 4).

A. Beats

B. Meter

C. Musical time

D. Groups

• B,A,D,C

• B,C,D,A

• A,B,C,D

The machine musicians use to sound the beat so that the performer can stay with it is called a _________.

• metronome

• metroliner

• metropolitan

Identify the two "axes" (or coordinates) of music found in a Western musical score

• intensity and volume

• mood and duration (time)

• pitch and duration (time)

• pitch and mood

Place the following tempo indications in order from fastest to slowest:

A. Moderato

B. Allegro

C. Lento

D. Prestissimo

• D,A,B,C

• D,B,A,C

• A,B,C,D