Midterm Review

Luciana is a soprano shopping for groceries. What food is she LEAST likely to avoid?

• apples

• oranges

• cream cheese

• hot salsa

Alisa is an alto. She is nervous on the night of the premiere of a new piece of music in which she’ll be singing a solo part. Her mouth feels dry, and she remembers she only drank five or six glasses of water and a cup of coffee that day. What is the BEST thing for Alisa to do?

• drink a cup of coffee with cream

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  drink a ginger ale or other clear soda

• drink a cup of tea with honey

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  drink some more water

Carrie hits a loud power chord on her guitar but then doesn’t do anything for the next two full measures. What are these measures without music?

• steps

• scales

• rests

• intervals

Audrey is a studio engineer fading out a song at the end so that even though the band keeps playing, the song gets quieter and quieter. What musical effect is this MOST similar to?

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  decrescendo

• ritardando

• moderato

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  legato

Bill is a vocalist who has just received the score for a new choral piece. He identifies the key signature as D major. What should he do NEXT?

• begin signing

• find his part

• identify the time signature

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  study rhythm and pitch

What is the lowest male voice?

• alto

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  baritone

• bass

• tenor

Nigel turns the amplifier for his guitar up to 10, but even though his guitar sounds loud at that volume, he wishes there were still one more notch above 10 for the volume. What does Nigel wish he had more of?

frequency

• pitch

• timbre

• intensity

• frequencey

 

Violet plays a low note on a massive church organ and holds it. The vibrations from the sound reverberate through the entire church, and Violet can feel them thrumming through her body. What are the vibrations from the sound of the organ?

What note follows G on a piano keyboard?

an repeatedly taps a snare drum, and each tap is separated by an equal amount of time. What is each tap of the drum?