FA PT2

Which musician can play the yidaki and the electric guitar simultaneously?

• Mark Atkins

• William Barton

• Annapurna Devi

• Ravi Shankar

• Alla Rakha

What are the three pedals on an American piano named?

• high pedal, low pedal, and stop

• loud pedal, quiet pedal, and middle pedal

• slow pedal, fast pedal, and neutral

• soft pedal, sostenuto pedal, sustain pedal

• C minor, B major, and G flat

Who was considered a child prodigy for their skill at playing the Chinese pipa?

• Faye Wong

• Teresa Teng

• Huo Zun

• Wang Leehom

• Liu Fang

What are the two main styles of opera?

• low opera and high opera

• petito opera and opera grandioso

• grand old opera and semi-opera

• grand opera and opera buffa

• opera especial and opera original

Who introduced the term “symphonic poem”?

• Franz Liszt

• Ludwig Van Beethoven

• Emilie Mayer

• Frédéric Chopin

• Richard Strauss

What bird from the Amazon rainforest inspired Heitor Villa-Lobos to write an orchestral work of the same name?

• uirapurú

• lapwing

• hoatzin

• new world barbet

• macaw

In terms of volume and sound, which instruments are placed in the front of a typical orchestra?

• the instruments producing waves which travel the farthest

• the quieter instruments

• the instruments which produce the beat

• the loudest of the instruments

• the instruments with lower pitch

What city is considered to be the European capital of music?

• Paris

• Vienna

• Barcelona

• Florence

• Athens

Who is the folk hero who brought music to the people of Africa and is said to have created many of the instruments still played in Africa today?

• High John the Conqueror

• Shango: The Thunder God

• Mami Wata: A Spiritual Connection

• Queen of Sheba

• Queen Marimba

What does “forte” mean in terms of music?

• pedal

• loud

• hold

• beat

• forward