Music Concepts Quiz

What concept in music is based on the chance selection of musical materials by the composer or performer?

• Impressionism

• Expressionism

• Aleatory Music

• Serialism

Who is known as the “Father of Electronic Music”?

• John Cage

• Claude Debussy

• Arnold Schoenberg

• Edgard Varèse

What characteristic of Impressionistic music refers to two or more melodies moving in the same direction simultaneously?

• Polyphony

• Parallelism

• Dissonance

• Counterpoint

What do you call the wide leaps or intervals from one note to another?

• Conjunct Motion

• Homophony

• Disjunct Progression

• Legato

What is the term for chords built in intervals of fourths?

• Tertian Harmony

• Quartal Harmony

• Dissonance

• Modal Harmony

Who is the founder of musical Impressionism?

• Claude Monet

• Claude Debussy

• Arnold Schoenberg

• Igor Stravinsky

What electronic instrument contains oscillators and controls the properties of sound?

• Theremin

• Synthesizer

• Electric Guitar

• Oscillator

What system uses serial manipulation of twelve chromatic pitches?

• Chance Music

• Twelve-tone System

• Minimalism

• Aleatory

Which American composer is known for aleatory music?

• Arnold Schoenberg

• Igor Stravinsky

• Edgard Varèse

• John Cage

What is Claude Debussy’s most famous ballet?

• Jeux

• Bolero

• Prelude

• Clair de Lune