Quiz1ReviewSheet

1. Knowthedefinitionofmusic,andknowthefourparametersofsound
(duration/rhythm,pitch/frequency,volume/dynamicsandtimbre/tonecolor)
andhowchangesinthemaredescribed.

2. Indealingwithrhythm,whatisthebeatinapieceofmusic?

3. Whatisameter,andwhatdoesitmeanwhenameteriseitherdupleortriple?
Whataresimpleandcompoundmeters,andwhatisthedifferencebetweenthese
twotypes?

4. Towhataspectofrhythmdoestemporefer,andwhataresomeofthebasic
indicationsoftempo(know:Allegro,Moderato,Adagio)

5. Whatispolyrhythm,whatissyncopationandwhymighteitherofthesemakeit
difficulttohearthemeter?

6. Whatisaninterval,andwhatisspecialabouttheintervalofanoctave?

7. Whatisascale,andwhattwotypesofscalesareusedinmostWesternmusic?
Whatisthedifferencebetweendiatonicandchromaticscales?What
ismodulation?Whatistransposition?

8. Whatistonality,andhowaretheconceptsofatonicandkeyrelatedtothat
concept?

9. Whatisamelodyandwhatarethethreebasiccharacteristicsofanymelody
(howdoyoudescribemelodies)?

10. Whatisaphrase,andwhatisacadence?

11. Whatisharmony,especiallyinitsbroadestmeaning?

12. Whatisachord,andwhatisatriad?(Knowthedifferencebetweenthesetwo
concepts.)

13. Whatarethetonic,dominant,andsubdominanttriads(orharmonies)?

14. Whatareconsonanceanddissonance,andhowaretheyrelatedtooneanother?
15. Whatarethebasictermsusedtodescribedynamicsandwhatistheirrelationship
tooneanother?(Howaretheycombinedtoindicatespecificlevelsofloudness?)
Whattermsrefertoincreasesordecreasesinvolume?

16. Whatistimbre?

17. Whatisachorusorchoir?

18. Whatarethe6standardvocalrangesandtheirorderfromhighestto
lowestregisters?

19. WhatarethefourWesternfamiliesofmusicalinstruments?Ingeneral,how
doeseachfamilymakesound,andnametwoinstrumentsfromeachfamily.

20. Whataresomeotherinstrumentsthatdonotfitsoeasilyintotheestablished
families?

21. Whatarethedifferencesbetweenanorchestra,aband,andchamber
ensembles?

22. Inmusic,whatistextureandhowmightitbedescribed?

23. Whatarethedifferencesbetweenamonophonictexture(monophonyorunison)
andapolyphonictexture(polyphony)?

24. Whatisimitation,repetition,canonorround,andimprovisationandhowcan
thesebeusedinmusic?

25. Whatisform,andwhatarethetwobasicstructuresforcreatingform?