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MUSIC 101 Exam Questions withComplete Answers
What are the Elements of music? - Answer-melody, rhythm and harmony
What is a symphony? - Answer-Orchestral work, usually in four movements, the first,
being moderate in tempo, the second slow, the third a minuet or a scherzo, and the
fourth fast.
Who is George Frideric Hadel (1685-1759) and what Era is he from? - Answer-German,
no kids, made his own money, Italy operas for the masses, he made his music during
the Late Baroque 1700-1750.
What is the smallest element of medlody? - Answer-Pitch
Orchestra - Answer-strings
woodwinds
brass instruments
percussion instruments
keyboard instruments
playing together at one time
How to act attending a concert? - Answer-Do not be the first to clap.
Oral tradition - Answer-The practice of passing music (or other aspects of culture) orally
form one generation to another.
Form - Answer-Organization of a work of art, literature or music
Music Form examples - Answer-Binary, Sonata, Theme and variations, jazz and rock
Symphony - Answer-Orchestral work 4 movements an EX. Beethoven Symphony #5
The Middle Ages 400-1400
Renaissance 1400-1600
Baroque 1600-1750
Classic 1750-1800
Romantic 1800-1900
Twentieth Century 1900-2000 - Answer-400-1400 Middle Ages
1400-1600 Renaissance
1600-1750 Baroque
1750-1800 Classic
1800-1900 Romantic
1900-2000 Twentieth Century
, General Characteristics of Medieval Music - Answer-The music is based on modes not
on scales
plainchant
love songs
instruments were many and varied
polyphony
Plainchant? - Answer-The vocal music for church services from early Middle Ages and
monophonic liturgical vocal music of the Middle Ages. To be sung in unison with no
harmony and no accompaniment.
Secular music/songs - Answer-Later in the Medieval period songs with nonreligious
topics --became popular, Also polyphony --music containing more than one line at a
time -- started to appear
polyphony - Answer-Several different lines of music are sounded together
What are the names of notes? - Answer-A, B, C, D, E, F, G
Major sounds like. Minor sounds like. - Answer-Major is Happy! Minor is sad.
Opera - Answer-A staged musical work involving a narrative, singing characters, and
instruments.
Rondo form - Answer-Often used for last movements of Classical instrumental works.
Sonata Form - Answer-Organizing structure for a musical work or movement.
What are the two periods of Middle Ages? - Answer-early 400 to 1000 rigid class
system knows as Feudalism and later period 1000 to 1400 came the rise of the middle-
class The arts music, painting, poetry, sculture, and architecture, all flourished.
Sonata - Answer-Baroque; A work for a small group of instruments.
Ensemble - Answer-usually used to refer to opera scenes in which several individuals
sing together
Fundamentals of Renaissance Music? - Answer-1. Sound is smooth and homogenous
2. Harmony is still primarily based on modes
3. Most prominent feature is imitation
4. Vocal genres include Mass movements, motets, and secular songs
5. motets and madrigals often use word-painting, which can involve dissonance
6. Instrumental music is either serious and imitative or light and dance like
Palestrina - Answer-Most highly regarded composer of late Renaissance choral music
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