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Q: Homophony is perhaps the most commonly heard texture.
Q: Polyphony is the simplest texture.
Q: Most compositions exclusively use one type of texture.
Q: In homorhythmic texture, the melody and harmony move with the same rhythm.
Q: The term homophonic describes a single-voiced texture without accompaniment.
Q: Counterpoint is most closely associated with monophonic texture.
Q: The combining two or more simultaneous melodic lines is called counterpoint.
Q: A single-voiced texture is called homophony.
Q: When all the voices or musical lines move together in the same rhythm it is called: a. homophony. c. polyphony. b. homorhythm. d. monophony.
Q: Row, Row, Row Your Boat is an example of a: a. fugue. c. monophony. b. homorhythm. d. round.
Q: A simple and familiar type of canon is called a: a. theme. c. round. b. motive. d. scale.
Q: A composition with strict imitation throughout is called a(n): a. canon. c. augmentation. b. retrograde. d. sequence.
Q: The method in which a melodic idea is presented in one voice and then restated in another is called: a. inversion. c. retrograde. b. diminution. d. imitation.
Q: The texture in which all the voices move in the same rhythm is called: a. homorhythm. c. homometer. b. polyrhythm. d. polymeter.
Q: A texture in which a single voice takes over the melodic interest while the accompanying voices are subordinate is called: a. homophony. c. polyphony. b. counterpoint. d. monophony.
Q: When two or more independent melodic lines are combined, the resulting texture is called: a. polyphony. c. homophony. b. monophony. d. heterophony.
Q: The predominant texture used in Western music until about 1,000 years ago was: a. polyphony. c. monophony. b. homophony. d. all of the answers shown here
Q: A texture consisting of a single, unaccompanied line is called: a. monophony. c. polyphony. b. homophony. d. counterpoint.
Q: The interweaving of the melodic lines, or the relationship of musical lines, within a work is called: a. harmony. c. texture. b. meter. d. timbre.
Q: Why are active chords considered the dynamic force in Western music?
Q: Describe the differences between diatonic and chromatic.
Q: What is the difference between a major and minor scale?
Q: How do melody and harmony function together to construct a musical system?
Q: Shifting all the tones of a musical composition to a new key is called transposition.
Q: The process of passing from one key to another is known as modulation.
Q: The dominant is an example of an active chord, which can cause tension in music until resolved.
Q: Active chords seek to resolve to resting chords, imparting a sense of direction or goal.
Q: Although common in jazz, inflecting a pitch is unusual in most Western music.
Q: African, Asian, and Native American musics make use of pentatonic scales.
Q: Chromatic music is most closely associated with the Classical era.
Q: A major or minor scale can begin on any of the twelve semitones of the octave.
Q: The term key refers to a group of related tones with a common center, a tonic, toward which the tones gravitate.
Q: A sharp lowers a musical tone by a half step.
Q: All musical cultures of the world divide the octave into twelve equal half steps.
Q: In Western music, the octave is divided into seven equal parts that make up the chromatic scale.
Q: In Western harmony, the dominant represents: a. the point of ultimate rest. c. the tonic. b. the active harmony. d. the leading tone.
Q: A ______ lowers a note a half step. a. sharp c. leading tone b. flat d. double flat
Q: A sharp raises a note by: a. a whole step. c. two half steps. b. a half step. d. one and a half steps.
Q: When a melody is transposed to another key, what remains the same? a. the pitch level of the melody c. the shape of the melodic line b. the key note, or tonic, of the melody d. the number of sharps or flats
Q: The process of passing from one key to another is known as: a. modulation. c. transposition. b. development. d. transformation.
Q: The three most important triads used in diatonic harmony are: a. I, III, and V. c. I, IV, and V. b. I, V, and VII. d. I, VI, and VII.
Q: The three basic triads in the Western musical system are the tonic, the dominant, and the: a. supertonic. c. submediant. b. mediant. d. subdominant.
Q: Which number represents the dominant chord? a. I c. V b. IV d. VII
Q: In harmony, the _____ is a place of rest and return. a. the tonic c. the subdominant b. the dominant d. the leading tone
Q: Which number represents the tonic chord? a. I c. V b. IV d. VII
Q: The triad built on the first note of the scale is called the: a. tonic. c. subdominant. b. dominant. d. subtonic.
Q: An interval smaller than the semitone, or half step, is called: a. a whole tone. c. a microtone. b. a glissando. d. an octave.
Q: How many notes make up a pentatonic scale? a. eight c. twelve b. five d. four
Q: With which era is chromatic music most frequently associated? a. Romantic c. Classical b. Renaissance d. Middle Ages
Q: Music based on the seven tones of a major or minor scale is called: a. chromatic. c. modal. b. diatonic. d. transposed.
Q: Which of the following characterizes the minor scale? a. It has a lowered third degree. c. It sounds the same as the major scale. b. It always begins on the note F. d. It is made up entirely of half steps.
Q: In a major scale, between which pairs of tones do the half steps occur? a. 2 and 3, 7 and 8 c. 2 and 3, 6 and 7 b. 3 and 4, 7 and 8 d. 2 and 3, 5 and 6
Q: In a major scale, the greatest tension lies between what two tones? a. 3 and 4 c. 6 and 7 b. 4 and 5 d. 7 and 8
Q: A group of related tones with a common center, a tonic, is called: a. an interval. c. an octave. b. a key. d. a melody.
Q: On the piano, the black key between the white keys C and D is called: a. C-sharp or D-flat. c. D-sharp or E. b. C-flat or B. d. none of the answers shown here
Q: The musical symbol # represents a: a. note. c. flat. b. sharp. d. pitch.
Q: A twelve-tone scale, including all the semitones of the octave, is called: a. chromatic. c. major. b. diatonic. d. minor.
Q: The smallest interval in the Western musical system is called: a. a half step. c. an octave. b. a whole step. d. a third.
Q: In Western music, the octave is divided into how many equal intervals? a. six c. twelve b. eight d. fifteen
Q: What are the pitch names used in Western music? a. A, C, E , G, J, and P c. A, E, I, O, and U b. A, B, C, D, E, F, and G d. A, B, C, D, E, G, and I
Q: Describe the harmony a composer might use to write a film score.
Q: Describe the role of dissonance in harmony.
Q: Describe the relationship between melody and harmony in music.
Q: When three or more notes are sounded together, a chord is produced.
Q: The principle of organization whereby we hear a piece of music in relation to a central tone is called tonality.
Q: A combination of tones that is discordant and unstable produces a consonance.
Q: Harmonic movement in music derives its maximum tension from consonance.
Q: The two scale types commonly found in Western music from about 1650 to 1900 are major and minor.
Q: The principle of organization around a central tone is called tonality.
Q: Melody and harmony function independently of each other.
Q: Three alternating notes of a scale, sounded simultaneously, form a triad.
Q: A triad is a chord made up of three tones.
Q: Harmony is important to most non-Western musical cultures.
Q: In the organizational system known as tonality, we hear a piece of music in relation to a central tone, called: a. the dominant. c. the tonic. b. the mediant. d. the leading tone.
Q: Harmony consisting of a single, sustained pitch is called: a. melody. c. tonic. b. drone. d. triad.
Q: Which of the following terms describes a concordant, or agreeable, combination of tones? a. conjunct c. disjunct b. consonant d. dissonant
Q: A combination of tones that sounds discordant, unstable, or in need of resolution is called a: a. cadence. c. dissonance. b. consonance. d. tonality.
Q: The principle of organization around a central tone is called: a. chromaticism. c. consonance. b. tonality. d. centralization.
Q: The first note of the scale is called the: a. octave. c. tonic. b. triad. d. dominant.
Q: A triad is: a. the most common chord type found in Western music. b. a three-note chord. c. built on alternate scale steps. d. all of the answers shown here
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