Aural Skills
What is the most common/simple chord progression within Western European Music?
I V I
Where did the jazz genre originate? When?(Specific location/decades)
New Orleans, Louisiana
1890s-1920s (Popularized)
How many valves does a trumpet have?
3 Valves
A middle school music teacher in Texas is developing a music curriculum for sixth- grade general music classes. What should the teacher start with when deciding on what skills and techniques the students need to learn for the year? (Hint:This is put in the beginning of lesson plans and found online)
Order these tempo markings from slowest to fastest:
Allegro, Lento, Vivace, Moderato, Adagio
Slowest to fastest:
Lento (~40BPM), Adagio (~60 BPM), Moderato (~90 BPM) , Allegro (~120 BPM), Vivace (~132 BPM)
What genre/pieces was Robert Schumann known for?
Romantic Genre
Character Pieces
Name TWO body parts used in vocal technique
Larynx
Pharynx
Vocal Folds/Chords
Diaphragm
The choral conductor for a public high school is preparing an ensemble for an upcoming concert and has chosen a sacred work for the program. Appropriate discussion topics during rehearsal include
the work’s historical context, rhythmic qualities, and harmonic modulations
Name the meter of this song (simple/compound, duple/triple)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5GkgVhFeZY
Compound Duple (6/8)
List 6 of the Modal Scales
Phrygian
Aeolian
Dorian
Mixolydian
Ionian
Lydian
Locrian
What is the time period this piece was written in?
Eroica Symphony- Ludwig Van Beethoven
1804
Name the two right hand techniques (both proper and improper names) on stringed instruments (Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass)
Pizzicato "Plucking"
Arco "Bowing"
Define Summative Assessment
to evaluate student learning at the end of an instructional unit by comparing it against a standard
SIGHT SINGING EXERCISE
Each missed note/rhythm -12 pts
Whatever I told u
How many whole tone collections are there, and what are their names?
WT0
WT1
In what decade (or part of century) was 12-tone series created/popularized?
Bonus: Who introduced 12-tone theory?
Rudiments are number of relatively small patterns which form the foundation for more extended and complex drumming patterns.
There are 40 important rudiments in the American education standard.
The high school counselor has approached you regarding a special needs student who really likes to sing and needs to be place into your competitive choral ensemble for inclusionary purposes. As a team player, you happily welcome the student into the choir. Unfortunately, the student does not have the ability to match pitch or read music. Which of the following scenarios would best allow both the student and the director to accomplish goals and have a mutually rewarding experience?
Test the student's range. Seat the student with strong singers of comparable range to improve the student's audiation. Work with the student in regard to their IEP program both individually and within the ensemble. Have the student sing simplified parts until they are able to comfortably read the musical notation and/or sing comfortably in the average range of the group.
SIGHT RHYTHM EXERCISE
Each missed rhythm -20
Whatever I said lol
Define Interval Cycle
A cycle of notes that move consistently by any fixed interval from note to note
What type of chant was the most influential to music within the medieval/renaissance period?
Gregorian Chant
Explain how to create clarinet embouchure and where to fit it on the clarinet mouthpiece/reed.
"Ew" shape on lips; creates 'soft/snug' lips and drawn in corners of mouth.
Upper front teeth touching the pad of the mouthpiece; use it as a "leverage" to hold mouthpiece in place.
Create embouchure before adding on the mouthpiece!
Name ONE Learning Theory (Psychology) of the 7 most common. Bonus +100 for each other one you name and/or the person who invented it. Half points for just someone who invented a learning/developmental theory.
Behaviorism (Skinner, Pavlov; classical, operant)
Constructivism (Piaget)
Psychosexual Stages (Freud)
Kohlberg’s Moral Development
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Vygotsky’s Theory of Learning
Erickson’s Psychosocial Development Bruner