1
"Idioteque's" score calls for __, which is slang for "effects," meaning artificially created for enhanced sounds.
A.) fx
B.) EP
C.) IDM
D.) sawari
E.) sampling
fx
Listeners who have viewed the full opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan realize that the melody of the Bumblebee is an embellished version of a ____ for Prince Gvidon.
A.) letimotif
B.) character theme
C.) word-painting
D.) program
E.) rota
Leitmotif
After the premier of Rimsky-Korsakov's Symphony, the head of the Russian Navy created a new post for him as_____.
A.) Director of the State Military Opera House
B.) Inspector of Naval Bands
C.) Director of the Russian Naval Band
D.) Trainer of Naval musicians
E.) Director of Russian Musical Operations
Inspector of Naval Bands
A pioneer names _____ is believed to have initiated the practice of putting tourists on mules to ride the trails in the Grand Canyon.
A.) William Rogers
B.) Carl Anthony
C.) Stanford Hayes
D.) John Hance
E.) Charles Grissom
John Hance
The melody cadences on the ___ at the end of the first A section of "What a Wonderful World".
A.) subdominant
B.) dominant
C.) submediant
D.) mediant
E.) supertonic
Mediant
The broadest definition of music is
A.) patterns of sound and silence
B.) space organized in time
C.) sound organized in time
D.) time organized in sound
E.) sound organized in space
sound organized in time
Approximately ______ million people took part in the first Earth Day in 1970.
A.) ten
B.) thirty
C.) twenty
D.) fourteen
E.) fifteen
twenty
How did Marvin Gaye create an almost other-worldly conclusion to "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)"?
A.) adding a choir
B.) including a live recording of nature sounds
C.) playing the theremin
D.) using the Mellotron's operatic voice sample
E.) using a synthesizer
using the Mellotron's operatic voice sample
How many different major scales are there?
A.) 14
B.) 10
C.) 8
D.) 15
E.) 12
15
Ferde Grofe learned how to play all of the following instruments EXCEPT
A.) viola
B.) piano
C.) violin
D.) alto horn
E.) clarinet
clarinet
What was one of the challenges faced during the premiere of Beethoven's music concert on December 22, 1808?
A.) poor audience turnout
B.) Beethoven's absence from the concert
C.) lack of financial support for the event
D.) excessive heat in the heater
E.) music being under-rehearsed
music being under-rehearsed
Ludovico Einaudi learned to have "a very open way of thinking about music" from composer ____.
A.) John Cage
B.) Karlheinz Stockhausen
C.) Olivier Messiaen
D.) Luciano Berio
E.) Anton Webern
Luciano Berio
(Intro A B A B C A Coda) outlines the form of which piece?
A.) "Hermit Thrush at Morn"
B.) Ame no ki (rain tree)
C.) "Flight of the Bumblebee"
D.) "Thunderstorm"
E.) "On the Trail"
"Hermit Thrush at Morn"
Queries for two pianos and ____ won Michael Abel the "Outstanding Senior" award at his University.
A.) cello
B.) clarinet
C.) prepared piano
D.) oboe
E.) violin
prepared piano
Around what year was Schoenberg's Emancipation of the Dissonance"?
A.) 1910
B.) 1900
C.) 1930
D.) 1916
E.) 1925
1910
What was the primary reason for the creation of " What A Wonderful World?"
A.) to protest against the Vietnam War
B.) to compete with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones
C.) to show that the world really is great and full of love and sharing people
D.) to showcase Louis Armstrong's trumpet skills
E.) to commemorate Armstrong's first cornet teacher
to show that the world really is great and full of love and sharing people
(Intro- Verse- Chorus- Verse-Pre-chorus-Chorus-Outro) outlines the form of which of the following pieces?
A.) elegy for the Arctic
B.) Idioteque
C.) Feels like summer
D.) Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
E.) Big Yellow Taxi
Idioteque
Which type of electronic music is meant for home listening rather than dancing?
A.) R&B
B.) J&R
C.) EP
D.) EDM
E.) IDM
IDM
The opening "Hee-haw" of Grofe's "On the Trail" employs a ____ drop of a major seventh interval.
A.) conjuct
B.) syllabic
C.) disjunct
D.) delicato
E.) melismatic
Disjunct
In 1859, Richard Wagner wrote a music drama in which he composed a four-note dissonant harmony that does not resolve in a way that listeners expect. This harmony is nicknamed the _____ chord.
A.) Nibelungen
B.) Tristan
C.) Wagner
D.) Music Drama
E.) Ring
Tristan
All of the following are members Radiohead EXCEPT
A.) Philip Selway
B.) Colin Greenwood
C.) Paul Lansky
D.) Thomas Yorke
E.) Edwar O'Brien
Paul Lansky
From the bottom up, what kinds of thirds make up a minor triad?
A.) major, minor
B.) minor, major
C.) minor, minor
D.) minor, diminished
E.) major, major
Minor, Major
Despite Repeated Warnings used a style called symphonic rock since the song shifts through _____ different styles during the piece.
A.) three
B.) two
C.) four
D.) five
E.) six
three
The distance between any two pitches is called a(n)
A.) dynamic
B.) leap
C.) interval
D.) articulation
E.) period
Interval
What does "amplitude" measure?
A.) pitch
B.) Hz
C.) frequency
D.) speed
E.) volume
volume