Aural Skills
Music Theory/Composition
Music History/Culture
Vocal/Instrumental Techniques
Classroom Management/Technique/Etc
100

LISTENING: What is this interval?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n4iSYTZUNE

Major 6th

100

What is the most common/simple chord progression within Western European Music?

I V I

100

Where did the jazz genre originate? When?(Specific location/decades)

New Orleans, Louisiana

1890s-1920s (Popularized)

100

How many valves does a trumpet have?

3 Valves



100

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)

The educational standards for the class within the grade level. (TEKS; NAfME)
200
Name the scale (modal, pentatonic, whole tones, major, minor, etc.)


Phrygian Scale
200

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)

200

What genre/pieces was Robert Schumann known for?


Romantic Genre

Character Pieces

200

Name TWO body parts used in vocal technique

Larynx

Pharynx

Vocal Folds/Chords

Diaphragm

200

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

300

Name the meter of this song (simple/compound, duple/triple)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5GkgVhFeZY


 Compound Duple (6/8)

300

List 6 of the Modal Scales

Phrygian

Aeolian

Dorian

Mixolydian

Ionian

Lydian

Locrian

300

What is the time period this piece was written in?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhHcty9OM-0

Eroica Symphony- Ludwig Van Beethoven

1804

300

Name the two right hand techniques (both proper and improper names) on stringed instruments (Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass)


Pizzicato "Plucking"

Arco "Bowing"

300

Define Summative Assessment

to evaluate student learning at the end of an instructional unit by comparing it against a standard

400

SIGHT SINGING EXERCISE

Each missed note/rhythm -12 pts

Whatever I told u

400

How many whole tone collections are there, and what are their names?


WT0

WT1

400

In what decade (or part of century) was 12-tone series created/popularized?

Bonus: Who introduced 12-tone theory?

In 1923, Arnold Schoenberg introduced the 12-tone technique.
400
What are Percussion Rudiments, and how many are within the American standard?

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.

400

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.

500

SIGHT RHYTHM EXERCISE


Each missed rhythm -20

Whatever I said lol

500

Define Interval Cycle

A cycle of notes that move consistently by any fixed interval from note to note

500

What type of chant was the most influential to music within the medieval/renaissance period?

Gregorian Chant

500

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!

500

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