Music Theory
What is the key signature for a piece played in D-Flat major?
(A) No flats or sharps
(B) 3 flats
(C) 5 flats
(D) 7 flats
What is C (5 flats)?
During which historical period did Beethoven primarily compose?
(A) Classical
(B) Baroque
(C) Romantic
(D) Renaissance
What is A and/or C (Classical and Romantic)?
Beethoven composed during the transitional period between classical and early romantic.
What interval does the clarinet overblow when the register key is used?
(A) Fourth
(B) Octave
(C) Tenth
(D) Twelfth
What is the name of this musical symbol, commonly drawn as two slashes, it symbolizes a musical break in the music at the end of a phrase:
//
(A) Fermata
(B) Caesura
(C) Crotchet
(D) Sesquiflat
What is B (Caesura)?
Which percussive roll is used primarily in marching styled percussion (Marching Band)?
(A) Closed Roll
(B) Single Stroke Roll
(C) Open Roll
(D) Multiple Bounce Roll
What is C (Open Roll, aka Double Stroke Roll)?
Which of the following modes has a major tonic triad?
(A) Aeolian
(B) Phrygian
(C) Mixolydian
(D) Dorian
What is C (Mixolydian)?
Which composer is known for the "Brandenburg Concertos"?
(A) Beethoven
(B) JS Bach
(C) Mozart
(D) Bruno Mars
What is B (Who is JS Bach)?
Which of the following is an appropriate instrument-care objective for beginning string orchestra
students to master?
(A) Loosening the hair on the bow before returning it to the case
(B) Loosening the tuning pegs on the instrument before returning it to the case
(C) Wiping the rosin from the bow hair before returning it to the case
(D) Putting rosin on the bow before returning it to the case
What is A (Loosening the hair on the bow before returning it to the case)?
What is the term for polyphony based on the same thematic material?
(A) Non-imitative polyphony
(B) Polyphonic texture
(C) Counterpoint
(D) Imitative polyphony
What is D (Imitative polyphony)?
Which is generally NOT true of a march?
(A) It has a lively, "upbeat" accompaniment
(B) It is written in 2/4 time
(C) It should feature slowed-down tempos when playing dynamics
(D) It has an independent bass line
What is C (It should feature slowed-down tempos when playing dynamics)?
DAILY DOUBLE:
Name all of the seven church modes in their given order (from memory this time)
What is...
Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian.
DAILY DOUBLE:
Which of the following ballets was written by Aaron Copland?
(A) Swan Lake
(B) Romeo and Juliet
(C) The Rite of Spring
(D) Appalachian Sprin
What is D (Appalachian Sprin)?
Which of the following is most typically an objective of sectional rehearsals?
(A) Help students who are having difficulty learning their parts
(B) Help students in dealing with stage fright
(C) Address issues of poor ensemble blend
(D) Address passages in which the ensemble overpowers soloists
What is A (help students who are having difficulty learning their parts)?
Which of the following music terms is best described as an ornament, or embellishment, in which the performed note is first brushed--as in a flam--by the note just above it, before playing that note for almost its entire value?
(A) Acciaccatura
(B) Appoggiatura
(C) Upper Mordent
(D) Tremolo
What is A (Acciaccatura)?
Which of the following is the most likely cause of faulty intonation by singers in a high school choir?
(A) Inadequate rehearsal time
(B) Unsupported tone
(C) Singing in a foreign language
(D) Lack of an instrumental accompaniment
What is B (Unsupported tone)?
Which chord does not act with pre-dominant function?
(A) IV
(B) German Augmented 6th
(C) I
(D) N6
What is C (I Chord)?
Which of the following lists the musical genres in the correct chronological order of their development?
(A) Motet, string quartet, opera, symphonic poem
(B) Motet, opera, string quartet, symphonic poem
(C) Opera, motet, string quartet, symphonic poem
(D) Opera, symphonic poem, motet, string quartet
What is B (Motet, opera, string quartet, symphonic poem)?
Performance parts for which TWO of the following instruments are normally written at concert pitch?
(A) Bassoon
(B) Piccolo
(C) English horn
(D) Alto saxophone
(E) Violin
What is A and E (Piccolo and Violin)?
What term means that a part or section must be played or may be omitted, depending on the historical context of the music?
(A) Obbligato
(B) Divisi
(C) Cantabile
(D) Pastorale
Which of the following composers has written most extensively for YOUNG bands?
(A) Karel Husa
(B) Anne McGinty
(C) John Philip Sousa
(D) Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
What is B (Anne McGinty)?
The others have also written for winds, but largely for advanced-level ensembles.
What is A#, C#, E#, G#?
Reggae music originated in which Caribbean nation in the 1960's?
(A) Barbuda
(B) Cuba
(C) Antigua
(D) Jamaica
What is D (Jamaica)?
The National Core Arts Standards are organized around four artistic processes: (1) Creating, (2)
Performing/Presenting/Producing, (3) Responding, and (4) Connecting. According to the standards,
how is “Connecting” defined?
(A) Relating artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external context
(B) Understanding and evaluating how the arts convey meaning
(C) Realizing artistic ideas and work through interpretation and presentation
(D) Communicating artistic ideas using multimedia works
What is A (Relating artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external context)?
What tempo is associated with approximately 60-76 bpm?
(A) Adagio
(B) Largo
(C) Andante
(D) Moderato
What is A (Adagio)?
(A) Straight Mute
(B) Wah-wah mute
(C) Bucket Mute
(D) Plunger Mute
What is B (Wah-Wah Mute)?