In music theory, what term describes the immediate restatement of a melodic or harmonic pattern at a different pitch level, usually moving stepwise up or down?
Ostinato
Imitation
Canon
Sequence
What is the main difference between a major scale and its relative natural minor scale?
Starts on the fifth note of the major
Keeps the same accidentals
Raises the 4th and 7th degrees
Uses only five different notes.
Name one opera by Benjamin Britten
Carmen
The Great Gatsby
A Streetcar Named Desire
Peter Grimes
In French diction, what is the usual pronunciation of an unaccented “e” in a word?
[ə] (schwa)
[ɛ] (open)
[e] (closed)
[o] (closed)
In Italian diction for classical singing, how are most double consonants (like ll or tt) pronounced?
Silently, letting only the vowel ring
With a slight pause and a longer, more sustained consonant s
By adding a glottal stop before the consonant
As a single quick consonant
Which world-famous Mississippi musician’s 100th birthday would have been this year??
B. B. King
How many main types of minor scales are commonly used in Western classical music? Name them
4 - Blues, Pentatonic, Dorian, Phrygian
2 - Dorian and Phrygian
3 — the natural, harmonic, melodic
List the Binary Forms
Simple, Rounded, Balanced
The Classical era in Western music emphasized clarity, balance, and ______.
Form
Emotion
Improvisation
Dissonance
Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven are key composers of the Classical era. True/False
True
Which opera features the “Habanera” aria?
Rigoletto
Carmen
The Marriage of Figaro
La Bohème
What is the main difference between a major scale and its relative melodic minor scale?
Lowers the 3rd, 6th, and 7th degrees
Raises the 6th and 7th degrees by a half step when ascending
Starts on the fifth note of the major scale
Uses only five different notes
Which composer wrote “Gretchen am Spinnrade”?
Richard Wagner
Robert Schumann
Franz Schubert
Arnold Schoenberg
Franz Schubert’s music belongs to which historical period of Western classical music?
Baroque
Modern
Classical
Romantic
What are the four types of triads
Major, Minor, Diminished, and Augmented
What is the main difference between a major scale and its relative harmonic minor scale?
Lowers the 3rd and 6th degrees and also lowers the 7th.
Uses only five different notes
Starts on the fifth note of the major scale
Raises the 7th pitch/degree
What famous song can help you identify an ascending perfect 4th?
Here Comes the Bride
When a singer produces a higher pitch, what do the vocal folds do?
They shorten and loosen
They lengthen and tighten
They thicken and relax
They stop vibrating altogether
What is the solfege for a lydian scale?
do re mi fi sol la ti do
Which describes rounded binary form?
B ends with A’s opening material
Continuous improv
Two sections, no return
ABA three-part
What does the German word “Lied” mean in English?
Song
Which laryngeal cartilage takes its name from the Greek word for “shield”?
Arytenoid cartilage
Cricoid cartilage
Epiglottis
Thyroid cartilage