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