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Advanced Chorus Final Exam

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 
folksong
a.
pause or hold
c.
music handed down for generations
b.
the end
d.
grave, solemn
 

 2. 
flat
a.
raise the pitch 1/2 step
c.
grave, solemn
b.
lower the pitch 1/2 step
d.
the end
 

 3. 
hymn
a.
pitches sounded simultaneously
c.
strict tempo
b.
lowers the pitch by 1/2 step`
d.
various stanzas sung to a melody
 

 4. 
key
a.
pause or hold
c.
pitches sounded simultaneously
b.
pitch relationship that establishes a tonal center
d.
distance between two notes
 

 5. 
grave
a.
solemn
c.
raise the pitch
b.
a hold
d.
faster
 

 6. 
harmony
a.
4 beats in a measure
c.
slow
b.
pitches sounded simultaneously
d.
4/4 time signature
 

 7. 
key signature
a.
fast tempo
c.
cancels a natural sign
b.
slow down at the end of the song
d.
sharps or flats at the beginning of each staff
 

 8. 
interval
a.
distance between two notes
c.
fast tempo
b.
high note
d.
a hold
 

 9. 
dynamics
a.
repeat from the sign
c.
the degrees of loudness
b.
singing
d.
a lullaby
 

 10. 
diminished
a.
a  hymn
c.
loudness in a musical work
b.
lowered
d.
3 or more pitches
 

 11. 
decrescendo
a.
sounded simultaneously
c.
cantabile
b.
degrees
d.
decreasing loudness
 

 12. 
chorale
a.
a  hymn of the Protestant Church
c.
lowered
b.
dolce
d.
motion by half steps
 

 13. 
berceuse
a.
decreasing loudness
c.
simultaneously
b.
a lullaby
d.
repeat
 

 14. 
ballad
a.
degrees of loudness
c.
a strophic, narrative song
b.
the melody
d.
Protestant Church
 

 15. 
cantabile
a.
a lullaby
c.
narrative song
b.
singable; singing
d.
lowered
 

 16. 
D.S. or dal segno
a.
motion
c.
strophic
b.
repeat from the beginning
d.
repeat from the sign
 

 17. 
dolce
a.
dal segno
c.
Da Capo
b.
ballad
d.
sweetly
 

 18. 
amabile
a.
absence of key
c.
becoming faster
b.
slow, leisurely
d.
sweet, loveable
 

 19. 
aria
a.
symbol used to raise the pitch
c.
composition for solo voice
b.
return to the original tempo
d.
lower the pitch
 

 20. 
accelerando
a.
slow, leisurely
c.
loud
b.
becoming faster
d.
sweetly
 

 21. 
andante
a.
moderate walking pace
c.
loud
b.
becoming faster
d.
decreasing loudness
 

 22. 
atonal
a.
walking tempo
c.
a lullaby
b.
music that lacks a tonal center
d.
pitches sounded together
 

 23. 
ancora meno mosso
a.
a strict tempo
c.
once more but a little faster
b.
fast tempo with spirit
d.
once more but a little slower
 

 24. 
arpeggio
a.
second or lower part
c.
sixteenth notes
b.
notes of  a chord played in succession
d.
used after a repetition
 

 25. 
motif
a.
lively, briskly
c.
strongly accented
b.
slowing down gradually
d.
a short musical idea
 

 26. 
primo
a.
very expressively
c.
lively, briskly
b.
in a similar manner
d.
first or upper part
 

 27. 
leggiero
a.
the seventh degree
c.
fast
b.
stressed
d.
light (soft)
 

 28. 
rubato
a.
a diatonic scale
c.
describes a song
b.
making the music flexible by accelerating and slowing down the tempo
d.
a musical composition whose text is taken from the Book of Psalms
 

 29. 
ritardando (rit.)
a.
perform in a similar manner
c.
soft
b.
slowing down gradually
d.
little by little
 

 30. 
sotto voce
a.
second or lower part
c.
soft voice
b.
musical idea
d.
fully sustained
 

 31. 
secondo
a.
very slow and broad
c.
slowing down gradually
b.
melodic theme
d.
second or lower part
 

 32. 
ossia
a.
lines written above or below the staff
c.
first or upper part
b.
no separation between notes
d.
an easier to perform alternative musical passage
 

 33. 
psalm
a.
a musical composition whose text is taken from the Book of Psalms
c.
making the music flexible by accelerating
b.
light (soft)
d.
the sign
 

 34. 
rallentando (rall.)
a.
cancels a previous sharp or flat
c.
alternative musical passage
b.
slowing down; the same as ritardando
d.
the seventh degree of the scale
 

 35. 
sempre
a.
always
c.
a long pause
b.
little by little
d.
very slow and broad
 

 36. 
sforzando (sf or sfz)
a.
fully sustained
c.
sharp
b.
melodic theme
d.
strongly accented, forced
 

 37. 
strophic
a.
a musical composition whose text is taken from the Book of Psalms
c.
describes a song where the stanzas are all sung to the same music
b.
quickly
d.
fully sustained
 

 38. 
vivace
a.
lively, briskly
c.
very soft
b.
first or upper part
d.
strings are plucked
 

 39. 
lunga
a.
musical idea
c.
upper part
b.
always
d.
a long pause
 

 40. 
simile (sim.)
a.
a single musical idea
c.
continue to perform in a similar manner
b.
very slow and broad
d.
a long pause
 

 41. 
portamento
a.
little by little
c.
detached, crisply played
b.
lively, briskly
d.
the voice glides through all the pitches
 

 42. 
legato
a.
smoothly, with no separation between notes
c.
an easier to perform alternative musical passage
b.
slowing down
d.
the voice glides through all the pitches
 

 43. 
pianissimo (pp)
a.
stressed
c.
a long pause
b.
very soft
d.
melodic theme
 

 44. 
The names of the bass clef lines are:
a.
F A C E                       
c.
G B D F A
b.
E G B D F
d.
A C E G
 

 45. 
The names of the bass clef spaces are
a.
F A C E
c.
G B D F A
b.
A C E G
d.
E G B D F
 

 46. 
How many beats does a whole note receive?
a.
one     
c.
three
b.
four     
d.
two
 

 47. 
How many beats does a quarter note receive?
a.
one
c.
three
b.
four
d.
two
 

 48. 
What does a rest indicate?
a.
sound
c.
silence
b.
there is no such thing as a rest
d.
play right hand only
 

 49. 
A quarter rest receives
a.
one count
c.
three counts
b.
two counts
d.
twenty-five counts
 

 50. 
The top number of a time signature tells you?
a.
how many quarter notes are in the song
c.
what note gets a beat
b.
which pitch gets one count
d.
how many beats per measure
 

 51. 
A leger line:
a.
never has a note in it
c.
does not exist
b.
Divides the staff into measures for the notes
d.
is used for notes above and below the staff
 

 52. 
If a note is between two lines, it is:
a.
a line note
c.
a space note
b.
wrong
d.
not a note
 

 53. 
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a.
b
c.
g
b.
d
d.
f
 

 54. 
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a.
e
c.
a
b.
c
d.
d
 

 55. 
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a.
d
c.
c
b.
b
d.
f
 

 56. 
The bottom number of the time signature tells you?
a.
how many beats in a measure
c.
what kind of note gets 2 beats
b.
what day of the week it is
d.
what kind of note gets the beat
 

 57. 
3/4 time signature means
a.
there are 3 beats in a measure
c.
there are 3/4 beats in a measure
b.
there are 2 beats in a measure
d.
3/4 time does not exist
 

 58. 
A tie is a curved line that
a.
joins two notes of the same pitch
c.
is something you wear
b.
joins two notes of different pitches
d.
joins many notes together
 

 59. 
A quarter note and a dotted half note tied together sounds like which note?
a.
double dotted half note
c.
dotted half played twice
b.
half note
d.
whole note
 

 60. 
When you slur notes
a.
you play them short and choppy
c.
you don’t do anything special
b.
you smoothly connect them
d.
you hold them for a long time
 



 
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