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Chorus I  Final Exam

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

 1. 
Your head should be
a.
level
c.
looking down
b.
looking up     
d.
none of the above
 

 2. 
Your shoulders should be
a.
up and tense
c.
forced down
b.
relaxed
d.
all of the above
 

 3. 
folksong
a.
pause or hold
c.
music handed down for generations
b.
the end
d.
grave, solemn
 

 4. 
flat
a.
raise the pitch 1/2 step
c.
grave, solemn
b.
lower the pitch 1/2 step
d.
the end
 

 5. 
hymn
a.
pitches sounded simultaneously
c.
strict tempo
b.
lowers the pitch by 1/2 step`
d.
various stanzas sung to a melody
 

 6. 
forte (f)
a.
the melody
c.
flats and sharps
b.
loud / strong
d.
sliding scale
 

 7. 
key
a.
pause or hold
c.
pitches sounded simultaneously
b.
pitch relationship that establishes a tonal center
d.
distance between two notes
 

 8. 
harmony
a.
4 beats in a measure
c.
slow
b.
pitches sounded simultaneously
d.
4/4 time signature
 

 9. 
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
 

 10. 
fine
a.
repeat to the beginning
c.
fast tempo
b.
the end
d.
a hold
 

 11. 
accidentals
a.
symbols used to raise or lower the pitch by 1/2 step
c.
music that lacks a tonal center
b.
becoming faster
d.
fast tempo
 

 12. 
a tempo
a.
loveable
c.
absence of key
b.
faster
d.
return to the original tempo
 

 13. 
andante
a.
moderate walking pace
c.
loud
b.
becoming faster
d.
decreasing loudness
 

 14. 
augmented
a.
solo voice
c.
raising of a pitch by 1/2 step
b.
motion by half steps
d.
degrees of loudness
 

 15. 
adagio
a.
found in an opera
c.
slow, leisurely
b.
motion by half steps
d.
sharps or flats
 

 16. 
alla breve
a.
a tempo marking-quick double time
c.
to the end
b.
once more
d.
a narrative song
 

 17. 
atonal
a.
walking tempo
c.
a lullaby
b.
music that lacks a tonal center
d.
pitches sounded together
 

 18. 
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
 

 19. 
allegro con spirito
a.
fast tempo with spirit
c.
to the end
b.
slow tempo with spirit
d.
with spirit
 

 20. 
arpeggio
a.
second or lower part
c.
sixteenth notes
b.
notes of  a chord played in succession
d.
used after a repetition
 

 21. 
largo
a.
marked, stressed
c.
a long pause
b.
very slow and broad
d.
any means of writing down music
 

 22. 
motif
a.
lively, briskly
c.
strongly accented
b.
slowing down gradually
d.
a short musical idea
 

 23. 
sharp
a.
musical composition whose text is taken from the Book of Psalms
c.
the sign that indicates the raising of a given pitch by one half-step
b.
cancels a previous sharp or flat
d.
briskly
 

 24. 
leggiero
a.
the seventh degree
c.
fast
b.
stressed
d.
light (soft)
 

 25. 
phrase
a.
a single musical idea
c.
strongly accented
b.
the same as ritardando
d.
lines written above or below the staff
 

 26. 
ritardando (rit.)
a.
perform in a similar manner
c.
soft
b.
slowing down gradually
d.
little by little
 

 27. 
staccato (stacc.)
a.
strongly accented
c.
a short musical idea
b.
lively, briskly
d.
detached, crisply played
 

 28. 
natural
a.
strings are plucked
c.
raising of a given pitch
b.
very expressively
d.
cancels a previous sharp or flat
 

 29. 
notation
a.
any means of writing down music
c.
detached
b.
melodic theme
d.
fast as possible
 

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

 31. 
leading tone
a.
light (soft)
c.
slowing down gradually
b.
strings are plucked with fingers rather than bowed
d.
the seventh degree of the scale
( solfege ”ti‘ )
 

 32. 
major scale
a.
a diatonic scale
(do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do)
c.
any means of writing down music
b.
the seventh degree of the scale
d.
the voice glides through all the pitches
 

 33. 
secondo
a.
very slow and broad
c.
slowing down gradually
b.
melodic theme
d.
second or lower part
 

 34. 
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
 

 35. 
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
 

 36. 
ledger lines
a.
cancels a previous sharp or flat
c.
melodic theme
b.
lines written above or below the staff
d.
first or upper part
 

 37. 
piano (p)
a.
musical idea
c.
soft
b.
light
d.
very slow
 

 38. 
sforzando (sf or sfz)
a.
fully sustained
c.
sharp
b.
melodic theme
d.
strongly accented, forced
 

 39. 
vivace
a.
lively, briskly
c.
very soft
b.
first or upper part
d.
strings are plucked
 

 40. 
ritenuto
a.
a single musical idea
c.
melodic theme
b.
the same as ritardando but used to describe a marked reduction of tempo
d.
above or below the staff
 

 41. 
lunga
a.
musical idea
c.
upper part
b.
always
d.
a long pause
 

 42. 
simile (sim.)
a.
a single musical idea
c.
continue to perform in a similar manner
b.
very slow and broad
d.
a long pause
 

 43. 
portamento
a.
little by little
c.
detached, crisply played
b.
lively, briskly
d.
the voice glides through all the pitches
 

 44. 
pianissimo (pp)
a.
stressed
c.
a long pause
b.
very soft
d.
melodic theme
 

 45. 
How many beats does a whole note receive?
a.
one     
c.
three
b.
four     
d.
two
 

 46. 
A whole rest
a.
receives four counts
c.
takes up the entire measure
b.
does not exist
d.
receives two counts
 

 47. 
A quarter rest receives
a.
one count
c.
three counts
b.
two counts
d.
twenty-five counts
 

 48. 
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
 

 49. 
The grand staff:
a.
is used for piano music
c.
is never used
b.
consists of three staffs
d.
has a bass clef and an alto clef
 

 50. 
A measure is:
a.
One of the four spaces in a staff     
c.
three inches long
b.
the space between two bar lines
d.
used to show how long notes are
 

 51. 
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a.
b
c.
g
b.
d
d.
f
 

 52. 
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a.
g
c.
c
b.
d
d.
a
 

 53. 
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a.
f
c.
g
b.
d
d.
e
 

 54. 
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a.
a
c.
f
b.
g
d.
d
 

 55. 
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a.
c
c.
a
b.
d
d.
e
 

 56. 
2/4 time signature means
a.
there  2/4  beats in a measure
c.
there are 4 beats in a measure
b.
there are 2 beats in a measure
d.
it is half of 4/4 time
 

 57. 
What one note fills an entire measure in 2/4 time?
a.
whole
c.
dotted half
b.
quarter
d.
half
 

 58. 
A dot after a note does what?
a.
shortens the note
c.
increses it’s duration
b.
doesn’t exist
d.
makes it go faster
 

 59. 
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
 

 60. 
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
 



 
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