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MUS-101 Midterm
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Of all animals, human beings have the largest brains in relation to the size of their bodies. | True |
| Human beings are the only animals on the planet that employ “music” and “language,” and it is this characteristic that separates us from all other species. | True |
| Both language and music have ________, an orderly system of arrangement of sounds. | syntax |
| Music processing is more isolated than language processing (that is to say, fewer brain regions are involved). | False |
| When someone engages with music, there is activity all over the brain: in both hemispheres, in all four lobes, in the cerebellum, and in the brain stem. | True |
| The clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship is known as | Music Therapy |
| A certified music teacher can practice music therapy in the classroom | False |
| There is no correlation (relationship) between studying music and earning higher grades in other subject areas. | False |
| We know that humans were creating music long before history began to be recorded because of prehistoric _______ found across the world. | Bone Flutes |
| All humans are born with some level of music _______, which is the ease and speed with which your brain processes certain kinds of information. | Aptitude |
| Which musical element deals with the "time" aspect of music? | rhythm |
| In music, the pulse is the most varied of all rhythms. | False |
| What word best describes the speed of a piece of music? | tempo |
| What is the downbeat? | The strongest pulse in each phrase of music |
| The _______ refers to how high or low a note is. | pitch |
| The ________ is the main part of any song... it's the part of the music that is usually the most recognizable and/or the one that might get stuck in your head. | melody |
| This word describes the differences in why my voice is probably different than yours, or why a piano does not sound the same as a trumpet. | Timbre |
| The "form" is the system of categorization we use for music. | False |
| A jazz musician that makes up a solo on the spot is using _________________ in their music | improvisation |
| Music's emotional quality is subjective. | True |
| The composer who wrote the score for the Star Wars trilogy | John Williams |
| Session Musician | plays music for television and film soundtracks |
| Technique of assigning a unique theme to a character,object, etc... in drama | Leitmotif |
| This composer wrote The Valkyrie | Richard Wagner |
| This composer wrote The Planets | Gustav Holst |
| The Rite of Spring was a(n) _____________ | Ballet |
| When a composer uses "underscoring" in a film... | The characters in the film can not hear nor are they aware of the music. |
| Ragtime music uses a steady rhythm with the left hand and a ____________ rhythm with the right handight hand | syncopated |
| This famous piece may have caused a riot at its premier | The Rite of Spring |
| The composer that wrote the music for the first Harry Potter movie, and Jurassic Park. | John Williams |
| The Composer of Hamilton found that _____________ music was very useful because he could fit more words into a shorter span of time. | rap |
| The Composer of Hamilton found that _____________ music was very useful because he could fit more words into a shorter span of time. | rap |
| Lin-Manuel Miranda employed a technique that uses musical sounds to signify hidden meanings in a music work. That technique is called ___________. | allegory |
| The composer of Hamilton wrote music and created a visual presentation intended to represent America in the current age. | True |
| Some of the happiest and most tuneful music in the show Hamilton is sung by the British King George. This fact is noteworthy because: | The text is sometimes disturbing and does not match the "happy" music |
| Claudio Monteverdi wrote the oldest known opera to still be performed on a regular basis. What is it? | Orpheus |
| Ornamentation in opera is when the singer adds extra notes to embellish what is actually written down in the musical score. | True |
| What is the best definition of libretto? | The text of a sung drama |
| What age did Mozart compose and premier his first opera? | 13 |
| Which of these famous Mozart Operas has the characters Tamino, Sarastro, and the Queen of the Night? | The Magic Flute |
| Which of these was not a ballet that Tchaikovsky composed the music for? | Cinderella |
| A song cycle tells a story over the course of _________________ | multiple songs |
| What we we probably call it today if a singer/songwriter wanted to do a (or achieve the same results as a) song cycle? | concept album |
| The album Lemonade by Beyonce, while entertaining, is not a good modern example of a song cycle | False |
| In the Vienna of Schubert’s time, music lovers supported an economy of small, in-home concerts known as: | salons |
| Which themes which were very popular in the Fine Arts of the Romantic era do you find in Schubert’s Lovely Maid of the Mill? | Love and Suicide |
| Which of the following best describes strophic songs? | each stanza of text is set to the same music |
| The term ballad comes from the french word meaning to ____________ | dance |
| Bobbie Gentry presented Capitol Records a _______________ to show off her songwriting skills. But it was so good they hired her as a singer | demo recording |
| Which of the folowing best describes prosody? | the meter of poetry |
| The _____________ caste were members of the Mandika people of West Africa with the important task of reciting history through song | Jali |
| creating imitation of real-world sounds | Mimesis |
| The incorporation of a passage of existing music into a new composition | Quotation |
| What is instrumental music that tells a story? | Program Music |
| What were audiences of the Romantic era fascinated by? | Personal lives of artists |
| "Music for Music's sake" | Absolute Music |
| Who wrote Fantastical Symphony | Hector Berlioz |
| What is Fantastical Symphony about? | a musician who becomes obsessed with a woman and overdoses on opium |
| Mussorgsky and his colleagues were known as ___________________ | The Mighty Handful |
| What was Pictures at an Exhibition composed for? | Solo Piano |
| Concerto | a work for a solo instrumentalist with orchestral accompaniment |
| What was Vivaldi's primary instrument? | Violin |
| Which one of Vivaldi's four seasons is featured in this lesson? | Spring |
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