Chapter 9- Notating Pitches and Intervals

Noteheads are placed on either lines or spaces on the staff to represent different pitches.

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True
False

True

The system of parallel lines and spaces used to write music is called notation.

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True
False

False

In the Western music tradition, a note symbol (i.e., its shape) indicates duration.

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False

True

Successive lines and spaces from top to bottom of the staff represent successively lower pitches.

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False

True

In musical notation, pitch is indicated exclusively by:

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The shape of the notes on the staff
The position of notes on the lines and spaces of the staff
The position of the symbol on the pitch
The length of each line and space on the staff

The position of notes on the lines and spaces of the staff

Certain noteheads can only be placed on staff lines.

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False

False

Staff notation was so perfectly conceived from the beginning, that the standard in most Western music traditions has always been staff notation.

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False

False

A note at the bottom of the staff has a higher pitch than a note at the top of the staff.

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False

False

Each line and space on the staff represents a different:

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Timbre
Pitch
Level of volume
Duration

Pitch

The staff is a system of:

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Five lines and five spaces
Five lines and six spaces
Five lines and four spaces
Four lines and four spaces

Five lines and four spaces

The distance between two pitches is called a/an ______

interval

Which of the following is a true statement?

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Interval is the name of a particular octave size
A synonym for distance is octave
The fifth is a kind of octave
Octave is the name of a particular interval size

Octave is the name of a particular interval size

The interval between D and the next G above that D, is called a:

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Fourth
Third
Octave
Fifth

Fourth

The descending interval between A and F is a:

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Fourth
Fifth
Third
Second

Fourth

When calculating intervals, both the start and end notes should be included in the count.

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False

True

The two tones of an octave vibrate at the same frequency rate.

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False

False

Descending intervals are calculated differently from ascending ones.

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False

False

The two notes of an octave sound exactly the same due to the simple relationship of their frequencies.

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False

False

Ascending and descending intervals are calculated:

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Differently because one goes upwards and the other downwards
Exactly the same
Taking into account white and black keys.
Carefully considering ascending or descending frequencies

Exactly the same

The distance between D and A (above that D) is a:

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Sixth
Fourth
Third
Fifth

Fifth