Music Chapters 7 and 8

Dynamics determine the ______________ at which music is played.
Select one:
a. volume
b. rate of speed
c. venue

volume

Gradually getting softer in music is best indicated by which term in the score?

Select one:
a. ritardando
b. crescendo
c. diminuendo

c. diminuendo

If a composer wants to indicate despair in a piece of music, which of the following tempos would be appropriate?

Select one:
a. grave
b. presto
c. allegro

grave

If a composer wants to indicate tempo precisely, a ____________ indication is given in the score.

Select one:
a. crescendo
b. beats per minute
c. dynamic marking

beats per minute

If the music is gradually speeding up, the term used to describe this is:

Select one:
a. accelerando.
b. diminuendo.
c. a tempo

accelerando

Returning to the original pace after the music has either sped up or slowed down is best indicated by what marking in the score?

Select one:
a. a tempo
b. accelerando
c. non troppo

a tempo

Tempo refers to:
Select one:
a. the time signature of a piece of music.
b. the rate of speed at which a piece of music is played.
c. the volume level at which a piece of music is played

b. the rate of speed at which a piece of music is played.

The perceived volume of a musical sound is referred to as its _______.
Select one:
a. frequency
b. dynamic
c. tempo

dynamic

The pianissimo dynamic is indicated by the abbreviation:
Select one:
a. p.
b. pp.
c. mp

pp

Which dynamic marking indicates to the performer to play gradually louder?

Select one:
a. sforzando
b. diminuendo
c. crescendo

crescendo

Which of the following abbreviations indicate a moderate dynamic level?
Select one:
a. pp
b. ff
c. f
d. mf

mf

Which of the following does NOT indicate a fast tempo?
Select one:
a. vivace
b. grave
c. presto
d. allegro

grave

Which of the following does NOT indicate a slow tempo?
Select one:
a. vivace
b. grave
c. largo
d. adagio

vivace

Which of the following indicate a fast tempo?

Select one:
a. vivace
b. grave
c. andante

vivace

Which of the following terms means "getting faster"?
Select one:
a. accelerando
b. crescendo
c. ritardando

accelerando

Which of the following terms means "getting slower"?
Select one:
a. accelerando
b. crescendo
c. ritardando

ritardando

Which term indicates that a piece should be performed very loudly?

Select one:
a. mezzo forte
b. fortissimo
c. presto

fortissimo

Composers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries used even fewer expression marks than their predecessors.
Select one:
True
False

false

Composers utilize tempo and dynamics to achieve expression.
Select one:
True
False

true

Tempo and dynamic markings are usually given in French.
Select one:
True
False

False

Scat-singing is usually found in what style of music?

Select one:
a. country
b. classical .
c. jazz
d. heavy metal

jazz

Sometimes a composer will collaborate with a ____________ who writes the words of the song.

Select one:
a. lyricist
b. pianist
c. conductor
d. novelist

lyricist

The lyrics "fa la la la la" are considered:
Select one:
a. German
b. nonlexical
c. French
d. English

non lexical

What is another word for "refrain"?
Select one:
a. chorus
b. stanza
c. strophe

chorus

What is another word for "stanza"?
Select one:
a. chorus
b. refrain
c. strophe

strophe

When the music captures the meaning of the text being sung it is called _____.
Select one:
a. melismatic
b. word-painting
c. chorus
d. secular

word painting

Which of the following best describes the setting of many notes to a syllable?
Select one:
a. syllabic
b. neumatic
c. melismatic

melismatic

Which of the following describes words and music that recur after every stanza?
Select one:
a. nonlexical
b. scat-singing
c. vocalise
d. refrain

refrain

Which of the following terms describes religious or spiritual music?
Select one:
a. sacred
b. secular
c. vernacular
d. strophic

sacred

Which of the following terms does NOT describe the number of notes given to each syllable of text?
Select one:
a. strophic
b. syllabic
c. neumatic
d. melismatic

strophic

A song in which each syllable receives only one note is called syllabic text setting.

Select one:
True
False

true

All songs contain actual sung words.
Select one:
True
False

false

All terms and concepts translate clearly from language to language.
Select one:
True
False

false

Handel’s Messiah contains examples of syllabic, neumatic, and melismatic text setting.
Select one:
True
False

true

In strophic songs, the same music is repeated for each stanza of the text.
Select one:
True
False

true

Secular music is often sung in the language of the people performing it.
Select one:
True
False

true

The text of a song may help to organize a tune’s srtucture.
Select one:
True
False

true

The word song refers to any piece of music.
Select one:
True
False

false

The words of a poem, especially when sung, only have a literal meaning.
Select one:
True
False

false