SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
CSET Domain 2 Performing Arts Music
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
cset
,
performing-arts
,
music
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Reading and writing music - For example - using memorization to understand time signatures would not produce the same benefits as if the students participated in playing or singing
Musical analysis
Translative skills
Elements of music notation
Tone
2. The sound produced by an individual instrument or singer - Each family of instruments and type of instrument is distinct from all others
Staff
Style of music
Tone
Polyphonic style
3. The symbol at the beginning of each staff indicating the pitch or the range of sounds that should be played
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
Lyre
Clef
Woodwinds
4. Hearing the sounds of music - Children engage in attentive listening and further develop aural acuity - This means that children must be able to hear and reproduce the tones of music in their minds when no sound is actually being produced
Oboe and bassoon
Auditory skills
Harp and guitar
Chamber music
5. Most marches are performed at a rate of ____ beats per minute
Musical intrument categories used by symphony orchestras
Clef
120
Strings
6. Auditory skills - Translative skills - Creative skills - Performance skills - Singing - Playing instruments - Body movement - Conducting - Musical analysis
Notation
Classroom expectations for music education
Famous classical era musicians
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
7. Polyphonic emphasis on harmony (in which two or more notes are sounded simultaneously as in a chord); sacred (liturgical - such as masses); secular (madrigals/songs)
Clarinet - saxophone - oboe - and bassoon
Rhythm
Chromatic scale
Musical styles/elements of the Renaissance Era
8. Use a double reed made of two pieces joined together
Fugue
Simple rondo
Playing instruments
Oboe and bassoon
9. A way to measure rhythmic units - It is noted at the beginning of a composition and looks like a mathematical fraction - The top number denotes the number of beats in a measure and the bottom number denotes what type of note will receive the beat
Time signature/meter
Romantic Period (1820-1900) Opera
Modern era music
Cello and double bass
10. Verdi (Italy) - Wagner (Germany); themes from literature and folk tales; very popular
Chord
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Romantic Period (1820-1900) Opera
Musical instruments
11. An ancient harp
Oboe and bassoon
Lyre
Elements of music
A classical symphony
12. Produce sound through breath as the vibrations from the players' lips buzz against a metal - cup - shaped mouthpiece
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
Brass
Cello and double bass
Intonation
13. ABABA
Violin and viola
Classroom expectations for music education
Simple rondo
Lower
14. The Church dominated society for most of the era (900 years); sacred music was the most prevalent (liturgical) - Musical notation originally consisted of just the pitch of the notes; notated rhythm was added at the end of the 12th century
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
Lied
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
Cello and double bass
15. Several notes sounded together
Chord
Modern era music
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
Italian terms that define tempo
16. The combination of tones that produces a quality of relaxation
Music notation
Note values
Consonance
Strings
17. Each note has a specific duration represented by a solid black or hollow oval shape - Some have flags and others have stems attached representing different values
Symphony orchestra's string section
Note values
Harmony
Consonance
18. Opera (staged dramatic vocal music and entertainment) - orchestra - ballet - and sonata (solo instrument with accompaniment)
A classical symphony
Strings
Musical styles/elements of the Renaissance Era
Musical Developments of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
19. Presto: very fast - Allegro: fast - Moderato: moderate - Adagio: slow - Largo: very slow
Song form
Italian terms that define tempo
Singing
Romantic Period (1820-1900) Opera
20. A work - usually identified by a number
Measure
Musical analysis
Consonance
Opus
21. Even young children can experience elements of music through conducting speech chants - involving changes in tempo - dynamics - pitch - and so forth - Conducting fosters sensitivity to musical expression
Mood
Clarinet and saxophone
Lyre
Conducting
22. The first beat of a bar is typically a _______ beat - It is typified by a waltz in 3/4 time
Strong
Harmony
Style of music
Lied
23. Refers to the unique sound and style of a composer - culture - country - or period in history - Compositions created around the same time period often have similar styles based upon the historical influences from that era
Polyphonic style
Middle Ages/Medieval (500-1400)
Style of music
Dynamics
24. Orchestra gained in importance; increasing use of flutes and oboes; string and wind sections developed; by the 1800s - trombones were introduced; refinement of sonata (instrumental music with a soloist and standard structure for opening movement); de
Violin and viola
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
Energy - aggression - or vitality
Auditory skills
25. Heavily ornate style; counterpoint (technique of combining several melodic lines into a meaningful whole); melodic line; emphasis on contrast and volume; imitative polyphony (many - sounding melodic lines are presented by one voice or instrument and
Scale
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Harp and guitar
Chord
26. Two or more melodic lines - appeared at the end of the 12th century
Harp and guitar
Polyphonic style
Cello and double bass
Elements of music
27. Students should compare their listening and playing exercises - Students should be encouraged to verbalize their musical analysis
Tone
Elements of music notation
Time signature/meter
Musical analysis
28. Moving to music is a learned skill that promotes acuity of perceptions - A wide range of music and modes should be used
Pitch
Clef
Body movement
Musical styles/elements of the Renaissance Era
29. A type of German song
Oboe and bassoon
Lied
Modern era music
Middle Ages/Medieval (500-1400)
30. Dynamics - Harmony - Pitch - Rhythm - Tempo - Tone - Timbre
Elements of music
Motif
Timbre
Staff
31. The volume or intensity of a tone - Music can be played loudly (forte) or softly (piano)
Dynamics
Symphony
Tempo
Energy - aggression - or vitality
32. Formed by barlines (vertical lines on the staff) and contains a set number of beats as determined by the time signature
Measure
Brass
Harmony
Musical intrument categories used by symphony orchestras
33. Middle Ages/Medieval Music style - named after Pope Gregory I - was a melody set to sacred Latin texts. This monophonic style music (one melodic line and no accompaniment) was the official music of the Roman Catholic church
Gregorian chant
Second rondo
Auditory skills
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
34. A musical form whose main feature is the return of the main theme - which alternates with secondary themes
Opus
Rondo
Chromatic scale
Vibration
35. Historical themes: the end of feudalism; a new concept of humanism; rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture and ideals; art and music for their own sake; scientific advances; the age of patronage - Instrumental dance music developed: music and
Dissonance
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
Clef
Tone
36. The pattern of musical movement through time - What makes music move and flow - Measured in units of time and organized by sets or patterns that can be repeated - The way sounds beat within different lengths and accents that combine into patterns
Tone
Rhythm
Piano - harpsichord - and organ
Movement
37. Ttwo other string instruments that are not considered part of the string section of the orchestra; they are often plucked rather than bowed
Second rondo
Harp and guitar
6 broad categories of musical instruments
Dynamics
38. The unique tonal quality of a musical sound - The tone 'color' - It could be described as bright - shrill - brittle - or light; or it could be dull - harsh - forceful - or dark - makes one instrument sound different from another
Chord
Elements of music notation
Creative skills
Timbre
39. When you play several different notes at the same time on a piano - you are using harmony - You can change how music sounds by...
changing the harmony
Oboe and bassoon
Conducting
Rhythm
40. Includes any instrument that produces a sound when it is being hit - shaken - rubbed - or scraped - e.g. tambourine - maracas - castanets - claves - xylophone - timpani - cymbals - gong - triangle - bass drum - chimes - celesta - bells - wood block -
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
Chamber music
Percussion
Syncopation
41. String instruments are usually played with a bow - but they may also be plucked (________)
Pizzicato
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
120
Musical instruments
42. The combination of tones that produces a quality of tension
Dissonance
Timpani
Creative skills
Tone
43. Puccini (Italian) and his operas Madama Butterfly and La Boh
Modern era music
Movement
Chamber music
Romantic Period (1820-1900) Opera
44. Make higher - pitched sounds - small in size
Consonance
Tempo
Violin and viola
Middle Ages/Medieval (500-1400)
45. Tempo is an important component to change the expressiveness of character and ____ of the musical composition
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
Sonata
Mood
Notation
46. The organization of sound in time
Music
Elements of music
Pitch changes
Oboe and bassoon
47. Instrument playing aids in understanding the concepts of sound - pitch - rhythm - and so on
Oboe and bassoon
Playing instruments
Chord
Strong
48. Rebellion; unique sounds; usage of technology; electronic; difficult to quantify; nationalism; folk idiom was prevalent (e.g. - in Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody - Coplan's Appalachian Spring); widening gap between 'art' and popular music (Beatles) - Pol
Violin and viola
Pizzicato
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
49. A major orchestral piece with solo voices and chorus
Oratorio
Tempo
A classical symphony
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
50. Rhythm is a steady pulse (___) - but it can also have different kinds of ____s (i.e. - some stronger or longer)
Gregorian chant
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Beat
Measure