Appreciation Of Music - Questions and Answers

Part 1 test 1. Melody is a musical line, or the tune. 2. The term referring to the overall shape of a melody is… Contour 3. The distance between the highest and lowest pitches in a melodic line is its… Range 4. A melodic line that moves by small intervals is called… conjunct. 5. The basic unit of rhythm is the Beat 6. The number of beats in a measure determines the… meter. 7. An accented beat followed by two weak beats indicates a __________ meter. Triple 8. ________ is created when the regular accent is shifted to a weak beat or an offbeat Syncopation 9. Three or more tones sounded together produce a(n) Chord 10. A collection of pitches arranged sequentially in ascending and descending order constitutes a scale. 11. Which of the following is a true statement? Melody and harmony do not influence each other. 12. The _____ serves as home base in most Western music. Tonic 13. _______ is the principle of organization around a central tone. Tonality 14. A chord that sounds stable or restful is called Consonant 15. A combination of tones that sounds discordant or in need of resolution is called Dissonant 16. Simple harmony can be created when a melody is accompanied by a long, sustained tone called a Drone 17. In Western music, two scales have been predominant: major and minor. True 18. In Western music, the octave is divided into twelve equal half steps. 19. A scale comprised entirely of half steps is called a _________ scale. Chromatic 20. A composition in the key of G major uses harmonies formed from which scale? G major 21. Music of the Baroque and Classical eras is mostly Diatonic 22. Moving from one key center to another within a composition is called modulation