Music Theory Exam 2020

Section I: Multiple-Choice Questions 1. Which of the following is played? (A) (B) (C) (D) Pitch pattern, played twice. 2. Which of the following is played? (A) (B) ## 6 & 8 2020 00762-143-CED-Music-Theory_Exam Information.indd 218 3/28/19 11:17 AM (C) (D) ## 6 & 8 # & # 68 Rhythm pattern, played twice. Questions 3-8 are based on an excerpt from a sonata for horn and piano. Listen to the first part of the excerpt four times and answer Questions 3-5. Then, listen to the middle part of the excerpt twice and answer Question 6. Finally, listen to the entire excerpt twice and answer Questions 7-8. Before listening to the first part for the first time, please read Questions 3-5. 3. The opening ascending interval played by the horn is a (A) fourth (B) fifth (C) sixth (D) octave 4. The nonchord tone heard in the piano at the end of the first part is a (A) chromatic passing tone (B) diatonic passing tone (C) chromatic lower neighbor (D) diatonic lower neighbor 5. The harmonic progression in the piano part is best analyzed as (A) Ⅰ — Ⅳ — Ⅳ — Ⅰ (B) Ⅰ — Ⅴ — Ⅴ — Ⅰ (C) Ⅰ — Ⅴ65 — Ⅴ65 — Ⅰ (D) Ⅰ — ⅶø 65 — ⅶø 65 — Ⅰ Now listen to the first part for the first time and answer Questions 3-5. Listen to the first part a second time. Listen to the first part a third time. Listen to the first part a final time. 2020 00762-143-CED-Music-Theory_Exam Information.indd 219 3/28/19 11:17 AM Before listening to the middle part for the first time, please read Question 6. 6. The piano part features all of the following compositional devices EXCEPT (A) imitation (B) parallel 64 chords (C) melodic ornaments (D) changing meter Now listen to the middle part for the first time and answer Question 6. Listen to the middle part again. Before listening to the entire excerpt for the first time, please read Questions 7-8. 7. After a repeat of the opening horn fanfare, the horn plays (A) a diminution of the opening piano melody (B) an inversion of the opening piano melody (C) a repetition of the opening piano melody (D) an augmentation of the opening piano melody 8. When the horn plays the melody, the piano accompaniment features which of the following texture devices? (A) Block chords (B) Arpeggiation (C) A countermelody (D) Doubling of the melody Now listen to the entire excerpt for the first time and answer Questions 7-8. Listen to the entire excerpt again. 9. Which of the following is a correctly notated natural minor scale? (A) (B) (C) (D) 2020 00762-143-CED-Music-Theory_Exam Information.indd 220 3/28/19 11:17 AM Questions 10-15 are based on the excerpt below. 11 12 13 A 14 15 16 Violins I & II Alto Their Landbroughtforth frogs, Their Land brought forth frogs, yea, Basso continuo 6 6 17 18 19 20 21 Kings' cham - bers, 22 Vlns. A e - ven in their yea, e - ven BC 6 6 24 23 7 6 25 26 6 27 28 Vlns. A in their Kings' 6 6 cham - - - - - BC 29 30 7 31 6 32 6 6 33 34 Vlns. A bers. BC 6 4 5 3 6 6 6 4 5 3 2020 00762-143-CED-Music-Theory_Exam Information.indd 221 3/28/19 11:17 AM 10. The harmony in box A is best analyzed as (A) ⅱo6 (B) ⅵ6 (C) ⅴ6/ⅴ (D) ⅶo6/ⅴ 11. In measure 17, the nonharmonic tone in the alto part is (A) a suspension (B) an anticipation (C) a passing tone (D) a neighbor tone 12. The 64 chord in measure 33 is (A) a cadential 64 chord (B) a passing 64 chord (C) a pedal (neighboring) 64 chord (D) an arpeggiated 64 chord 13. Which of the following rhythmic devices is featured? (A) Hemiola (B) Triplets (C) Polyrhythm (D) Dotted rhythms 14. Compared to the opening key, the excerpt ends with a tonicization of the key of the (A) supertonic (B) subdominant (C) dominant (D) relative minor 15. The texture is best described as (A) canonic (B) contrapuntal (C) heterophonic (D) chordal homophony 2020 00762-143-CED-Music-Theory_Exam Information.indd 222 4/10/19 7:35 PM