SHOSYS ACADEMY 17 TEST: THEORIES AND STRUCTURES
Kelvin Sholar
1 Introduction To The Blog Series
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2 Testing Recall of Theories and Structures
In Lesson 17, we learned about theories and structures. Here in this Test, remembrance is assessed; the primary task for the student is to find cues in test questions that make it easy to remember answers. There may be more than one correct answer for a given test question. Correct answers are given at the end of this test.
2.1 Test Questions
1. A theory of music is a way to think _____ about musical practices and possibilities:
a). concretely
b). abstractly
2. In music theory, it is assumed that _____________ are basic musical activities:
a). composition
b). performance
c). audition
d). reading
3. Music theories often try to _____ past processes of music making:
a). describe
b). prescribe
4. Music theories often try to _____ ways that future processes of music making can be established:
a). describe
b). prescribe
5. Musical composition involves:
a). knowledge
b). comprehension
c). application
d). synthesis
e). analysis
f). evaluation
6. Theories of composition focus on describing the ___________ of composers:
a). cognitive skills
b). cognitive abilities
7. A theory of composition also addresses:
a). tuning systems
b). tonal systems
c). metrical systems
d). combinatorial possibilities
8. Performance relates to the ________ domain:
a). cognitive
b). affective
c). psychomotor
9. Performance concerns describing:
a). composition
b). listening
c). gross physical actions
d). psycho-acoustic capacity
e). the willingness to perform musical acts
10. Listening or a audition relates to the _____ domain:
a). cognitive
b). affective
c). psychomotor
11. The main objective in audition is to describe changes in the development of the _______ appreciation for subjective values:
a). composer’s
b). performer’s
c). listener’s
12. Structures concern:
a). buildings
b). mathematical forms
13. The study of musical structure is abstract due to:
a). reference to specific physical sound pressure waves or psychical ideas
b). no reference to specific physical sound pressure waves or psychical ideas
14. Which is not required knowledge in structural studies of music:
a). tonal harmony
b). tonal counterpoint
c). abstract pitch combinations
d). the integer notation of pitch
e). pitch classes
f). ordered and unordered pitch class sets
g). interval classes
h). enharmonic equivalence of pitch
i). octave equivalence of pitch
j). transposition equivalence of intervals
k). inversion equivalence of intervals
l). the complement of pitch class sets
3 Test Answers
1. A theory of music is a way to think _____ about musical practices and possibilities:
b). abstractly
2. In music theory, it is assumed that _____________ are basic musical activities:
a). composition
b). performance
c). audition
3. Music theories often try to _____ past processes of music making:
a). describe
4. Music theories often try to _____ ways that future processes of music making can be established:
b). prescribe
5. Musical composition involves:
a). knowledge
b). comprehension
c). application
d). synthesis
e). analysis
f). evaluation
6. Theories of composition focus on describing the ___________ of composers:
a). cognitive skills
b). cognitive abilities
7. A theory of composition also addresses:
a). tuning systems
b). tonal systems
c). metrical systems
d). combinatorial possibilities
8. Performance relates to the ________ domain:
a). cognitive
9. Performance concerns describing:
c). gross physical actions
d). psycho-acoustic capacity
e). the willingness to perform musical acts
10. Listening or a audition relates to the _____ domain:
b). affective
11. The main objective in audition is to describe changes in the development of the _______ appreciation for subjective values:
c). listener’s
12. Structures concern:
b). mathematical forms
13. The study of musical structure is abstract due to:
b). no reference to specific physical sound pressure waves or psychical ideas
14. Which is not required knowledge in structural studies of music:
c). abstract pitch combinations
d). the integer notation of pitch
e). pitch classes
f). ordered and unordered pitch class sets
g). interval classes
h). enharmonic equivalence of pitch
i). octave equivalence of pitch
j). transposition equivalence of intervals
k). inversion equivalence of intervals
l). the complement of pitch class sets
4 Bibliography
Bloom, B. S.; Engelhart, M. D.; Furst, E. J.; Hill, W. H.; Krathwohl, D. R. Taxonomy Of Educational Objectives: The Classification Of Educational Goals. Handbook I: Cognitive Domain. New York: David McKay Company, 1956
Forte, Allen. The Structure Of Atonal Music, London: Yale University Press, 1973
Hanson, Howard. Harmonic Materials Of Modern Music, New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1960
Kamien, Roger. Music: An Appreciation. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2018