SHOSYS ACADEMY 3 TEST: Basic Artistic Terminology In Music
Kelvin Sholar
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2 Testing Recall Of Basic Artistic Terminology
In Blog 3 we learned about basic artistic terminology in music. Here, remembrance is tested; 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 blog.
1. Artistic terms concern sound in the context of:
a). psychology
b). human music
c). physics
2. Which set of terms does not describe music in an artistic context?
a). frequency, amplitude (or intensity), duration, onset, envelope and wave form
b). pitch, loudness and timbre
c). tone, beat, melody
3. Music teachers commonly divide the artistic elements of music into classes of:
a). harmony
b). rhythm
c). melody
4. Harmony is:
a). the way chords are constructed and how they follow each other
b). the way beats are constructed and how they follow each other
c). the way melody notes are constructed and how they follow each other
5. Rhythm is:
a). the ordered durations of sounds
b). the ordered durations of silences
c). what drums play
6. Melody is:
a). a series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole
b). a series of single beats that add up to a recognizable whole
c). a series of single notes that add up to a recognizable whole
7. Tones are the elements of:
a). rhythm
b). harmony
c). melody
8. How many tones occur in the children’s song “Mary Had A Little Lamb“:
a). thirty-two
b). four
c). twelve
9. In what order does tones appear in ?
a). E, D, C and G
b). D, C, G, E
c). C, G, E, D
d). G, C, E, D
10. Beats are the elements of:
a). harmony
b). rhythm
c). melody
11. How many beats are there in “Mary Had A Little Lamb“?
a). four
b). eight
c). thirty-two
12. When a silence occurs in staff notation we have a:
a). note
b). rest sign
c). pause sign
13. How many rest signs are there in “Mary Had A Little Lamb“?
a). two
b). four
c). eight
14. In “Mary Had A Little Lamb” where does rest signs occur?
a). at the end of measure two
b). at the end of measure three
c). at the end of measure four
d). at the end of measure eight
15. The written elements of melody are:
a). tones
b). notes
c). beats
16. Notes describe how tones change with respect to:
a). time
b). space
c). mind
17. How many notes are there in “Mary Had A Little Lamb“?
a). twenty eight
b). twenty four
18. How many rests are there in “Mary Had A Little Lamb“?
a). four
b). twenty eight
19. Which elements of music are complex (i.e. can be reduced to individual elements)?
a). tones, beats and notes
b). intervals, time-values, chords, modes and scales
20. An Interval is:
a). a distance between tones
b). a distance between beats
c). a distance between notes
21. A time-values is:
a). a distance between tones
b). a distance between beats
c). a distance between notes
22. Chords are combinations of two or more:
a). tones
b). beats
c). notes
23. A scale is a ____ -tone sequence
a). seven-tone
b). eight-tone
24. Church modes are specific:
a). western seven-tone sequences
b). eastern seven-tone sequences
c). southern seven-tone sequences
25. When one travels from one tone to the next tone higher or lower, the distance traveled is called a:
a). quarter-step
b). half-step
c). whole step
26. When one travels from one tone to another tone two tones higher or lower, then the distance traveled is called a:
a). quarter-step
b). half-step
c). whole step
27. Scales and modes are described as patterns of:
a). quarter of half steps
b). half or whole steps
c). whole or quarter steps
3 Test Answers
1. Artistic terms concern sound in the context of:
b). human music
2. Which set of terms does not describe music in an artistic context?
a). frequency, amplitude (or intensity), duration, onset, envelope and wave form
b). pitch, loudness and timbre
3. Music teachers commonly divide the artistic elements of music into classes of:
a). harmony
b). rhythm
c). melody
4. Harmony is:
a). the way chords are constructed and how they follow each other
5. Rhythm is:
a). the ordered durations of sounds
b). the ordered durations of silences
6. Melody is:
a). a series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole
7. Tones are the elements of:
b). harmony
8. How many tones occur in the children’s song “Mary Had A Little Lamb“:
b). four
9. In what order does tones appear in ?
a). E, D, C and G
10. Beats are the elements of:
b). rhythm
11. How many beats are there in “Mary Had A Little Lamb“?
c). thirty-two
12. When a silence occurs in staff notation we have a:
b). rest sign
13. How many rest signs are there in “Mary Had A Little Lamb“?
b). four
14. In “Mary Had A Little Lamb” where does rest signs occur?
a). at the end of measure two
b). at the end of measure three
c). at the end of measure four
d). at the end of measure eight
15. The written elements of melody are:
b). notes
16. Notes describe how tones change with respect to:
a). time
17. How many notes are there in “Mary Had A Little Lamb“?
a). twenty eight
18. How many rests are there in “Mary Had A Little Lamb“?
a). four
19. Which elements of music are complex (or can be reduced to individual elements)?
b). intervals, time-values, chords, modes and scales
20. An intervals is:
a). a distance between tones
21. A time-value is:
b). a distance between beats
22. Chords are combinations of two or more:
a). tones
23. A scale is a _____ -tone sequence
a). seven-tone
24. Church modes are specific:
a). western seven-tone sequences
25. When one travels from one tone to the next tone higher or lower, the distance traveled is called a:
b). half-step
26. When one travels from one tone to another tone two tones higher or lower, then the distance traveled is called a:
c). whole step
27. Scales and modes can be described as patterns of:
b). half or whole steps
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
Kamien, Roger. Music: An Appreciation. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2018
Loy, Gareth. Musimathics The Mathematical Foundations of Music: Volume 1. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2006