SHOSYS ACADEMY 3 TEST: Basic Artistic Terminology In Music

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