SHOSYS ACADEMY 4 TEST: Knowledge Of Specific Facts: Chronological Sequences
Kelvin Sholar
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2 Testing Recall Of Chronological Sequences In Music
In Lesson 4, we learned about specific facts 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 test.
1. A chronological sequence of styles is a:
a). list of composers that follow each other in time
b). list of instrument builders that follow each other in time
c). list of ways to compose, write or perform music that follow each other in time
2. Musical styles are given:
a). arbitrary names
b). rational names
c). mathematical names
3. Western musicians should know the chronological sequence of styles in Classical and/or Jazz music, in order to:
a). understand what is written about music history
b). remember what is written about music history
c). apply what is written about music history
4. Classical musicians should know how music of the Middle ages (450-1450) gave way to the:
a). Renaissance
b). the Baroque Period
c) the Classical Period
5. The Renaissance occurred:
a). 1450-1600
b). 1600-1750
c). 1750-1820
6. 1600-1750 is:
a). Romantic Period
b). the Baroque Period
c) the Classical Period
7. The Classical period occurred:
a). 1600-1750
b). 1820-1900
c). 1750-1820
8. The Romantic Period did not occur:
a). 1820-1900
b). 1750-1820
c). 1600-1750
9. The Twentieth Century occurred
a). 1900-1999
b). 2000-2099
c). 1800-1899
10. Jazz pianists should know how music of Ragtime (1890-1920) gave way to:
a). Fusion
b). Early Jazz
c). Stride and Swing
11. (1920-35) was the era of:
a). Fusion
b). Early Jazz
c). Stride and Swing
12. Stride and Swing occurred:
a). 1930-45
b). 1980-2000
c). 1960-70
13. Avant-garde occurred before:
a). Bebop and Hard Bop
b). Fusion
c). Early Jazz
14. 1970-80 was the :
a). Early Jazz era
b). Fusion era
c). Bebop and Hard Bop era
15. In Jazz, Renaissance era occurred:
a). 1970-80
b). 1980-2000
c). 2000-2020
16. Contemporary era did not occur:
a). 1945-60
b). 1960-70
c). 1970-80
17. According To Roger Kamien, which is not a learning goal when studying chronological styles:
a). explain the roles of musicians in medieval society
b). discuss the texture, melody, rhythm, mood, and texts of Gregorian chant
c). describe different types of secular music in the Middle Ages
d). trace the development of polyphonic music in the Middle Ages
e). identify the musical innovations in music of the fourteenth century
f). explain the shift in musical patronage during the Renaissance
g). compare and contrast polyphonic vocal music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
h). describe two types of sacred vocal music during the Renaissance
i). compare and contrast two types of secular vocal music during the Renaissance and discuss the development of Renaissance instrumental music
j). to compose and arrange music
3 Test Answers
1. A chronological sequence of styles is a:
c). list of ways to compose, write or perform music that follow each other in time
2. Musical styles are given:
a). arbitrary names
3. Western musicians should know the chronological sequence of styles in Classical and/or Jazz music, in order to:
a). understand what is written about music history
4. Classical musicians should know how music of the Middle ages (450-1450) gave way to the:
a). Renaissance
5. The Renaissance occurred:
a). 1450-1600
6. 1600-1750 is:
b). the Baroque Period
7. The Classical period occurred:
c). 1750-1820
8. The Romantic Period did not occur:
b). 1750-1820
c). 1600-1750
9. The Twentieth Century occurred
a). 1900-1999
10. Jazz pianists should know how music of Ragtime (1890-1920) gave way to:
b). Early Jazz
11. (1920-35) was the era of:
b). Early Jazz
12. Stride and Swing occurred:
a). 1930-45
13. Avant-garde occurred before:
b). Fusion
14. 1970-80 was the :
b). Fusion era
15. In Jazz, Renaissance era occurred:
b). 1980-2000
16. Contemporary era did not occur:
a). 1945-60
b). 1960-70
c). 1970-80
17. According To Roger Kamien, which is not a learning goal when studying chronological styles:
j). to compose and arrange music
4 Bibliography
Educational Goals. Handbook I: Cognitive Domain. New York: David McKay Company, 1956
Gridley, Mark. Jazz Styles: History and Analysis. Pearson Prentice Hall, 1978
Kamien, Roger. Music: An Appreciation. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2018