SHOSYS ACADEMY 8 TEST: Conventions Of Tone Labeling
Kelvin Sholar
1 Introduction To The Blog Series
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2 Testing Recall Of Conventions Of Tone Labeling
In blog 8, we learned about conventions of tone labeling. 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.
2.1 Test Questions
1. In western music there are:
a). seven tones
b). twelve tones
c). eight tones
2. In England and America, tones are traditionally named relative to the first seven letters of the:
a). English Alphabet
b). American Alphabet
c). Roman (i.e. Latin) alphabet
3. In ancient Italy, Guido D’Arezzo created word names called:
a). solfeggio
b). arpeggio
4. Solfeggio is based on the first syllable of each line of the first verse of the Latin hymn:
a). Ave Maria
b). Veni Crator Spiritus
c). Ut Queant Laxis
5. In England and America, the solfeggio syllable Si is identical to:
a). so
b). ti
c). se
6. In order to define the twelve tones of equal temperament tuning ____ need to be adjoined to the seven Roman letters:
a). accents
b). accidentals
c). solfeggio
7. Where there are two choices of name for a tone, then they are called:
a). enharmonic
b). chromatic
c). diatonic
8. Instead of naming twelve tones relative to Roman letters with accidentals, we could use the:
a). first twelve Roman letters
b). first seven Roman letters
c). first twelve Cyrillic letters
9. The twelve tones used in Western music can be labeled by twelve nonnegative numbers, or:
a). integers modulo twelve
b). cardinal numbers
c). ordinal numbers
9. The main advantage of designating twelve tones with integers modulo twelve is that each tone is numbered by its:
a). real name
b). ordinal position
c). cardinal count
3 Test Answers
1. In western music there are:
b). twelve tones
2. In England and America, tones are traditionally named relative to the first seven letters of the:
c). Roman (i.e. Latin) alphabet
3. In ancient Italy, Guido D’Arezzo created word names called:
a). solfeggio
4. Solfeggio is based on the first syllable of each line of the first verse of the Latin hymn:
c). Ut Queant Laxis
5. In England and America, the solfeggio syllable Si is identical to:
b). ti
6. In order to define the twelve tones of equal temperament tuning ____ need to be adjoined to the seven Roman letters:
b). accidentals
7. Where there are two choices of name for a tone, then they are called:
a). enharmonic
8. Instead of naming twelve tones relative to Roman letters with accidentals, we could use the:
a). first twelve Roman letters
9. The twelve tones used in Western music can be labeled by twelve nonnegative numbers, or:
a). integers modulo twelve
10. The main advantage of designating twelve tones with integers modulo twelve is that each tone is numbered by its:
b). ordinal position
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
Miller, Michael. The Complete Idiots Gude To Music Theory. New York: Alpha Books, 2005