Paloma is a conductor leading her orchestra in practicing a symphony for a Saturday night performance. One of the trumpeters keeps playing a little too loud. This is a problem in which section of the orchestra?

Question

Question 1 options:

brass

percussion

strings

woodwinds

Question 2 (1 point)
What is the term for slowing down a piece of music?

Question 2 options:

adagio

decrescendo

ritardando

tempo

Question 3 (1 point)
Anna is trying to listen to a complex piece of music in the living room of the apartment she shares with Nicki. Nicki comes in and flops down on the couch, watching TikTok videos at high volume. What would be BEST for Anna to do?

Question 3 options:

ask Nicki to go somewhere else with the TikTok videos

go to her room and listen to the music on headphones

ignore Nicki and concentrate harder on the music

turn off the music and listen another time

Question 4 (1 point)
What term refers to one of the four parts of a symphony?

Question 4 options:

adagio

dynamics

movement

staccato

Question 5 (1 point)
Kyra and the other members of her string quartet are becoming frustrated. The playing in the second movement of the quartet they're performing is supposed to gradually become faster and faster, and they're having trouble controlling their pace together. Kyra's quartet is struggling with what aspect of the music?

Question 5 options:

accelerando

decrescendo

ritardando

sonata-allegro

Question 6 (1 point)
Alyssa is composing a piece of music with four sections using the rondo form. Which section of Alyssa's piece will MOST likely repeat four times?

Question 6 options:

A

B

C

D

Question 7 (1 point)
Embry is listening to a jazz piece in which the trumpeter has just begun a solo with a series of short, quick notes. What BEST describes the effect Embry is hearing?

Question 7 options:

crescendo

legato

staccato

tempo

Question 8 (1 point)
Which field of study does active listening come from?

Question 8 options:

anthropology

audiology

psychology

sociology

Question 9 (1 point)
A waltz dance will be in 3/4 time, while a march will sound better in 4/4.

Question 9 options:

True

False

Question 10 (1 point)
Jessica is listening to her sister play the piano. In the first section of the piece, the music is at a moderate volume. Suddenly, in the second section, the music becomes loud. If Jessica looked at the score for this piece of music, what notation would she MOST likely see at the beginning of the second section?

Question 10 options:

piano

forte

accelerando

ritardando

Question 11 (1 point)
What word refers to the skills that help us listen to music and analyze what we hear?

Question 11 options:

aural

binary

psychological

ternary

Question 12 (1 point)
Rashawn is listening to Stravinsky's Rite of Spring for the first time. The piece begins with a single instrument. It takes Rashawn a few moments of careful listening to identify the instrument as a bassoon. Which type of instrument does Rite of Spring begin with?

Question 12 options:

brass

percussion

strings

woodwinds

Question 13 (1 point)
What are we doing when we take a sound and put it in print?

Question 13 options:

analyzing it

listening to it

recording it

transcribing it

Question 14 (1 point)
How are the notes in a melody represented on a musical staff?

Question 14 options:

from bottom to top

from left to right

from right to left

from top to bottom

Question 15 (1 point)
What term refers to the speed of a piece of music, whether slow or fast?

Question 15 options:

adagio

legato

staccato

tempo

Answer 1

Here are the answers to your questions:

Question 1:
One of the trumpeters keeps playing a little too loud. This is a problem in which section of the orchestra?
Answer: brass

Question 2:
What is the term for slowing down a piece of music?
Answer: ritardando

Question 3:
What would be BEST for Anna to do?
Answer: go to her room and listen to the music on headphones

Question 4:
What term refers to one of the four parts of a symphony?
Answer: movement

Question 5:
Kyra's quartet is struggling with what aspect of the music?
Answer: accelerando

Question 6:
Which section of Alyssa's piece will MOST likely repeat four times?
Answer: A

Question 7:
What BEST describes the effect Embry is hearing?
Answer: staccato

Question 8:
Which field of study does active listening come from?
Answer: psychology

Question 9:
A waltz dance will be in 3/4 time, while a march will sound better in 4/4.
Answer: True

Question 10:
What notation would she MOST likely see at the beginning of the second section?
Answer: forte

Question 11:
What word refers to the skills that help us listen to music and analyze what we hear?
Answer: aural

Question 12:
Which type of instrument does Rite of Spring begin with?
Answer: woodwinds

Question 13:
What are we doing when we take a sound and put it in print?
Answer: transcribing it

Question 14:
How are the notes in a melody represented on a musical staff?
Answer: from bottom to top

Question 15:
What term refers to the speed of a piece of music, whether slow or fast?
Answer: tempo

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