Question

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 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

Feel free to ask if you have any more questions!