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Question 1 1. West African musicians use drums and _____ to create polyrhythmic songs.

their bodies
gourd instruments
African guitars
African harps

Question 2 2. Which of the following is an example of an East Asian silk instrument?

Chimes
Drums made with stretched skins
Ocarinas
Chinese guitar

Question 3 3. Which answer choice best explains what the son clave is?

It is a Latin American rhythm that has two alternating patterns of fours and threes.
It is the throaty, dramatic vocal pitch that is common in many Eastern European songs.
It is a Latin American rhythm that features alternating patterns of threes and twos.
It is a type of percussion instrument that is popular in West Asian cultures.

Question 4 4. The music of this region, which is generally based on a pentatonic scale, is characterized by linearity, transparency, and word orientation.

Latin America
West Africa
East Asia
Eastern Europe

Question 5 5. Which of the following statements best describes how music evolved during the medieval period?

Monks in the medieval period, who were becoming increasingly bored with monophonic music, developed sonatas and symphonies to add more variety to religious music.
Organum was a style of music that involved elaborate harmonies and full orchestral accompaniment.
Minstrels and troubadours were musicians hired by the church to compose polyphonic chants and motets.
The medieval church was initially against harmony, but by the late 1100s, church music became increasingly more polyphonic.

Question 6 6. How many pitches does an octave span?

Question 7 7. _____, or sacred songs with multiple vocal parts of varying texts, became popular in the late 1100s.

Motets
Troubadours
Plainchant
Organum

Question 8 8. A female poet-musician of the Royal Court is referred to as a:

troubadour
trobairitz
trouvere
minnesinger

Question 9 9. Which event of significance occurred to Cole Porter in the late 1950s?

He broke his legs in a horse riding accident, which resulted in a lengthy hospital stay and drug dependency.
He won his first Grammy award for the song 'In the Still of the Night.'
He wrote his first successful musical, 'Anything Goes.'
His wife Linda passed away, and he fell into depression and isolation.

Question 10 10. What was the last song that Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote together?

'Do-Re-Mi' for The Sound of Music
'Edelweiss' for The Sound of Music
'Oh, what a Beautiful Mornin'' for OKLAHOMA!
'Getting to Know You' for The King and I

Question 11 11. Most Rodgers and Hammerstein productions tended to follow the formula musical, which meant they featured a strong _ male lead and a light female _.

baritone; soprano
tenor; alto
tenor; mezzo-soprano
basso; alto

Question 12 12. The songs 'Do-Re-Mi,' 'Climb Ev'ry Mountain,' and 'My Favorite Things' were featured in which musical?

The King & I
The Sound of Music
South Pacific
West Side Story

Question 13 13. Which Russian composer is best remembered for the music he wrote for ballets, including Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty?

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Frederic Chopin
Nadezhda von Meck
Modest Mussorgksy

Question 14 14. All of the following were trends that helped to define the Romantic era EXCEPT:

Extreme emotion and bold colors
Return to traditional sounds and scales
Exploration of fantasy and dreams
Attempt to capture beauty of nature

Question 15 15. Which of the following is a definition for transcription?

Rewriting orchestral music to be played on the piano.
The act of creating written sheet music.
Condensing long symphonic pieces into short, one movement character pieces.
Converting an opera from one language to another.

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Question 1 1. West African musicians use drums and _____ to create polyrhythmic songs.

Question 2 2. Which of the following is an example of an East Asian silk instrument?

Question 3 3. Which answer choice best explains what the son clave is?

Question 4 4. The music of this region, which is generally based on a pentatonic scale, is characterized by linearity, transparency, and word orientation.

Question 5 5. Which of the following statements best describes how music evolved during the medieval period?

Question 6 6. How many pitches does an octave span?

Question 7 7. _____, or sacred songs with multiple vocal parts of varying texts, became popular in the late 1100s.

Question 8 8. A female poet-musician of the Royal Court is referred to as a:

Question 9 9. Which event of significance occurred to Cole Porter in the late 1950s?

Question 10 10. What was the last song that Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote together?

Question 11 11. Most Rodgers and Hammerstein productions tended to follow the formula musical, which meant they featured a strong _____ male lead and a light female _____.

Question 12 12. The songs 'Do-Re-Mi,' 'Climb Ev'ry Mountain,' and 'My Favorite Things' were featured in which musical?

Question 13 13. Which Russian composer is best remembered for the music he wrote for ballets, including Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty?

Question 14 14. All of the following were trends that helped to define the Romantic era EXCEPT:

Question 15 15. Which of the following is a definition for transcription?

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Question 11 11. Most Rodgers and Hammerstein productions tended to follow the formula musical, which meant they featured a strong _ male lead and a light female _.