Chapter 2: Aural Analysis



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Chapter 2: Aural Analysis


  1. ______, ______, ______, and ______ are the four properties of sound.

    1. Pitch, tone quality, volume, duration

    2. Pitch, tone quality, timbre, duration

    3. Pitch, timbre, rhythm, duration

    4. Pitch, tone, tone quality, timbre

    5. Tone, tone quality, timbre, duration




  1. ______, ______, ______, and ______ are the musical equivalents of the four properties of sound.

    1. Tone, timbre, dynamics, rhythm

    2. Tone, pitch, dynamics, rhythm

    3. Timbre, dynamics, rhythm, duration

    4. Timbre, pitch, tone color, duration

    5. Timbre, dynamics, pitch, tone




  1. ______, ______, ______, and ______ are the four basic classifications of instruments in the Sachs-Hornbostel system.

    1. Aerophone, chordophone, idiophone, membranophone

    2. Strings, chordophone, membranophone, woodwinds

    3. Brass, woodwinds, strings, percussion

    4. Strings, woodwinds, aerophone, idiophone

    5. Membranophone, aerophone, chordophone, sousaphone




  1. ______, ______, and ______ are three primary sub-categories of aerophones.

    1. Flutes, reeds, recorders

    2. Flutes, reeds, trumpets

    3. Flutes, trumpets, brass

    4. Trumpets, reeds, woodwinds

    5. Trumpets, woodwinds, recorders




  1. A ______ aerophone requires the performer to “buzz” his/her lips to play.

    1. reed

    2. flute

    3. trumpet

    4. woodwind

    5. recorder




  1. A ______ aerophone requires an air column “split on an edge” to produce sound.

    1. trumpet

    2. flute

    3. reed

    4. woodwind

    5. brass

  2. ______ and ______ are two primary sub-categories of chordophones, as well as harps and lyres.

    1. Lutes, zithers

    2. Lutes, idiophones

    3. Dulcimers, zithers

    4. Zithers, guitars

    5. Guitars, lutes




  1. A ______ has “no neck.” Most of the instrument is used as a resonating body.

    1. lute

    2. harp

    3. lyre

    4. zither

    5. chordophone




  1. A guitar is an example of a ______.

    1. zither

    2. harp

    3. lyre

    4. dulcimer

    5. lute




  1. A piano is an example of a ______.

    1. lute

    2. zither

    3. harp

    4. lyre

    5. idiophone




  1. A(n) ______ “itself” vibrates to produce a sound.

    1. aerophone

    2. chordophone

    3. idiophone

    4. membranophone

    5. centrophone




  1. A lamellophone is a type of ______.

    1. aerophone

    2. idiophone

    3. chordophone

    4. membranophone

    5. centrophone



  1. A(n) ______ pitch has a dominant frequency that is “singable.”

    1. indefinite

    2. determinant

    3. tonic

    4. definite

    5. centrophonic




  1. A(n) ______ pitch has no single dominant frequency, but a “cluster” of frequencies that can be “imitated” rather than “sung.”

    1. indefinite

    2. definite

    3. determinant

    4. tonic

    5. centrophonic




  1. ______ refers to the number of pitches per syllable of sung text.

    1. Scale

    2. Text setting

    3. Syllabic

    4. Melismatic

    5. Semantic




  1. ______ singing utilizes “one pitch per syllable” of sung text.

    1. Scale

    2. Text setting

    3. Melismatic

    4. Syllabic

    5. Semantic




  1. ______ singing utilizes “more than one pitch per syllable” of sung text.

    1. Text setting

    2. Scale

    3. Syllabic

    4. Semantic

    5. Melismatic




  1. ______ describes the quantity of pitches sounded within a specific length of time.

    1. Text setting

    2. Melisma

    3. Rhythmic density

    4. Syllabic

    5. Time-line



  1. ______ is defined as “simultaneous variations of a single line of music.”

    1. Homophony

    2. Melody

    3. Monophony

    4. Heterophony

    5. Harmony




  1. ______ is defined as “an organized succession of pitches forming a musical idea.”

    1. Melody

    2. Heterophony

    3. Homophony

    4. Harmony

    5. Monophony

Chapter 3: Cultural Considerations




  1. ______ describes the “insider” perspective to a cultural tradition.

    1. Etic

    2. Ethnocentric

    3. Egocentric

    4. Emic

    5. Esoteric




  1. Determining the ______ of a music requires an interpretation of its purpose and meaning in a given situation.

    1. use

    2. function

    3. performance

    4. history

    5. relativism




  1. ______ scholarship focuses on “verifiable truths” or “facts.”

    1. Modernist

    2. Post-modernist

    3. Emic

    4. Etic

    5. Relativistic




  1. ______ scholarship focuses on “relative truths” or “interpretation of text.”

    1. Modernist

    2. Emic

    3. Post-modernist

    4. Etic

    5. Relativistic




  1. Musical ______ is the study of musical history through “pictures.”

    1. sociology

    2. reflexology

    3. photology

    4. iconography

    5. pictography


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