Download Part 1 2016 AKFinal Assesment Winds

2015/2016SymphonicBand(904)
CentralSquareSchoolDistrict
PaulV.MooreHighSchool
CentralSquare,NY
EndoftheYearFinalAssessmentofMusicFactsforWinds&Mallets
Part1-eachquestionisworth2pts.
1. Musicalnotationiswrittenonfivelinesandfourspaces.Whatarethesefivelinesand
fourspacescalledinmusic?
a. TheCafeteriaStaff
b. TheMusicalStaff
c. TheMedicalStaff
d. TheInstructionalStaff
2. Notenamesaredeterminedbythe& orthe? Whatarethesesymbolscalled?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Signatures
Signs
Clefs
Dynamics
Usetheinformationfromquestion#1tocomplete(3and4)
3. Whatarethenamesofthelinesinyourmusic?Remembertostartfromthebottomand
gotothetop?
TrebleClef
BassClef
a. EGBDF a.GBDFA
b. GBDFA b.EGBDF
c. ABCDE c.FDBGE
d. FDBGE d.ABCDE
4. Whatarethenamesofthespacesinyourmusic?Remembertostartfromthebottom
andgotothetop?
TrebleClef
BassClef
a. ABCD
a.ECAF
b. ACEG
b.FACE
c. FACE
c.ACEG
d. ECAF
d.ABCD
5. Whatisthenameoftheshortlineaddedaboveorbelowtheanswerto#1?
a. BassLines
b. Legerlines
c. MelodicLines
d. LunchLines
6. Flatsorsharpsareappliedto(theanswerto#1)toensurethattheperformerplaysthe
correctnotes.Whatdowecallthisspecialsignature?
a. TheStudentSignature
b. TheTimeSignature
c. TheKeySignature
d. TheTeacherSignature
7. ThemusicalalphabetbeginsonAandcontinuestoG.Usingtheseletters(ABCDEF
G),placethemintheproperorderforakeysignaturecontainingflats.
a. GFEDCBA
b. ABCDEFG
c. BEADGCF
d. FCGDAEB
8. ThemusicalalphabetbeginsonAandcontinuestoG.Usingtheseletters(ABCDEF
G),placethemintheproperorderforakeysignaturecontainingsharps.
a. FCGDAEB
b. GFEDCBA
c. ABCDEFG
d. BEADGCF
9. Musicisbasedonasequenceofpitchesorganizedbywholeandhalfsteps.This
sequenceofpitchesdeterminesthemodalityofthemusic.Whatisthissequenceof
pitchescalled?
a. TheMusicalHistory
b. TheMusicalNote
c. TheMusicalScale
d. TheMusicalBiography
10. Inmusic,keysignaturesareplacedinorderbythenumberofflatsandthenumberof
sharps.Inbandwepracticeourscalesinaspecificorderaddingoneflataswego.What
dowecallthisorganizationalcircle?
a. CircleofFriends
b. CircleofFire
c. CircleofLife
d. CircleofFourths
11. Ifaperformerwantstobescientificaboutlearningmajorscales.Whatformulacanbe
usedtoperformmajorscalesaccurately?
a. Lunchx3=dessert-4
b. WWHWWWH
c. E=mc2
d. CLM=YCFS
12. Anaccentmark(>)overanotemeanstoperformthatnotewithemphasis.What
markingbelowwouldinformtheperformertousethemostemphasisonanote?
a. Marcato(^)
b. Legato(-)
c. Staccato(.)
d. Accent(>)
13. Dynamicsareanecessitytocreatemeaningfulmusic.Someofthemostintensemusicis
writtenataverysoftlevel.Whatdynamicmarkingbelowwouldindicatetoperformat
averysoftvolume?
a. Fp
b. ppp
c. FFF
d. SFZ
14. Atthisyear’sCabaretconcert,thedynamiclevelgeneratedby150musicians
performinginthegymnasiumwasveryeffective.Whatdynamiclevelwouldgenerate
themostvolume?
a. Fp
b. ppp
c. FFF
d. SFZ
15. Musicalstyleisanimportantpartoftheoverallperformanceofmusicalliterature.The
term“chorale”tellsamusiciantoperformthecompositioninasingingstyleorsmooth
andconnected.Whatisatermthatwouldmeantheoppositeof“chorale”?
a. Legato(-)
b. Accent(>)
c. Slur
d. Staccato(.)
16. Inbandthisyearwediscussedtheconceptofa“pulse”or“beat”.Whatisthemost
importantpartofthepulseorbeat?
a. Keepitsteady
b. Turnitaround
c. Speeditup
d. Slowitdown
17. Makingmusicinterestinganduniquecanhappeninsomanydifferentways.Whatisthe
oneelementthatshouldnotvaryorbeinterestinginamusicalcomposition?
a. TheRhythmicGroove
b. TheMelodicLine
c. TheBasicBeat
d. TheDynamicContrast
18. Timesignaturestelltheperformerwhatkindofnotegetsthebeatandhowmanybeats
areinonemeasure.Whatdoesthetopnumberofthetimesignaturetellthe
performer?
a. Tempo
b. Howmanybeatsareinonemeasure
c. Whatkindofanotegetsthebeat
d. Style
19. Timesignaturestelltheperformerwhatkindofnotegetsthebeatandhowmanybeats
areinonemeasure.Whatdoesthebottomnumberofthetimesignaturetellthe
performer?
a. Tempo
b. Howmanybeatsareinonemeasure
c. Whatkindofnotegetsthebeat
d. Style
20. Followingthemusicalroadmapandnavigatingthroughapieceofmusicisanintegral
partofmusicreading.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueregardingthefunction
ofarepeatsign?
a. Arepeatsignindicatestotheperformertostop
b. Arepeatsignindicatestotheperformertoproceedforward
c. Arepeatsignindicatestotheperformertoplaythesamemusicagain
d. Arepeatsignindicatestotheperformertoneverplaythemusicagain
21. Followingthemusicalroadmapandnavigatingthroughapieceofmusicisanintegral
partofmusicreading.Whatmustyoudowhenthereisafirstandsecondending?
a. Performthemusicinthefirstendingtwice.
b. Performthemusicinthefirstendingthefirsttimeandperformthemusic
inthesecondendingthesecondtimethrough.
c. GototheD.S.alCodaandthengotostudyhall
d. Skipoverthefirstendingeverytime
22. Specialeffectsareanimportantaspectofmusic.Thesfzsignmeanstohitanoteso
hardthatabuzzsoundhappens.WhatdoesthedynamicmarkingFpmeantoa
performer?
a. Performthenoteloudfollowedimmediatelybysoft
b. Performthenotesoftthenloud
c. Performwithabuzzsound
d. Performthenoteloudthensoftthenloud
23. Withatimesignatureof4/4,howmanybeatsdoesaquarterrestreceive?
a. ¼ofabeat
b. 1beat
c. ½ofabeat
d. 2beats
24. Withatimesignatureof4/4,howmany16thnotesarethereinawholenote?
a. 4
b. 8
c. 16
d. 32
25. Withatimesignatureof6/8,howmanyeighthnotesareinadottedquarternote?
a. 6
b. 3
c. 2
d. 1
26. Withatimesignatureof2/2,howmanybeatsdoesahalfnotereceive?
a. ¼ofabeat
b. 1beat
c. ½ofabeat
d. 2beats
27. Onoccasionthe4/4timesignatureisreplacedbya“c”Whatdoesthe“c”standfor?
a.
b.
c.
d.
CutTime
CompoundTime
ConductorTime
CommonTime
28. Ifthetimesignature“c“hasalinethroughitlikethis“C ,”whatdoesthatmean?
a.
b.
c.
d.
CommonTime
CutTime
CompoundTime
ConductorTime
29. Reading symbols in music is very important. What does this mean:
a.
b.
c.
d.
The music will gradually get louder
Danger straight ahead
The music will gradually get softer
Go to Math Class
30. What is the name of the symbol in #29?
a. Diminuendo
b. Accent
c. Crescendo
d. Greater than Sign
?
31. IntheEnglishlanguage,whentwowordssoundthesamebutarespelleddifferently,we
callthemhomonyms.Inmusicwhatisthetermfortwonotesthatlookdifferentbut
soundthesame?
a. MirrorMates
b. Enharmonics
c. DoubleVision
d. TonalTwins
32. Inmusic,thetermslurmeanstoplaysmoothandconnectedwithoutsilence.Theterm
tieisoftenconfusedwithslur.Whatdoesthetermtiemeaninmusic?
a. Addablackbowtietoatuxedotohelptheperformerplaybetter
b. Subtractthenotevaluesfromeachothertomaketheonesoundshorter
c. Addawhitebowtoaconcertdresstohelptheperformerplaybeautiful
d. Addthenotevaluestogethertomakeonelongersound
33. Expressionaltermsinmusicarevitaltotheeffectivenessoftheliterature.Theseterms
areoftenwritteninforeignlanguagessuchasLatin.TheLatinterm“menomosso”is
interpretedaslessmotion.Iftheterm“piu”meansmore,whatwouldtheterm“piu
mosso”mean?
a. Littlebylittle
b. Softly
c. Moremotion
d. Suddenmotion
34. Inmusic,thecomposercreatesinterestbychangingthefeeloftheliterature.Great
musichasabalanceofslowandfastpacedrhythmicfigures.Whichclassinschoolis
mostsimilartocountingandfiguringoutpreciserhythmicpatterns?
a. SocialStudies
b. Math
c. PhysicalEducation
d. StudyHall
35. Musicalrhythmsareacombinationofpatternsthatmovethemusic.Whatdowecall
thecoolrhythmicpatternthatemphasizestheoffbeats?
a. QuarterNotes
b. Syncopation
c. WholeNotes
d. HalfNotes
36. Followingtheconductor’spatternoftimeisessentialforthesuccessofaband.Inany
beatpattern,whichdirectiondoesthebatonmovetoindicatebeatone?
a. LefttoRight
b. RighttoLeft
c. ToptoBottom
d. Uptowardtheceiling
37. Windinstrumentsmustspendtimeeverydaywarmingup?Itisnecessaryforthe
playertopreparementallyaswellasphysicallytopreventanyphysicaldamage.What
isagoodfirststeptoaproductivewarm-up?
a. Shortsounds
b. Checkcellphoneformessages
c. Longtones
d. Talktofriends
38. Inmusic,aperformermustunderstandhowtomakethewrittenmusiccometolife.The
mathematicalequationsmustfittogetherperfectly.Howdoesamusiciancountand
thinkabouteight(8)eighthnotesin4/4time?Key(+=and,a=ah,e=eeh.)
a. 1+2+3+4+
b. 1a2a3a4a
c. 1e2e3e4e
d. Doesn’tthink,justguesses
39. Inmusic,aperformermustunderstandhowtomakethewrittenmusiccometolife.
Themathematicalequationsmustfittogetherperfectly.Howdoesamusiciancount
andthinkaboutsixeighthnotesin6/8time?
a. 1a2a3a
b. 1+2+3+
c. 123456
d. Doesn’tthink,justguesses
40. Whenbalancingtheband,whichpartofthemusicismostimportantfortheaudienceto
hear?
a. Thebassline
b. Thecountermelody
c. Themelody
d. Theharmony
41. Whatisitcalledwhentwoperformersplaythesamepitchatthesametime?
a. Unison
b. Harmony
c. Twins
d. Accent
42. Whatisitcalledwhentwoperformersplaythedifferentpitchatthesametime?
a. Unison
b. Harmony
c. Twins
d. Accent
43. Therearemanyelementsthatgointomakingmusic.Eachcompositionisspecialand
unique.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?
a. Tempoanddynamicsmeanthesamething
b. Accelerandomeanstoplaysofter
c.
fmeanstoplayfaster
d. Achangeintempohasnothingtodowithachangeindynamics
44. Thepulse/beathasaninnerandouterpart.Theouterpartthatwetapourfoottoois
consideredthepulse/beat.Whatdowecalltheinnerpartofthebeat?
a. Multiplication
b. Subdivisions
c. Rhythmrap
d. Steady
45. Warminguponlongtonesisagreatwaytostartabandrehearsal.Whenperforming
theseunisonpitcheswhatinstrumentisthemostimportanttolistentofortuning
purposes.
a. Piccolo
b. Tuba
c. BassDrum
d. Xylophone
46. Watchingtheconductorisamustforaperformer.Ifaperformerwheretoloosetheir
placeinthemusicwhatgesturefromtheconductorwillgetthembackonbeatone.
a. LefttoRight
b. RighttoLeft
c. Uptowardtheceiling
d. ToptoBottom
47. Inatimesignatureof¾.Whatpatternwouldtheconductoruse?
a. Down,up,down
b. Down,out,up
c. Up,down,up
d. Down,left,right,up
48. Dynamics are a very important element of creating and making music. Place the following
dynamic marking’s in order from loudest to softest: mf, p, mp, f, ff, pp
a.
b.
c.
d.
pp, mf, f, p, ff, mp
f, ff, pp, p, mp, mf
ff, f, mf, mp, p, pp
pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff
49. Whatisthemostimportantaspecttosight-readingapieceofmusicforthefirsttime?
a. Gountilyoufindahardspotandstopinthemiddleofthesong
b. Getasmanyofthenotesandtherhythmscorrectaspossibleanddon’tstop
c. Concentrateonthedynamicsonly
d. Playthemusicasfastaspossible
50. Whenperformingmusicinaconcert,whatisthemostimportantgoaltoachieve?
a. Playthemusicfasterthanwritten
b. Performallofthemusiccarelesslyanddon’tlistentoanyoneelse.
c. TrytooverblowmyinstrumentsoI’mtheonlyoneheard
d. Playtothebestofmyabilityandhavefunmakingmusic
TurntothenextpageforBonusQuestions.Thebonusquestionscanonlyaddpointstoyour
scoreifyouwishtotryformorepoints.GoofLuck.Theyare2ptsea.
1. Understandingforeignlanguagesisveryimportanttoacomprehensivemusician.Many
languagessuchasLatin,German,French,andItalianarepresentinthemusical
repertoire.Trumpetplayersmustknowthattheterm“consordino”means“withmute.”
Percussionmustknowthattheterm“senzachimes”means“withoutchimes.”Singers
mustknowthattheterm“dolce”means“sweetly.”Whatdoestheterm“pocoapoco”
translatetoinEnglish?
a. Littlebylittle
b. Withmotion
c. Withoutmotion
d. Mutedtrumpet
2. Acomposerisdefinedasthecreatorofanoriginalmusicalcomposition.Howisthis
differentfromanarranger?
a. Anarrangercreatesoriginalworks
b. Anarrangeradaptsacomposer’sworkandcreditsthecomposer
c. Anarrangersetsthechairsforrehearsalonstage
d. Anarrangerplagiarizesthecomposer’sideasandmakesmoneyfromit
3. Tobecomeagreatmusicianonemustmeetandmaximizeone’smusicalpotential.Asa
famousfootballcoachoncestated.“Talentisonlyworthsomethingifsomeoneelse
noticesyouhaveit”.Whichstatementwillassistayoungstudentinmeetingtheirtrue
potentialofbecomingaworld-classmusician?
a. Receiveconstantpraisewithminimaleffort
b. Receiveconstantpraisewithnoaccomplishment
c. Receiveconstructivecriticismidentifyingperformerweaknesses.
d. ReceiveinflatedgradestoboostGPA.
4. Masteringamusicalinstrumenttakeshoursandhoursofpractice.Amusicianthatis
consistentandloyaltoapracticeroutinehasachanceofperformingataveryhighlevel.
Whichofthestatementsisleastaccurate?
a. Hoursofpracticeisrelatedtolevelofconfidence
b. Hoursofpracticeisrelatedtolevelofskills
c. Hoursofpracticeisrelatedtonumberofpeopleyouwillmeetbecauseofmusic
d. Hoursofpracticearerelatedtotheamountofmoneyyouareguaranteed
5. ThestyleofaMarchisunique.WhichtwowordsbestdefinethestyleofaMarch?
a. LoudandHeavy
b. SubtleandSmooth
c. LightandBouncy
d. SwingingandGrooving