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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