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Music Appreciation
Name_________________________
Elements of Music
Period________________________
Mr. Chen
Extra Credit I
1. Every instrument is capable of playing different pitches.
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2. Every instrument is capable of playing different rhythms.
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3. Music can have no distinct melody as long as it has a rhythm.
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4. A Flute is considered to be both a woodwind and brass instrument
because it is made of brass.
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5. All music in the world has at least one musical element.
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6. A march that is counted in two would be in ________________ meter.
7. The opening of Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss has very bold
_________________ because it starts out soft and then gets loud very quickly.
8. Groups of notes that are played to accompany the melody is called the
____________________.
9. Tchaikovsky blends many different instruments together in his fourth symphony to
create different ___________________.
10. Early Gregorian chant generally has a monophonic __________________.
Music Appreciation
Name_________________________
Elements of Music
Period________________________
Mr. Chen
Extra Credit II
1. Every single instrument has a unique ____________________.
2. Music would be pretty boring without _____________________ because everything
would have the same volume.
3. In Bach’s Little Fugue in G minor there was a total of four different voices, this makes
the music _____________________.
4. Pitches that blend with a melody to create a more rich sound are called the
_____________________.
5. A minuet often has two parts and each is repeated. This means that it is in
________________ form.
6. The bass provides a strong __________________ which keeps the rhythm going.
7. Fast pieces tend to have a fast ___________________.
8. Contemporary music is very __________________ because it has a lot of harsh
sounding harmonies.
9. The chorale from Gustav Holst’s Jupiter has one of the most beautiful
__________________. The pitches or notes are so simple yet they are able to touch the
soul.
10. Shostakovich’s Waltz is counted in three which makes it in _______________________.
Music Appreciation
Name_________________________
Elements of Music
Period________________________
Mr. Chen
Extra Credit III
1. Rhythm is the basic unit of time in music.
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2. A melody with conjunct motion usually does not skip around.
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3. Timbre is the same thing as tone color
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4. Polyphonic texture can also be homophonic
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5. Strophic form can only represent vocal music.
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6. Define Dissonant Harmony
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7. Define Texture in music
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8. What is the difference between homophonic and polyphonic textures?
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9. In Michael Jackson’s Beat It, there is a lot of _____________________ in the music
because the rhythm is usually off beat.
10. If music is always loud, then there are limited ___________________. One could say
that because of this, the music would lose its suspense and intensity.
Music Appreciation
Name_________________________
Elements of Music
Period________________________
Mr. Chen
Extra Credit IV
1. All woodwind instruments are made of wood.
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2. All brass instruments are made of brass
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3. The piccolo is very closely related to the flute
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4. The cello is the largest of the string instruments
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5. Generally the larger the instrument, the lower the pitch
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6. All percussion instruments have no pitch
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7. The opening of Also Sprach Zarathustra has a _______________________________
because there is only one instrument playing the melody by itself.
8. Music can be boring or empty without ______________________ because there is
nothing accompanying the melody.
9. In ______________________ form, the A section comes back in the third section of the
song.
10. The _____________________ of a note is how long the note lasts before it stops or
changes.