Culture of music

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Name: ___________________________ MUS 108 Exam 1 Score:________​/40
Winter 2018

1. Based on the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, ​how​ would each of the

following instruments be classified and ​why​? (2 points each, for a total of 6 points)

A. Harp

B. Trumpet

C. A metal cymbal.

Fill in the blank.​ (1 point each blank, for a total of 4 points)

3. Two ways of showing rhythmic emphasis are ________________(the playing of one note louder than the rest) and

________________ (the emphasizing of off-beat notes).

4. Increasing volume in a gradual manner is called ________________.

5. This is called a ________________.

Multiple Choice.​ Circle the best answer. (1 point each, for a total of 5 points)

6. ________________ draws on musicology, anthropology, and other disciplines in order to study the world’s

musics.

A. Ethnomusicology

B. Ethnocentrism

C. Music theory

D. Syncopation

7. The presence of ____________ accounts for why there are more available pitches per octave in Middle Eastern

and Indian pitch systems than in the conventional Western pitch system.

A. Rests

B. Pentatonix

C. Microtones

D. SPL

8. “One sounded warm and rich, but the other sounded like I was listening underwater.” This is a description of a

difference in __________ between two tones.

A. frequency

B. amplitude

C. timbre

D. duration

9. My band just invented a song while on stage performing. We just made it up right there, on the spot. What form of

music transmission are we probably demonstrating?

A. Composing

B. Interpreting

C. Arranging

D. Improvisation

10. If I tell you a song is 90 beats per minute, I am telling you the song’s____________.

A. Amplitude

B. Tempo

C. Pitch

D. Rhythm

Short Answer Questions
11. What might sound need in order to consider it music? (4 points) (there are many possible answers)

12. What is the difference between a chromatic scale and a pentatonic scale? (2 points)

13. Describe and define the four properties of a tone. (4 points)

14. What is the difference between Form and Texture? (4 points)

15. What is ethnocentrism? (4 points)

16. What is 4’33” and what is the point of it? (4 points)

17. Here is a music staff, and there is a number at the beginning: a number 3 on top of a number 4.

A. What is this called? (1 point)

B. What do the two numbers mean? In other words, what does the top number represent and what does the

bottom number represent?(2 points)