Chapter 3 Quiz

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. Where is chamber music ideally performed?

Small, intimate settings correct incorrect

Large concert halls correct incorrect

Churches correct incorrect

Outdoor public venues correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT a classification of a male vocal range?

Tenor correct incorrect

Alto correct incorrect

Baritone correct incorrect

Bass correct incorrect

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. When did the modern orchestra develop?

Late medieval period correct incorrect

Early 1600s correct incorrect

18^th century correct incorrect

Late 1900s correct incorrect

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. What is the correct distinction between a chorus and a choir?

The former is typically smaller than the latter, and is often associated with opera. correct incorrect

The latter is typically male only, and usually performs a cappella. correct incorrect

The latter is typically smaller than the former, and is often associated with sacred music. correct incorrect

The former is typically female only, and usually performs accompanied by a piano. correct incorrect

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. Timbre, or tone color, is the quality of sound that differentiates one instrument from another.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. A true classical orchestra employs only groups of woodwind, brass, and percussion.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Britten wrote The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra just as World War I was ending.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Match the instrument to its "family" category.

Trumpet

percussion woodwind string brass

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Cello

percussion woodwind brass string

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Contrabassoon

percussion string brass woodwind

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Timpani

percussion woodwind string brass

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. Match the following terms to their definitions:

Membranophones

instruments made of solid materials that produce sound when struck or shaken instruments with strings instruments that use columns of air to produce sound instruments with tautly stretched membranes that produce sound when struck

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Chordophones

instruments with strings instruments that use columns of air to produce sound instruments made of solid materials that produce sound when struck or shaken instruments with tautly stretched membranes that produce sound when struck

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Idiophones

instruments that use columns of air to produce sound instruments made of solid materials that produce sound when struck or shaken instruments with tautly stretched membranes that produce sound when struck instruments with strings

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Aerophones

instruments with strings instruments that use columns of air to produce sound instruments made of solid materials that produce sound when struck or shaken instruments with tautly stretched membranes that produce sound when struck

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. Listen to the following excerpt from Britten's Young Person's Guide; which instrument type is currently varying the principal theme?

Aerophone correct incorrect

Chordophone correct incorrect

Membranophone correct incorrect

Electrophone correct incorrect