MCQ Questions
Q.1.
Ewe drummers developed a performance method called _______ in which each musician plays a unique rhythm pattern continuously.
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    polyrhythm
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    Pat Metheny
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    minimalists
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    phase music
Q.2.
Which describes Steve Reich's musical style?
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    minimalist
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    Pat Metheny
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    False
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    use of serial technique
Q.3.
Composers of phase music took advantage of magnetic tape recording technologies developed
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    during WWII
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    phase music
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    minimalist
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    serial
Q.4.
In the 1970s, Steve Reich spent a month playing with and listening to drummers in
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    serial
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    False
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    canon
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    Ghana
Q.5.
Steve Reich's Electric Counterpoint was premiered by
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    False
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    minimalist
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    Leonard Bernstein
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    Pat Metheny
Q.6.
Experimental composers of phase music include all of the following EXCEPT
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    Pat Metheny
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    emancipation of dissonance
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    use of serial technique
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    Leonard Bernstein
Q.7.
The scientific rigor of twelve-tone music lent it prestige in both European and American institutions in the
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    minimalist
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    during WWII
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    1940s-50s
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    phase music
Q.8.
____ is a technique in which a composer chooses a very simple and harmonically clear musical idea—one or two chords, or a few notes forming a consonant snippet—and repeats it over and over again, gradually changing or elaborating it.
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    phase music
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    Process music
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    during WWII
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    Leonard Bernstein
Q.9.
Which Baroque feature does Reich employ in Electric Counterpoint?
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    minimalist
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    Ghana
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    canon
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    False
Q.10.
Electric Counterpoint is characterized by all of the following EXCEPT:
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    emancipation of dissonance
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    Leonard Bernstein
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    three-movement structure of a Baroque concerto
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    use of serial technique
Q.11.
Who is a pioneer of process music?
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    False
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    Steve Reich
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    True
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    He preferred not to write tonal music
Q.12.
Electric Counterpoint
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    emancipation of dissonance
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    was valued by musicians for new expressive avenues. became widespread in the 1940s and 50s. gained prestige because of its "scientific" nature
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    three-movement structure of a Baroque concerto
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    is performed by one guitarist and up to fourteen prerecorded tracks. is often performed by guitar ensemblesis written for twelve guitars.
Q.13.
Electric Counterpoint follows the
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    use of serial technique
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    three-movement structure of a Baroque concerto
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    is performed by one guitarist and up to fourteen prerecorded tracks. is often performed by guitar ensemblesis written for twelve guitars.
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    emancipation of dissonance
Q.14.
Which of the following is NOT true about Steve Reich's career?
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    He preferred not to write tonal music
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    True
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    False
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    Steve Reich
Q.15.
Twelve-tone technique
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    is performed by one guitarist and up to fourteen prerecorded tracks. is often performed by guitar ensemblesis written for twelve guitars.
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    three-movement structure of a Baroque concerto
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    Pat Metheny
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    was valued by musicians for new expressive avenues. became widespread in the 1940s and 50s. gained prestige because of its "scientific" nature