MCQ Questions
Q.1.
Historically, tablature has been used for particular ______ instruments.
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    True
  • 25%
    octave
  • 25%
    Fourth
  • 50%
    string
Q.2.
The interval between D and the next G above that D, is called a:
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    rhythm
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    octave
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    Fourth
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    Fifth
Q.3.
The audible frequency spectrum in humans ranges between:
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    False
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    16 and 20,000 Hertz
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    tone color
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    Fifth
Q.4.
On a piano keyboard, playing successive keys to the right produces:
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    Alpheus Babcock of Boston, USA in 1825
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    string
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    False
  • 0%
    Slightly higher pitches
Q.5.
The function of the organ's stops is to:
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    Fourth
  • 0%
    True
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    Control the flow of air to the pipes
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    third
Q.6.
If you take any pitch on the keyboard, the next occurrence of the same letter name going towards the left (down) will vibrate:
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    twice as slow
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    quill; pluck
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    twice as fast
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    tone color
Q.7.
The text states that an essential element in music is:
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    pitch
  • 0%
    False
  • 0%
    rhythm
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    Fourth
Q.8.
Please select the word pair that best completes the following sentence.When a harpsichordist depresses a key, a simple mechanism causes a __________ to __________ a string.
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    tone color
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    twice as fast
  • 0%
    quill; pluck
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    wholenote
Q.9.
Composers started marking their scores with volume indications as soon as music notation was invented.
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    True
  • 0%
    False
Q.10.
Noteheads should be centered on the line or space they inhabit.
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    True
  • 0%
    False
Q.11.
Music notation can be thought of as a:
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    tone color
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    Time values in music are expressed in relative terms.
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    Form of communication among musicians
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    New instruments allowed for more dynamic ranges and contrast.
Q.12.
A fifth above E is
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    B
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    hertz
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    white keys on a piano keyboard
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    Fifth
Q.13.
The kettledrum is the most important percussion instrument of the symphony orchestra.
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    True
  • 0%
    False
Q.14.
Our ears can perceive the entire range of possible sounds.
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    True
  • 0%
    False
Q.15.
The Young Person's Guide ends with a fugue, which is:
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    True
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    Dynamic level can be affected by the number of musicians taking part in a performance
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    Analog synthesizers, digital synthesizers, samplers
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    A traditional form of composition in which one part enters after another using the same theme.
Q.16.
The sound of string instruments is produced by a.....stretched between two points.
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    rhythm
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    string
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    True
  • 0%
    False
Q.17.
It is very important to recognize that pitch is a relative concept.
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    True
  • 0%
    False
Q.18.
According to the text, there are always ____ keys from a letter name to its next occurrence up or down the keyboard.
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    True
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    8
  • 0%
    False
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    Around 1397
Q.19.
A traditional symphony orchestra can sometimes have more than 100 players.
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    True
  • 0%
    False
Q.20.
In recent centuries, the standard in most Western music traditions has been imaginative forms of graphic notation.
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    True
  • 0%
    False